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The next one that takes my bait can have pole, 

 line, hook and all. 



The bass in the lake are innumerable, but they 

 are more difficult to catch than those in the stream, 

 a fact which pleases the true fisherman, who fishes 

 to match his skill and science against the instinct 

 and cunning of the fish, rather than with the one 

 sole intention of making his bag larger than that 

 of any preceeding angler. 



Remember the lake bass want sport more than 

 food, and the bait must be handled in a lively 

 manner to bring success. Some fifteen years ago 

 this water was stocked by some wealthy Jersey 

 men, and, from what I can learn, not half a dozen 

 expert anglers have visited its waters in the past 

 ten years, and there is no record of anybody ever 

 having fished the stream I here describe 



Last season I only met three strangers at the 

 lake, but they never seemed to catch anything be- 

 yond eels, turtles, sunfish, and a few two inch 

 bass, the name of which they did not even know, 

 and I got into their bad graces by telling them they 

 ought to return the bass into the lake. They 

 thought I was a crank, in fact one of them told me 

 so. These men were salt-water sports, and one 

 man who came there from Newark, N. J., was ac- 

 tually baiting with shrimps for fresh- water bass 

 and had no less than eight hooks upon his line, all 

 baited with shrimps. This man also told me that 

 there were no decent fish in the lake, and strange 



