S66 Book or the Black Bass. 



Aktificlal Insects, Etc. 



Artificial insects, as bees, grasshoppers, crickets, beetles, 

 May-flies, dragon-flies, and likewise artificial mice, frogs, 

 crawfish, hegramites, shrimps, worms, etc., are now made 

 vihich resemble the original creatures very closely. They 

 are to be used in surface fishing, in the same way as arti- 

 ficial flies, and must be kept in constant motion, otherwise 

 the bass soon discover the deception ; but if skillfidly used, 

 they are sometimes successful baits. They certainly have 

 the recommendation of cleanliness and general convenience 

 as compared with their original prototypes. 



Many years ago I was trout fishing on Slate river, the 

 inlet of Gogebic lake, and was returning down stream, 

 homeward bound on account of a heavy rain. I sat in the 

 bow of the boat casting under the banks on either hand as 

 my boatman paddled noiselessly along. On reaching a 

 wider portion of the stream I observed a field-mouse swim- 

 ming across, and when it reached the center of the pool a 

 fine trout rose for it, but as he did so, saw me, turned tail 

 and disappeared. I secured the mouse with the dip-net, 

 and upon my arrival at the hotel I imparted what I had 

 seen to a friend who was very anxious to kill a large trout. 

 The next day he repaired to the spot and succeeded in 

 taking it with the mouse ; it weighed fully one and a half 

 pounds, and was a good fish for that stream. 



The Bob. 



Of all baits or lures used in black bass angling, one of 

 the rudest in structure, the most nondescript in appear- 

 ance, yet one of the most effective and killing in actual 

 practice, is the "bob " of the extreme southern states. 



It has been in use in Florida for more than a century. 



