90 Bass, Pike, and Perch 



and nothing but minnows would attract them. 

 But in the upper Mississippi, notably on Lake 

 Pepin, the case was different. About the rocky 

 points of that beautiful lake, and in the clear 

 water of the river below, I have enjoyed royal 

 sport fly-fishing for white-bass. This was years 

 ago. Afterward I made a trip in a steam yacht 

 from Cincinnati to St. Paul, traversing the 

 Mississippi from Cairo to the head of navi- 

 gation, and also going up the St. Croix River to 

 Taylor's Falls. On this trip the white-bass fish- 

 ing was not so good as in former years, though 

 the black-bass seemed to have held their own 

 pretty well. I might remark, in passing, that 

 the upper Mississippi is one of the most beautiful 

 and scenic rivers in the world, and is unsurpassed 

 for black-bass fly-fishing. At one time the 

 islands of that river furnished superb woodcock 

 shooting in summer, which could be varied with 

 fine fishing. 



THE YELLOW-BASS 



(^Morone mterriipta) 



The yellow-bass was first described by Dr. 

 Theodore Gill in i860. His type specimens 

 were from the lower Mississippi River in the 

 vicinity of St. Louis and New Orleans. He 



