B A I T-F ISHING FOR. BLACK BASS 



baits that the bass apparently gulps dovra. One 

 exception, I think, should prevail: black bass, while 

 seldom, if ever, found feeding in the long and 

 relatively shallow waters of rivers, will frequently 

 be found just at the tail of the rapid water as it 

 pours into and subsides in the deeper waters of the 

 large eddies or pools. These places are grand, 

 fruitful waters for the angler who hooks his min- 

 now through both lips and tosses it into the upper 

 foam, whence it passes into the subsiding current 

 and frequently into the maw of an awaiting and 

 hungry bass. If the angler chances to fish the 

 deeper and quiet waters below, he hooks his minnow 

 in the middle of the back and allows it to wander 

 to and fro in mid-water or near the bottom, having 

 taken care that the hook has not touched the back- 

 bone, which would be fatal to the life of the 

 minnow. 



Still-Fishing and Trolling Outfit 



The outfit for a black-bass fisher who stiQ-fishes 

 or troUs is very simple and includes a moderately 

 stiff rod eight to nine feet long and weighing 

 seven to eight ounces; a "No. 6 line and a 100-yard 

 multiplying reel; a supply of Sproat hooks from 

 No. 4 to 1-0 tied on single sneUs; a small float 

 or cork (if you can permit yourself to use one — 

 I cannot) to prevent the bait from bottom-catching; 



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