CHAPTEE V. 

 Bass Fishing on the Coast. 



Having spent last Sunday fishing, tlirough 

 the News and Observer, for the dark spotted 

 trout, in the brooks between the Blue Ridge and 

 Alleghany mountains of North Carolina, I pro- 

 pose to jump clear of the middle section of the 

 State, and get back to my favorite game fish, 

 the black bass, (chub) in his favorite haunts, 

 along the fringe of waters of the coast line, at 

 the tidal limit. 



The fresh water lakes, ponds, and creeks of 

 this section abound in bass of the largest size. 

 In fact all the waters down east are so full of 

 fish that it becomes a matter of slaughter, and 

 therefore toil of brain as well as muscle in 

 catching them. What sort of sport is that which 

 fills a boat with fish in a few hours ? 



Besides, the fish in those waters are not so 

 full of fight as those in Middle Carolina. I 

 know I would rather catch one bass up State, 

 that has never got a whiff of salt water air than 



