RANDOM REMINDER

Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32524, 6 February 1971, Page 19

RANDOM REMINDER

CAVOUR TO THE GENERAL

Fishermen, while noted for the length of the descriptions of their catches, tend to be closemouthed when the matter of how and when they were made is raised. So the tyro is beset with advice which may be educational in a broad sense, although not always relevant to the catching of fish. Our hero was new to fishing, both coarse or fine, salt-water or fresh. He had decided to fish for crays, not by skin diving, or using a spear, but with the humble cray pot. But he did know that bait was necessary.

There were objections to any of the battery of fowls in the back yard being sacrificed to his piscatorial ambitions, so he decided that fish would be the most natural bait to use to catch any fish. He repaired to the river mouth where the kahawai were reputed to be running. He enjoyed landing his kahawai, and rather regretted the need to use his fine fish for cray bait, but necessity being the mother of resolution, he decided to go craying next day, and to celebrate his present catch on the way home. It was a splendid cele-

bration, but when the dew was off the grass he set forth on his expedition. While he was dismembering his bait, the thought crossed his mind that it was a bit off colour and wondered wffbther it was diseased. He put it down, finally, to his blood-shot eyes. Later in the day, when all but the last remnants of his bait had gone, some of his friends found him. One, bolder and more knowledgeable than the rest, asked why he was baiting his cray pot with salmon. His catch? Two blind “els and a star fish.