Favorite Fish and Fishing 



practiced in the Gulf States. A very long 

 cane rod and a very short line comprise the 

 rest of the equipment. The bob is danced 

 on the surface in front of the boat in the 

 weedy bayous, and is certainly effective in 

 catching bass. 

 Still-Fishing Still-fishing from the bank or a boat may 



be practiced wherever bass are found. Any 

 kind of rod is used, from a sapling to a 

 split-bamboo, with almost any kind of line 

 or hook, and natural bait of any kind may 

 be employed, with or without a float. It is 

 the primitive style of angling. I think the 

 paradise of the still-fisher may be found on 

 a Florida lake. Anchoring his boat near 

 the shore, just outside of the fringe of pond- 

 lilies and bonnets, he splits the stem of a 

 water lily, takes from it a small worm that 

 harbors there, impales it on his hook, and 

 casts it in a bight amid the rank growth of 

 vegetation, where it is soon taken by a min- 

 now of some sort, which in turn is cast into 

 the deeper water beyond the border of 

 aquatic plants, on the other side of the boat, 

 where a big bass is lying in wait for just 



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