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from an anchored boat on ponds or small lakes, 

 or from the bank. At times it rises pretty well 

 to the fly, and trolling with a very small spoon is 

 also successful on lakes. The lightest rods and 

 tackle should be employed, with hooks Nos. 3 to 

 5 on gut snells. A small quill float is useful in 

 very weedy ponds with mossy bottom. The best 

 bait is a small minnow, though grasshoppers, 

 crickets, crawfish, cut-bait, or worms are all 

 greedily taken. Fly-fishing is more successful 

 during the late afternoon hours until dusk. The 

 flies should be trout patterns of coachman, gray 

 drake, black gnat, Henshall, or any of the hackles 

 on hooks Nos. 4 to 5. 



I first became acquainted with the calico-bass 

 during my residence in Wisconsin, many years 

 ago. In the vicinity of Oconomowoc it was 

 known as the silver-bass, though summer visitors 

 from St. Louis, confusing it with the kindred 

 species, the crappie, called it " croppie," as the 

 real crappie is known at Murdoch Lake near 

 that city. Owing to its greedy, free-biting habits 

 it was a prime favorite with youthful anglers and 

 the fair sex; for once a school was located, the 

 contest was free, fast, and furious until, perhaps, 

 the entire school was captured. It was frequently 



