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rod for fly-fishing, and a six-ounce or eight- 

 ounce bait rod for bait- fishing. Weighs in 

 the average two and a half pounds. Speci- 

 mens of seven pounds have been reported. 

 Range: Atlantic slope of the continent east 

 of the Rocky Mountains, occurring in the 

 Great Lakes, the upper parts of the St. Law- 

 rence and Mississippi basins, and in the waters 

 north to latitude 47, west to Wisconsin, and 

 southward to latitude 33. Abundant in the 

 rivers and lakes of Michigan, Wisconsin, Min- 

 nesota, New York, New Jersey, and Canada, 

 and the lakes and ponds of Maine. Successful 

 flies: La Belle, Cheney, Shad-Fly, White 

 Miller, Scarlet Ibis, Gray Hackle, Brown 

 Fennel, Professor, and all of the sober-hued 

 patterns. For fly-fishing use a silk enamelled 

 line ; for bait-fishing a black raw-silk line. 

 Leaders: Single, long, and fine. For stream 

 fly-fishing use flies a trifle smaller than the 

 ordinary Bass fly and a trifle larger than the 

 Brook Trout fly. The northern season be- 

 gins in early July and lasts up to cool weather. 



Bass, Rock (Rock Sunfish, Goggle-Eye, Red 

 Eye, War-Mouth, etc.) : Caught during the 

 summer and autumn in clear waters of lakes, 

 ponds, and rivers, in the Great Lakes region 

 and the Mississippi Valley, with worm and 

 small-fish bait, on the smallest Black Bass 

 rod and tackle. Weighs up to one and a half 

 pounds. 



Bass, Strawberry (Northern Crappie, Calico 

 Bass, Strawberry Perch, Grass Bass, Bitter- 

 head, Lamplighter, Bank Lick Bass, Bar 

 Fish, Razor Back, Chinquapin Perch, Silver 

 Bass, Big Fin Bass, Goggle Eye, Goggle-Eyed 

 Perch, etc.) : Caught with light Black Bass 

 rod and tackle and baits in clear, quiet waters 

 abundantly in the Great Lakes region and the 

 upper Mississippi, and is diffused throughout 

 the Mississippi Valley and the streams of the 

 Carolinas and Georgia east of the mountains. 

 Weighs up to three pounds; common weight, 

 one pound. 



Bass, White (Striped Lake Bass) : Caught 

 on a four-ounce or six-ounce Brook Trout fly 

 rod or light Black Bass bait rod and delicate 

 tackle, with worm and minnow bait, abun- 



