Clinton News-Record, 1981-07-02, Page 13•
• BAYFIELD
by 8�rd Sturgeon, �ULE
and Helen Owen
Bass start with a bang
By Bud Sturgeon
The anglers began
preparing for the opening of
bass fishing season early in
the week as they visited their
favorite bait catching spots
on the Bayfield and Maitland
Rivers. The `Roll' and I
travelled to our crayfish hole
and found more than enough
bait in an hour or so even
though the river was a little
high from the recent rain.
That out of the way, the only
thing to do was hope the
weather would co-operate
and the fish would bite on
Saturday morning.
When the alarm went off at
5' am on opening morning, it
was well blessed as I
secretly wondered why I was
rising at this unearthly hour
of the day. I gobbled' down a
bowl of Wheaties and waited
for the rest of our party to
arrive. Around 6'am one of
my fishing pals showed up
and we headed for the river.
He proclaimed that his wife
wouldn't come because it
was too cold out. Where had I
heard that before and as
recently as this very mor-
ning?
As we neared the bass
hole, we could see that we
weren't the first to hit the
river. Several other anglers
were already standing knee
deep in the coolish water and
three or four boats were
anchored along the north
bank. Only three bass had
been caught before we
arrived said one angler. The
sun was up and the air was
warming and it looked like a
great day for fishing so I
plunked a orawdad on my
line and threw out. It was
6:15am
A strike as it hit the water.
Thirty five minutes later
there were six black bass of
a decent size on my stringer
and Greg had four. Wild Bill
from Toronto who had come
down to the river in the
meantime had four also. Ed
Pongraci and his grandson,-,:-
from
randson,from Grosse Point,'
Michigan, had been trolling
from their boat since 5 am
but hadn't had any luck. All
of a sudden they had six
beauties. Regulars Jim
Talbot .and B. Smith from
Lofdonled their stringers
in short order. Another chap
from London who wasn't
having any luck strolled by
and asked, "What err they
hittin' on?" I says,
"Crayfish!!" Turning away
like the proverbial fisher-
man he stated, "We only
have worms but they'll hit
them too!" Re was skunked.
In the afternoon, the Stick-
man and numerous others
reported getting their limit
and all on crayfish. On the
opening Saturday an
estimate of 200 bass being
caught would probably be
low for that particular hole
east of the bridge.
Sunday morning was much
the same, as J.D. Thompson
and his gang angled two
dozen bass from the river on
crayfish, leeches and tad-
poles. By afternoon, they had
tapered off and arriving at
the river around five o'clock
I found it took almost an hour
and a half to catch six bass,
but they were of a larger size
than the day before. Maybe
it was the little kid that kept
us in stitches with his antics
that slowed us down.
About knee high to a
grasshopper, he was a
walking encyclopedia on
bass fishing and had more
reconuziendations for the
anglers than a toad has
warts. Use this and use that
and don't oast out so far.
"Oh! ", he says, "You got
another one. What is it? Is it
a plate. What did you catch it
on? Are you going to keep it?
Can I have it? Can I?"
Maybe it was the guy from
Toronto who plunged into the
river in his bedroom slippers
in an effort to wade to the
fishing hole. Turning to his
kids he says, "Don't worry
about rolling up your pan-
tlegs, you'll never get them
high enough!" The kids cried
out in unison, "But mom will
kill us if we get wet!" The
Dad says, "Don't worry
about Mon, we have to get
some fish!"
However, Sunday at the
old bass hole is better than a
three ring circus and we
were heading backup the hill
to partake of a fresh fish
dinner and a gab session to
mull over the events of the
past two days and years gone
by.
At home we were
reminded by one of the elder
statesmen about the
Englishmen that came to
Bayfield to try the fishing
one opening day. Having no
bait, he asked of a nearby
angler, "Can I borrow one of
your flatfish?" Obligingly he
loaned the man a lure and on
about the second cast
became entangled on an
underwater hazard and he
lost it when his line broke.
Without further adieu he
turned back to the angler
from whom he had borrowed
the\ atfish and said, "Tough
luckgk ap", and left the
river.
"Yes", says Neilsen, "A
guy sent his boy over to me
after you left to -day to ask if
he could borrow a crayfish
from my bucket. He said
they would gladly buy some,
but they left all their money
at home." The gang queried,
"When did he expect to give
it back?" He continued to
say that the best part was
after the little guy got the
bait and caughta fish with it.
Apparently as the father was
putting it on his stringer, it
wiggled out of his hand and
got away: Needless to say, he
felt guilty and came back
over to borrow another one.
Somebody said one time,
"Never a lender nor a
borrower be" but the gist of
the situation is this. Whether
it be the loss of a two or three
dollar flatfish or only a .15
cent crayfish, for the money
it will bring us plenty of
chuckles over the years. And
that was opening weekend of
bass season for 1981 at
Bayfield.
Golfers go
exit. style
The .Bluewater two ball
held its mixed night on June .
It was a mini Texas
.scramble, a prelude to the
July 1 big day, the winners
were: Jean Bartliff - Ed
Oddleifson, net 73; Betty
Garrett - Bill Foster, net 76;
Bruce Bartliff - Kay Sharp,
net 80.
The next two ball events
will be a four ball match.
The Thursday's Mens
League leaders as of June 25
are:1st, Geo. Telford - A.
McLaughlin, 103 points; 2nd,
MorrisDancers....
