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the general feeding ground for whatever perch and 

 pickerel it may contain; while the bass weeds and 

 deepish water immediately adjoining or the rush and 

 lilypads on the margin is their lay-by or resting place, 

 according to the existing climatic influences. 



The best way to fish a strange lake is to make di- 

 rectly for the nearest sparsely dotted patch of rashes 



and examine the bottom; if it shows a depth of water 

 from two to five feet, and a good, thick undergrowth 

 of weeds sufficiently high to allow a bass to sink into 

 it and be covered, the angler may go to work on such 

 ground with confidence. Bass have a particular af- 

 fection for this kind of ground, and even under the 

 most adverse circumstances of wind or weather ground 

 of this description generally will yield something to 

 persistent fishing. 



