Everyman's Game Fish 



design by Charles Harper 



THE LARGEMOUTH BASS brings game-fishing within reach of 

 practically any fisherman in North America. This brilliant 

 fighter, an inhabitant of both lakes and streams, is the backbone 

 of the nation's major artificial bait industry, for it is to him 

 that the bulk of all plugs, spoons, and spinners are cast. He also 

 strikes wet and dry flies. The largemouth, like its cousin, the 

 smallmouth, will take live bait as well and, once netted, he 

 provides a flavorsome meal. The largest one on record was a 

 22 1/ -pounder taken from a Georgia lake. 



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