• from page 12
decade or so, and as a result
Morris dancing is becoming
more and more popular.
There is an increasing
demand for dancers to ap-
pear at festivals, special
celebrations and art shows..
One of the groups had
evolved as a result . of a
mediaeval f air.
Forest City's presentation
included solo performances
by their 'fool' and star turn,
the Unicorn, Boracrak. The
latter with his fluttering
eyelashes and nimble feet
was, as always a great at-
traction, especially to the
children.
The rain held off long
enough for the teams to
combine in a swirling,
colortul male. They were
then the guests of Mrs.
Walter Thompson, on behalf
of her husband, and while
partaking of the liberal
'cakes and ale' which had
been provided, continued,
despite the rain, to share
steps and dancing
techniques on the Thomp-
son's garden.
The performers,
surrounded by -their
colleagues, made an un-
forgettable scene
reminiscent of days long
gone, but vitally reactivated
by these enthusiastic and
energetic dancers, who
spend so much time in
perfecting their techniques
and dancing - surely a most
infectious and impressive
form of "Participaction"!
Enjoy Bayfield....
•'from page 12
years ago. This year, he
celebrated his 74th birthday
' alld can still swim two
lengths of ,the pool. Ed and,
,Hilda can no longer make the
climb up and down the steps
td the beach, so they joined
the local tennis club so they
could make use of the
swimming facilities.
The Pongracz's have made
many friends in Bayfield
overs" the years and they are
always welcome at No. 17 in
the Grove.
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Agricrews in Perth and Huron counties will be on the job
this week following a one day training session on a Mit-
chell area farm. Working with some hay at the farm of
Keith McLagan are Doris Lawson of RR 5 Clinton, Mare
DeBoer of RR 1 Blyth, Paul Cooke of RR 1 Rirkton and
Dale Stephenson of RR 1 Varna. (photo courtesy Mitchell
Advocate)
aptists celebrate 26 years
The Bayfield Baptist
Church celebrated their 26
anniversary this weekend
with great and wonderful
prayer, preaching and
praising, Friday evening,
Saturday evening and all
through the day Sunday.
`Great is Thy faithfulness, O.
God my Father,' as sung by
our own Mrs. Cathi Cullen
was on the hearts and minds
of all of the congregation
throughout the celebration.
Pastor Brian Harrison
from Clawson, Michigan,
who was a . former Pastor,
brought an inspiring
message Friday evening,.
and a Ladies duet from
Oxford Baptist Church,
Woodstock, brought
beautiful praise in song,
accompaniedby, Mrs,
Marion Green, alp from
Woodstock..
Saturday, Pastor Fred
Howard from Knollwood
Park Baptist Church Lon-
don, challenged each and
everyone present to love
Jesus because `He f irst loved
us'.and to let Him control the
life God has given each one
of us.' .
Bob Peckham, West Park
Baptist Church, London,
presented several beautiful
solos, with guitar ac-
companiment, including the
prayerful `Close to Thee',
which followed the theme
Pastor Howard used of
loving Jesus, which he took
from the second Chapter of
the book of St. John, where
Jesus asks Peter `Lovest
thou Me'..
Sunday morning, Pastor
Howard taught the adult
Bible class who were joined
by the young people's class.
The special music was
provided for the morning
service by Mrs. Cathi
Cullen.
Lunch was shared on the
grounds and every one en-
joyed the bountiful food and
the great fellowship. Miss
Coby Amsing entertained
with her guitar, singing
i aiiy ri Lai al oiises,
with the crowd joining in
with the ones they knew and
her mother leading in the
motions, this was sure en-
joyed by all.
The highlight of the
weekend was provided by
the Watchmen Quartet, with
a great gospel concert
during the afternoon,'
praising God in songs both
old and new. They gave their
testimonies of how God is
providing and leading in
their lives. This great
quartet has been thrilling the
hearts of many people in
various places for the past
twelve years and the Church
was full, overflowing even to
hear them.
They also provided great
music for the evening ser -
Th
vice, and Pastor Howard
closed the weekend with a
sincere and serious warning
that All who reject the
Lord Jesus Christ and do
NOTreceive Him as personal,
Saviour are certainly headed
for Eternity in Hell,
separated from God, so
accept Him now. He ended
this Anniversary with this
Question Have you
accepted Him? Why not
now?
We gratefully thank Miss
Shirley Keyes, and Mrs.
Cathi Cullen, who played the
organ and Mrs. Muriel
Walkerton . keeps seat
Yir
Sour
County's
Walkerto
Bruce County Council
recently decided to leave the
headquarters in Walkerton,
and purchase larger
facilities to house the county
offices there.. •
Overcrowding in some
county departments forced
council to look at the future
of the county seat, and three
delegations from
Southampton came to
council, saying their town
was the more logical site for
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the 1981 Agricrew program in
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of June 22, 1981 the three
crews will be working at
numerous farms in the area.
The members of each crew
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North Huron -Perth:
foreman -Carol McIntosh
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Brian VanRiesen (Clinton) ;
-Yvonne Sinnett (Lucknow);
-Carol Ritchie (Lucknow);
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Dale Stephenson (Varna) ;
crewmembers, Doris
Lawson (Vanastra) ; Marg
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farm to farm helping
farmers with their summer
work. Foreman's duties in-
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crewmembers to work each,
supervision of the crew as
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The crewmembers assist the
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