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from grasshoppers and minnows down to a dozen 

 plugs without even getting a swirl. He took a final 

 chance on a No. 6 spoon with a trebled bucktail 

 hook, and the first cast brought a short strike, while 

 the second cast with the spoon was struck like a 42- 

 centimeter shell. August and September were the 

 months in which these four bass were landed. Some 

 credit is also due the spoon from the fact that it was 

 used with other baits. There is nothing that makes 

 a piece of pork rind more attractive than a very 

 small spoon, about a No. 3J and it is also very effec- 

 tive when used in conjunction with the frog or min- 

 now. 



FALL FISHING WELL IN LEAD 



As to the time of the season when these fifty big 

 fellows were caught, September stands out as a 

 leader with thirteen. The run of the catch in the 

 other months stacks up May three, June six, July 

 ten, August eleven, and October seven. However, 

 the majority of the followers of the call of the lake 

 and stream take their main fishing trip during July, 

 August, or September, and this in a way accounts 

 for the big lead of the months of July and August, 

 which are noted as hot-weather fishing-days that 

 often give the bass the " off-the-feed " feeling. 

 Early season bass-fishing is by far the best, although 

 the fall fishing runs it a close second as the days of 

 real bass sport with rod and reel. And at that, 



