30 Fishing in North Ca/olinu. 



is about the only function in fish life; while 

 other kinds look down, smell of, feel of, and 

 feed near the ground. 



The condition of the water has much to do 

 with success in bass fishing; whether it is in 

 flood or ebb, too fresh or too hot — it cannot be 

 too cold in the season — too muddy for the fish 

 to see the bait or so clear the angler can be 

 easily seen. In short a dry season and low 

 water makes fish hungry. 



As to bait, a bass will take almost any living- 

 thing when in the mood, and yet it is often so 

 fanciful that it will take nothing when it really 

 ought to be hungry. 



The moon and the weather may have more 

 or less to do with the feeding time, but I never 

 recognized the authority of the moon; prefer- 

 ring to believe that the condition of the stomach 

 of the fish regulated his relish for food. 



Aristophanes called the bass the wisest of 

 fishes, and said that its only weakness was its 

 stomach. Man is not very dissimilar in this 

 respect. 



Al Fairbrother, an authority in ''Every- 



