BAIT CASTING FOR BASS 



kill bass at all times. Almost any one of them will 

 kill some bass sometimes, for the bass is an irri- 

 table, truculent fish and, at least at certain seasons 

 of the year, will run at almost anything you throw 

 near him. I, personally, do not believe in fishing 

 with gang hooks of any sort. One hook is enough 

 for the bass caster of moderate tastes, or at most 

 two hooks if one is fishing with live bait; sometimes 

 a lip hook for a frog and another one lower down 

 to catch the short striking fish will save an angler's 

 patience. For my own part, I have never been very 

 keen for weedless hooks, but take my own chance 

 of fouling in the weeds and allow the bass to have 

 his chance. There are, however, many weedless 

 hooks calculated to pass freely over lily pads and 

 other cover customarily sought by bass. In fact, 

 you can invest quite a sum of money in any good 

 tackle shop in buying just a few of the things which 

 will be recommended to you as the latest idea in 

 bass casting. 



You will find a small spoon hook with a single 

 hook and a piece of split pork rind, a couple of 

 inches long, about as apt to start something as 

 almost any of the other baits. There are double 

 and treble-blade spoons, wide spoons, narrow 

 spoons, revolving spoons, beaded spoons, flanges 

 which turn around inside the body of a wooden 



