FISHING FOR BIG-MOUTH 

 BASS 



BASS fishing, whether in river or lake, 

 has more devotees than any other 

 piscatorial sport in America. There 

 are very many lovers of trout-fishing, and to 

 some the lusty muskallunge is the king of 

 fish, but north and south, and from the Mis- 

 sissippi to the Atlantic coast, the black bass 

 is deservedly the favorite. He is known by 

 many names in different localities. He mas- 

 querades under various titles, such as the 

 Oswego bass, jumping bass, grass bass, chin- 

 quapin perch, tiger bass, and green bass, and 

 in the south he is called the green trout. 



The big-mouth bass is the most democratic 

 of fishes as to food, but he associates only 

 with his kind when it comes to society. He 

 will be found with his brother, the small- 

 mouth, the wall-eyed pike or pike perch, the 

 pickerel and the muskallunge in the lakes and 

 rivers, but he does not fraternize closely with 

 any except the bass family. Bass fishing is 

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