on bars and shoals, near rocks. Usual 

 weight from two to four pounds. 



For tackle use rod of from nine to twelve 

 feet ; line, fly tapered, of from one hun- 

 dred to two hundred and fifty feet ; silk- 

 worm-gut leader of four or five feet ; hook, 

 small Bass size. For trolling use rod from 

 eight to eleven feet, with click-reel, and 

 spoon or other artificial bait. For bait 

 use worm, frog, crawfish, and small live 

 fish. 



The respective merits of the Brook Trout 

 and the Black Bass as a game fish have 

 long been a question for debate between 

 anglers, and the result has been the publi- 

 cation of much valuable information upon 

 the respective fish. Their habits from their 

 birth to their capitulation are now thor- 

 oughly understood, but where they most 

 abound is not so well known, and fisher- 

 men who may happen to alight upon good 

 ground generally conceal its location. 



Lake Gagebic and other waters in Mich- 

 igan are noted for their plenitude of Black 

 fresh-water Bass. 



