Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 January 1920 — Fishing Frog Hideous. [ARTICLE]

Fishing Frog Hideous.

There is a hideous reptile, known as the fishing frog, which angles for its game as expertly and with as great success as the most adroit fly fisher. He is a clumsy, awkward swimmer, but nature has compensated him for his unwieldiness by furnishing him with an equivalent for arod and line, with bait always ready for use. Two elongated tentacles spring from his nose, which taper down like actual fishing rods. To the end of- them is attached, by a slender filament, which serves the purpose of a Une, a bait in the form of a shiny bit of membrane. The books are set inthe mouth of the fisherman below, and in order to induce the fish to venture within reach of them, the angler stirs up the mud at the bottom with his fins and tail. This attracts-the fish and conceals him from their observation. He then plies his rod; the glittering bait glows in the water like a living insect The dazed fish are taken in great numbers, perfectly circumvented by the trick of the crafty' angler, who can give pointers to the best trout fisherman.