CHAPTEK XIII 



ANGLING FOB BASS 



THE descriptions given of the meth- 

 ods of catching salmon, ouananiche, and 

 sea trout may not prove of immediate 

 interest or assistance to many fishermen, 

 but it is to be hoped that they will event- 

 ually be of service to all. The subject 

 of bass fishing, however, comes close to 

 the heart of every angler, as they are 

 beyond question the most widely distrib- 

 uted, and doubtless the most sought for, 

 of all fresh-water fish. Almost every 

 one has caught a bass, or desires to catch 

 one, and there is certainly nothing to 

 prevent him. They are very plentiful, 

 and to be found on all sides. But they 



A good string. 



are hard fighters, and to catch them in 

 numbers one must understand their nature, and be 

 something of a skilled fisherman as well. 



In Chapter V, sufficient has been said regarding 

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