HOW TO CATCH THE BLACK BASS 



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There is no bait so deadly for pike as the Hve perch, prob- 

 ably because it contains more solid food than any minnow 

 of equal size, and 

 the pike is a fish 

 which evidently 

 believes in quant- 

 ity and not quality. 



The chances 

 are, therefore, nine Creek chub 



times out of ten, 



that, when angling for bass in the fall of the year with a dainty 

 looking perch, one will find, on getting a strike, a huge pike 

 at the end of the line, with perch, hook and several inches 

 of gut down its throat ; the task of removing such a monster 

 from the line counterbalances any advantage that may be 

 derived from angling with perch. 



The minnow should be placed on the hook so that the 

 barb passes first through the under part of the mouth and 



Yellow Perch 



then through the upper part; this allows freedom of motion, 

 and the minnow swims about naturally, with the point of 

 the barb upwards. 



The bass usually approaches a minnow from one side, 

 and, swimming up to it, inspects it carefully; then, backing 

 up a short distance, it rushes at the bait, swallowing it head 



