CONTENTS 



CBAFTEB 

 I. 



II. 



INTRODUCTORY NOTE 



ENCOURAGING THE GROWTH 

 GAME-FISH. 



AND ABUNDANCE OP 



THE IMPORTANCE OF MINNOWS AND THEIR 

 ALLIES FOR GAME-FISH FOOD .... 

 SUNFISH AND SILVERSIDES IMPORTANCE OF BREED- 

 ING AND PLANTING CATCHING AND KEEPING TRANS- 

 PLANTING. 



CHARACTERISTIC HABITS OF VARIOUS SURFACE 

 AND BOTTOM CREATURES THAT GAME-FISH 

 EAT 



THEIR RELATIVE VALUE AS BAITS THE HELLGRAM- 



MITE THE CRAWFISH THE CRICKET THE GRASS- 

 HOPPER THE LAMPREY THE GREEN AND BROWN 

 FROGS VARIOUS CATERPILLARS DRAGON-FLIES AND 

 DARNING-NEEDLES^THE MOUSE BAIT. 



III. NEW BOTTOM-CREEPER BAITS FOR TROUT 

 Nor HERETOFORE KNOWN .... 



FISHED LIKE A FLY TROUT-HELLGRAMMITE CADDIS- 

 CREEPER YELLOW NYMPH-CREEPER IMITATIONS. 



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IV. How DIFFERENT FOODS AFFECT GAME-FISHES 55 



INSECT DIET INDUCES FAST GROWTH WHAT ARE THE 

 TROUT DOING ON HOT DAYS? ARTIFICIAL LURES 

 SCIENTIFIC TESTS FLAVOR OF FISH DEPENDS ON DIET 

 WHAT ARE THE MOST SEDUCTIVE LURES ? 

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