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ing in the deep water, but rather on the "ground" ad- 

 joining the deep water and leading to the fringe of 

 weeds north of the deep hole. I am of the opinion 

 that large pickerel, when they retire to the deep waters, 

 do so for privacy and concealment, and are not in a 

 feeding humor. The shallow pocket north of the 

 island is one of the best bass grounds for evening fish- 

 ing in the lake. 



The rocky bottom between the island and the rush 

 bed on the west point of the island will at times yield 

 fairly good sport to the fly fisherman, small and me- 

 dium-sized bass being very plentiful. It is rarely that 

 fly-fishing for bass is productive of large fishes, half 

 a pound to three-quarters, with an occasional pounder; 

 but the sport that can be enjoyed with a half-pound 

 bass upon the fly-rod is fully equal to that of a two- 

 pounder upon the bait-casting rod.. Of course, the 

 smaller bass should be returned to the water, and 

 nobody who claims to be a sportsman would 

 think of retaining a bass under a pound weight (unless 

 the fish is so injured as to render its living uncertain), 

 and this is small enough in all conscience. 



A very fine bass ground for early morning and late 

 evening fishing is that off the weed bed on the east 

 end of the lake, and thence around the southern shore 

 of the island. This stretch of fishing ground, if fished 

 carefully when the bass are feeding there, will gen- 

 erally give the angler a big catch. 



I have generally found frogs to be the best bait for 

 evening fishing in Cedar Lake, on those bass grounds 

 adjoining the shore line. 



The deep hole on the northeast spur, marked B, is 

 another excellent bass ground. The fishes come out to 

 feed in the shallower water surrounding it. The finest 

 catch of bass I have ever seers taken by an individual 

 angler, from Cedar Lake, at one time, was that taken 

 six years ago by my old friend George Wilberf orce. He 

 came down on the early morning train one Saturday, 

 started in fishing at 11 a. m., and left again for Chi- 



