A LITTLE PAN-FISH FUN 



There's a great big army of little fish that don't 

 seem to get the proper credit for all the fun and 

 pleasure they have given fishermen. Of course, Old 

 Man, a great big chunk of this fun happened way 

 back in the knee-pants' stage of most fellows' fishing 

 days, but at that, when the real game fellows are 

 off the feed and prospects appear good for an empty 

 stringer, and it looks like bacon and flapjacks for 

 the evening meal, just toss out a line and give the 

 little fellows a nibble at your bait. These little old 

 nibblers include in their ranks the crappie, rock bass, 

 blue gill, sunfish and yellow or striped perch. 



As a pan fish you can't beat 'em. Browned to 

 a turn in plenty of bacon grease or broiled over the 

 open campfire they make a dish that would cause 

 even J. D. to forget his stomach, and after an hour 

 on the trail or a particularly hard portage, you thank 

 your lucky stars when the feed bag has a generous 

 portion of " little fellers " done to a turn. 



GET 'EM ANY OLD TIME 



Of course, they don't put up a scream of a fight 

 like their cousins the basses, but they are accom- 



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