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in the lakes, the bass are " at home," in the spring, 

 in the shallowest places, lying off of the sand bars 

 and gravel formation and you can count on a good 

 catch close inshore in the very low water. A little 

 later, when the weeds, lilies and reeds are well 

 grown, you will find him in the vicinity of those 

 plants. Both the large and small-mouthed bass are 

 often found in the same lakes, but in different locali- 

 ties. The small-mouth favors the stony bars or 

 shoals varying in depth from two to forty or fifty 

 feet, while the large-mouth prefers the weeds and 

 muddy bottoms. 



EAST WIND NOT SO BAD 



Weather conditions have been blamed since the 

 time of Noah for an empty stringer or creel. Rainy 

 days, pleasant days, all kinds of winds, and especially 

 an east wind, have been cussed as the cause of 

 " fisherman's luck. n Remember this : the bass keeps 

 on filling the feed-bag just the same, and an east 

 wind is better than no wind at all. You will get 

 more bass when the surface of the water is slightly 

 ruffled by a breeze than when fishing on a clear still 

 day. Last year, at the middle of the season in 

 Wisconsin, a pal and I landed 19 fine large-mouth 

 bass from a little bay in something less than an hour, 

 one of us casting while the other held the boat off 

 shore. There was quite a stiff east wind blowing 

 and the surface of the water was broken by a con- 



