feet in the air. Charley and I just looked at each 

 other with amusement. I finally exclaimed, we'll 

 try it again, as there is a larger bass in the Potomac 

 than has ever been caught." 



Mr. John M. Kenyon, of Toledo, Ohio, informs me 

 that in 1883 he caught a bass which was the largest 

 small-mouthed specimen he ever saw. It weighed 

 seven pounds and two ounces, and was twenty-three 

 and three-quarters inches long. He had been a per- 

 sistent fisherman, and uses the same rod for bait and 

 fly casting, a nine and half foot, six- ounce bamboo. 

 In bait casting he uses the same leader without sinker 

 and cast as with a fly only with slower motion. 



A. F. Dressel, of Baltimore, Md., an expert with rod 

 and reel, some years ago took a small-mouthed bass 

 from the Potomac River, between Knoxville and 

 Brunswick, which weighed seven pounds and one six- 

 teenth ounce. 



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There are few fishermen who do not witness at 

 one time or another movements of the bass which 

 would induce the belief that they possess the senses 

 which belong to the human being. When the rivers 

 are clear and the wind down the bass are frequently 

 seen listlessly running about, and if a bait is thrown 

 almost within their mouths it will be avoided. Such 

 inaction may be observed during the spawning season, 

 or when the water is very warm during a heated 

 period. The fish have at other times been noticed 

 racing to overtake a minnow or in making warfare 

 upon the small minnows along the shore. Not infre- 

 quently does he jump into the open in an attempt to 



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