Popular Fresh=Water Game Fish 



America, The trout are kno\\Ti to a much smaller 

 number of people for the reason that bass are 

 abundant in the most densely populated portions 

 of the United States, while the human neighbors 

 of the trout are comparatively few. There are 

 two species so very much alike that there is prac- 

 tically but one point of difference — the size of the 

 mouth — and their habits are identical. The small- 

 mouthed black bass is a fish of the East and North 

 from western New Hampshire to Manitoba and 

 southward to South Carolina and the northern 

 Gulf States to Arkansas. The large-mouthed 

 ranges from Manitoba southward to the Gulf 

 States and spreads through the latter to Texas 

 and Florida. It abounds in all the rivers of the 

 Southern States. So widely have both species 

 been distributed within the last few years that it 

 is difficult to mention a section of North America 

 where this brace of splendid game fish may not be 

 found abundant. 



Its popularity may be inferred by the remark- 

 able number and variety of names it goes under. 

 The large-mouthed is known in the Lake region 

 as the "Oswego bass," in Kentucky it is called 

 "jumper," in Indiana "moss bass," in the South- 

 ern States "trout," though in North Carolina it 

 is called "chub," in Alabama "mountain trout." 

 Many other names are applied to one or both 

 species. One of the pet names among anglers is 

 "bronze-backer." Both species are born fighters 

 on the line, as well as in the water, among their 

 own and other kinds. For its size, it is the most 

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