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riffles, he will often dash into their frothy edge in 

 pursuit of minnows, returning at once to the quieter 

 water. He will also dash into very shallow water 

 after some of the small fry, often in water so low 

 that his dorsal fin is entirely out of the water, return- 

 ing instantly, however, to the deeper water with his 

 catch. In his up-stream migration he will often loaf 

 in pools below the rougher, shallower waters of the 

 riffles until rainy weather raises the water and makes 

 swimming better for him. Right after high water 

 makes poor fishing in most cases, as the bass have 

 gone up stream to new localities, and as the new 

 feeding grounds are generally alive with eats carried 

 down by the current, this gives him a period of easy 

 feeding. As a rule the bass does most of his feed- 

 ing in the shallows or below riffles, going to the deep 

 pools for rest and digestion of his overfilled feedbag, 

 at which time it is very difficult to coax him with any 

 lure or bait. 



SPORTS IN THE MOONLIGHT 



On a moonlight night the bass can be seen jump- 

 ing up out of the water, having a general good time, 

 just like a bunch of kids in the old " swimmin' hole." 

 They are good night feeders and are generally close 

 to the surface at that time. That they come to the 

 surface at night was shown to me in a striking man- 

 ner a few years ago. While frogging one night 

 above a riffles in the Mahoning River in eastern 



