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after the water has cooled a bit, the added ginger 

 in the fighting qualities of the bass makes the late 

 season fishing stand out as the one best bet in the 

 game of enticing the old seasoned veteran out of his 

 home waters. 



Dividing the twenty-four fishing-hours of the day 

 into four sections, the morning hours from 4 A. M. 

 to 9 A. M. carry off the largest number of fish, seven- 

 teen being pegged up for that period, with the time 

 from 4 P. M. to 9 p. M. nosing in a close second with 

 sixteen on the Scoreboard. Night casting comes in 

 for a nice little honor, the period from 9 P. M. to 4 

 A. M. showing ten bass, while the mid-day fishing 

 from 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. lands seven. It was an easy 

 bet that the early morning and late afternoon fishing 

 would cop the main event, as that is the time most 

 of the fellows make their greatest drive, but it is 

 pleasing to note that the night fishing ran strong. 

 No doubt the night game would have made a better 

 showing had that period included some of the later 

 hours of the four to nine period which practically 

 come under the night casting. An interesting fact is 

 that eight of these bass caught during the night were 

 landed in August, and this seems to prove that the 

 bass feed more at night during the hot " dog days " 

 than at any other time of the day. Another little 

 tip that is worth remembering is that the bass caught 

 during the mid-day period were, with the exception 

 of one lone bass, taken on live bait, either the min- 



