52 LAKE AND STREAM GAME FISHING 



cap in the sight line, and you have to take some 

 chances in giving the butt and holding back that you 

 wouldn't find necessary if you could follow the fish 

 with your eyes. 



As to lures, make a selection of all white and 

 luminous, selecting only floaters and semi-surface 

 plugs. The under-water plug is taboo and. has no 

 place in the night-kit. Weedless hooks on your 

 plugs will save you an endless amount of trouble, 

 and although you may not hook every strike, you 

 eliminate the hooking of villainous weeds, snags and 

 windfalls, and of these you will find millions you 

 never met before, in a night's fishing. The luminous 

 plug, which glows at night after being exposed to 

 the sun during the day, has the added advantage of 

 being easily located on the water by the caster be- 

 sides making a more inviting bait- for the bass. 



DON'T RUSH THE CAST 



In night fishing, about the most important thing 

 is to be acquainted with the bay, cove or stretch of 

 water you intend to fish. Look it over well before 

 the actual fishing and locate the weeds, windfalls and 

 snags. Pick out the spot where you intend to fish 

 and anchor in a position that will give you casting 

 water on three sides. Slip the old boat into this 

 berth a little before sunset, as quietly as possible, 

 and drop the anchor. After the sun's glow has left 

 the sky and the dark gathers around, you will be 



