FOREST, LAKE, AND RIVER 



readily take them. Bright, small, artificial flies, 

 also, can be tried. Late in the afternoon is like- 

 wise a good time for this kind of fishing. 



In the large lakes, the white perch are found in 

 deep water, where they are big, strong, and full of 

 fight. A few may be taken on a trolling spinner 

 only, but large numbers are captured while still 

 fishing. A small sinker is placed on the line a little 

 above the gut of the hook, the line allowed to 

 reach bottom, and then reeled in about a foot, 

 or pulled up this distance, if a hand line is made 

 use of. The fisherman, keeping his bait moving 

 a little, awaits a bite. 



Live bait, minnows, chubs, etc. , rank first as 

 lures. Next in order comes a good fat worm. 



During the latter part of August, a few years 

 ago, I was bass fishing in one of the large Maine 

 lakes. I used flies exclusively. Good catches had 

 been taken, but the greater part, gently detached 

 from the hook, were thrown again into the lake to 

 grow larger and at some future time to furnish 

 sport to other followers of Walton. 



While resting on one of the charming bits of 

 rocky green which add beauty to the waters, wait- 

 ing for the fish to be done to a turn, I noticed in 

 a little pool a tiny fish, darting gracefully about. 

 I captured this specimen, a bright silver spark of 

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