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swallowed the bait and got hooked in the maw. 

 Even then the line broke, and the fish dropped 

 into the boat. Pie weighed 7 1-4 pounds, and 

 this is why I know he was a seven-pounder. 



I always feared and watched a two-pounder, 

 which size I regard as the most apt jumpers, 

 and this is the crucial point with a bass on the 

 hook ; and about the only time an expert angler 

 may lose the fish. Big fish are more apt to stay 

 in the water or sulk. 



Hook and line fishing has always been free 

 at Hunnicut's, and the owners are very clever 

 people ; but they naturally expect fairly decent 

 behavior arotmd the premises. 



Starting near the source of Black Kiver is 

 Black Creek another good fish stream which 

 courses to the sea by way of ISTeuse Eiver. On 

 this creek is Panther Branch Fishing Club's 

 pond, alias Myatt's pond, eighteen miles from 

 Raleigh, and everybody can fish in it who is a 

 member of the club. This is today the best 

 stocked pond within 60 miles of Ealeigh. It 

 has been carefully re-stocked with several 

 species of fish, and protected as it should be. 



