2io LAKE AND STREAM GAME FISHING 



QUESTION. Is the fall fishing for bass good? 

 H. B. 



ANSWER. Fall bass fishing is generally fine; in 

 fact, you will find no better time than during what is 

 termed Indian summer. The bass are full of ginger 

 and fight to a fare-you-well. They take the fly 

 readily at that time and the artificial plugs come into 

 their own after a midsummer layoff. Both stream 

 and lake fishing are good. 



QUESTION. What are some of the names applied 

 to the large-mouth bass? 



ANSWER. Oswego bass, jumper, mossback; in 

 the South he is called trout, in North Carolina, chub ; 

 in Alabama, mountain trout; and a pet name is 

 bronze-backer. 



QUESTION. I have heard the stone cat is a good 

 bass bait; how about it? W. W. 



ANSWER. Small stone cat and his cousin, known 

 as mad toms, make fine bait. Found in shallow 

 water in running streams of lakes, under rocks or 

 logs. Three to four inches makes fine bait. 



QUESTION. In " Fly-Casting for Bass " you say 

 " the nearer the water you are the less chance the 

 fish have of seeing you "; how do you explain this? 

 J. M.B. 



