Fish and Fishing 



They will live for some little time, if not beaten 

 hard on the water. They are especially good 

 around weeds and lily pads. 



Grasshoppers and crickets at seasons when 

 they are full grown, are most attractive to bass. 

 Cast lightly on the water; they will float alive 

 down the stream on the surface. In their struggles 

 they soon attract the attention of bass, and are 

 taken under with avidity. They are just as good 

 when dead, if a ripple on the surface is 

 made by a brisk wind. Bass are always 

 on the lookout for these fat toothsome dainties. 

 They should be hooked through the upper part of 

 the body, and a smaller 

 hook employed. On large 

 hooks they kick themselves 

 up from the point. 



Other minor baits are 

 Hooked grasshopper. sa lt-water shrimps, either 

 alive or preserved in salt brine. Sometimes the 

 large worm, called night-walkers, is good bait. 

 The number and variety of live bait that entice 

 black bass have not yet been definitely settled. 

 Certain it is they will take any living thing, small 

 enough, and even sometimes too large for them 

 to swallow. They are often found with sunfish in 

 their gullets; the spines, upper and lower, seem 

 to be no impediment, for they turn them and 

 swallow them head first, the fins closing down 

 like a fan, and slipping through without any diffi- 

 culty. 



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