182 LAKE AND STREAM GAME FISHING 



From a fine weed-bed, the natural feeding grounds 

 of the large-mouth bass, Joseph T. Galliker of 

 Chicago coaxed a six-pound six-ounce big fellow 

 during the tail end of September. This bass was 

 caught in a lake that has been fished for years and 

 is considered very " civilized " waters: 



CAST INTO WEED POCKETS 



" I was right in the center of a fine weed-bed, 

 shooting the Bass-areno plug into the pockets and 

 openings. I had just made a fairly long cast into 

 a pocket and was beginning to reel in when this old 

 " he-wop " hit the bait like a dick walloping a second- 

 story artist As soon as I struck him he beat it for 

 his home weed-bed, and it took some thumb pressure 

 to hold him as he started away as though he had a 

 date at the far end of the lake. He then settled on 

 the bottom and sulked, tugging away like a bull pup. 

 I gave him the butt, a bit, and he made a run for the 

 surface, breaking water in a wonderful jump. Fail- 

 ing to shake the plug lose, he made a swing around 

 a bunch of weeds and then headed for the boat. I 

 had to speed up some to get in the slack before he 

 broke water again. It was sure a beautiful fight in 

 among the weeds, but eighteen minutes of it was 

 enough for the Old Timer, and, as I brought him up 

 to the boat, his final flops were the last efforts of a 

 worn out warrior." 



During a snow storm late in September, Albert 



