There are no fish in Gagebic save the 

 two species of Bass, the small mouth and 

 the large mouth (Oswego) ; the former 

 predominate as about four to one. They 

 appear in schools covering acres in ex- 

 tent and playing near the surface of the 

 water. 



In two hours a party took seventy Bass, 

 of which forty were returned to the 

 water uninjured, as being under weight, 

 while all weighing upward of one pound 

 and a half were preserved, the largest 

 barely reaching the four-pound notch on 

 the scale. 



The lure in general use is a No. 4 troll- 

 ing-spoon. When once this fish grasps 

 the triple hook in his ravenous manner, he 

 is fatally impaled in both jaws, and rarely 

 escapes. The favorite bait is live minnows, 

 pieces of fins, artificial Jtelgramite, or any 

 other decoy that can be used on a single 

 hook. The supply of Bass in Gagebic is 

 inexhaustible, and any person can at any 

 time take all the fish he wants legitimately 



with hook and line. 



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