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and in a general way the methods of 

 fishing are identical. In warmer 

 waters the black bass is not ordinarily 

 as active, and this applies likewise to 

 nearly all fishes of the inland lakes and 

 streams. Popular local names for the 

 large-mouth bass are Oswego Bass, 

 Moss Bass, Welshman, Green Perch, 

 and the nicknames before mentioned 

 in referring to the small-mouth 

 species. Specimens weighing up to 

 eight pounds are occasionally caught, 

 and it is recorded that a large-mouth 

 of twenty pounds was once taken in 

 Florida. 



