CHAVTEB 

 I. 



II. 



III. 



CONTENTS 



Introductory Note 



THE growth 



AND ABUNDANCE OF 



ENCOURAGING 

 GAME-FISH. 



The Importance of Minnows and Their 

 Allies for Game-Fish Food .... 



SUNFISH AND SILVERSIDES — IMPORTANCE OF BREED- 

 ING AND PLANTING — CATCHING AND KEEPING — TRANS- 

 PLANTING. 



Characteristic Habits of Various Surface 

 AND Bottom Creatures that Game-Fish 

 Eat 



their RELATIVE VALUE AS BAITS — THE HELLGRAM- 

 MITE — THE CRAWFISH — THE CRICKET THE GRASS- 

 HOPPER — THE LAMPREY THE GREEN AND BROWN 



FROGS — VARIOUS CATERPILLARS — DRAGON-FLIES AND 

 DARNING-NEEDLES — THE MOUSE BAIT. 



New Bottom-Creeper Baits 

 Not Heretofore Known 



FOR Trout 



FISHED LIKE A FLY— TROUT-HELLGRAMMITE CADDIS- 

 CREEPER — YELLOW NYMPH-CREEPER — IMITATIONS. 



rAGB 



1 



14 



23 



44 



IV. How Different Foods Affect Game-Fishes 55 



mSECT diet induces fast GROWTH — WHAT ARE THE 

 TROUT DOING ON HOT DAYS .^ — ARTIFICIAL LURES — 

 scientific TESTS — FLAVOR OF FISH DEPENDS ON DIET 

 — WHAT ARE THE MOST SEDUCTIVE LURES ? 



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