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I SECTION THE HERALD Wednesday April IMS Capt Curtis and his Kosh Lake crew Poor Curtis Hed had a good day up until this Obviously he had gotten his stuck on one of the large pon toons that kept our boat afloat When my buddy Mike indicated earlier that four yearold Curtis was coming along on this fishing day I happily concurred There was something about his Innocent en that reminded me of another little boy with whom 1 was once very familiar Too bad If Id disagreed anyway It was Mikes boat So the crew was complete Mike Gerald another fishing expert myself and of course our excited captain The only problem well have with Curtis I thought will be keeping bint from jumping into the lake after any escaping fish We placed Curtis in a safe position on the big pontoon boats deck and then we were off In search of any promising bay holding cooperative quarry In this lake officially named KBSshabog near Peterborough there axe scores of well protected and stumpy bays This was just perfect because our captain along we wanted some fast easy action perch small bass they have to be big they just had to be hungry and aver the span of time these types have yet to refuse a meal We settled upon a warm shallow pad infested inlet that connected with some nearby deep water Curtis had shown himself to be an eager determined pupil We took turns showing him the fine art of threading a Juicy dew worm Texasstyle onto a number eight hook We took the time to Inject a little air bubble into the distal end of the worm to allow for flotation of the bait from the mucky bottom We pinched a little split shot sinker about eighteen Inches proximal to the hook We encouraged him to practise his technique of costing with his spincast push button type reel We set his drag control fairly lightly you never know when something bit be fooled And Curtis was doing just fine thank you and he was enjoying landing his small seemingly famished fish then releasing them to swim again The warm July sun beat down upon the crew as the three elder statesmen enjoyed a food break Captain Curtis Well he continued to fish and squeal in delight and oc casionally ask for a helping hand With typical four yearold stub bornness he insisted upon trying a lure from his Own tiny beaten up plastic tackle box He chose a spinner adorned with Imitation mln now the only problem was that the spinner blade was missing and so was the hook We forced a small numbereight through the plastic minnow and tied the homely con traptlononto the end or his line The captain tossed his bait Into the water lagging It back and forth I settled back into my meal and fishing tales taking a seat and squinting at the brilliant water reflections But now poor Curtis seemed to have his line stuck probably on the bottom of one pontoon funny thing though his fishing rod was not beating to the same time as his ef forts to free the hook not playing the same tune If you wish Oh Curtis was stuck all right he was stuck onto a four pound boss I If there had been any earlier doubts the bronze bomber surely made his presence known with a patented head shaking water spraying leapt And Smash Back Into the water Now down down down went this battler as Curtis dragcontrol sang the happy note of a fish making a determined Bid for freedom Three hotdogs hit the deck simultaneously as three elder crew members abandoned their repast to Join in the action Gerald helped with the rod and reel I grabbed the net Captain Curtis hung onto his fishing pole silently eyes gaping wide In astonishment Oont lose this fish boys Mike shouted Where have we heard that line before The boss finally suc cumbed the crew settled back laughing because we realized thai this was going to be the biggest fish caught on this day and the captain had done the trick with a piece of plastic that looked like a with rigor mortis We convinced Mike to have the fish mounted for the boy and It re mains In their home a testament to a truly exciting experience Curtis still talks of the fish that we caught and I admire his use of the plural pronoun To summarize when taking a child or novice angler fishing for the first few Umes follow the rules and ball up with hook and Choose a Species thats cooperative ponflsh like perch sun- fish rock bass as well as stocked speckled trout are favorites 3 Success is more important that Size to a youngster Teach your child Safety on the Water Finally when the fishing is slow try to foster a Sense of Satisfaction in simply enjoying the great out doors If you do all of this youll preserve anothers Your Sanity SHORELINES Muskle Probe will be held on April 23 in the Ontario Room of trie MacDonald Block Bay Street in Toronto The cost Is for the day a m to p m Call 416 evenings or 418 daytime for In formation The Centennial School Blue team won the Grade Andrea and Kathy Wanner Back row girls volleyball team hosted by the school Tours- Julie Atkinson Coach Gulgnari Carrie Giles day Members of the learn are front row from left Tanya and Danielle Absent was Colarosil Sachla Kron Heidi Carrie Morris Herald photo Pick a color Mystery out of volleyball final All the intrigue was taken out of determining a champion In the Grade Girls Volleyball Touma at Centennial School day when two teams from the host school squared off In a three grand finale The Centennial Green squad swept final series In straight games winning 1511 against their Blue team counterparts A total of 10 teams were entered in the tournament playing in two round robin pools of five teams each The top wo teams In each pool ad semifinal play Centennial Green took top honors In their pool with wins over Holy Cross park 204 Sam rati and rook vi lie 3 Round robin games were played with time limit so scores varied Centennial Blue narrowly took top honors in the other pool with wins against Stewarttown McKenzieSmlth 128 and WI Dick while losing to St Fran 7 16 In Ihe semifinals Centennial Green won a sudden death match up with Stewarttown by a score of 1510 In the other semifinal Centennial Blue defeated Sam Sherratt 157 set ting the stage for on all Centennial final The Green team won the first game of the championship final ally by a 155 margin but In the se cond game the Blue squad did their best to force a third and deciding match Green Jumped out to a W lead before Blue stormed back to lie the game and eventually go In front But Green regrouped to go on to win the title The Green team was presented with the championship gold medals while the the Blue team were given runners up medals All the teams competing In the tournament were comprised of Grade students except for Park Schools entry They were a Grade team but after winning their cham title Ihey decided to try themselves against the older teams Ball hockey season gets rolling offensive showing by Midas Top Guns and Choice Air as they ballled to a deadlock last Tuesday night Martin Thlssen a pair of goals and Eddy Dale with a single gave Choice Air lead after the opening period Replying for the Top Guns were Lou and Joe Oreskovlc Midas look a 43 lead In the second as Laakls tallied his second of the night and Tony scored on a nice solo effort In the third both teams scored late to set up a dramatic finish Midas went ahead only to have Choice Air lie the game on a goal with 12 seconds remaining added his second of game for the Top Guns while Randy had the other marker For Choice Air Bruce and John scored third period goals while Thlssen notched the equalizer for his thin of the gome In other league action the McGlb- bon Hawks winning ways of lost season carried over as they defeated the 73 After two periods of play the Hawks enjoyed a comfortable lead and never looked back Leading the charge for the Hawks was Ian Syme with two goals and three assists Bill chipped In with three goals while singles went to Larry Peterson and Brian Replying for the were Chris Milne Doug Anderson and Doug Thompson The final game of the evening saw Dave Service Centre Jump out to a 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