BAITS FOR BLACK BASS 



THE number and variety of baits that en- 

 tice black bass have never yet been defi- 

 nitely settled. Certain it is that they wiU 

 take any living thing, small enough — 

 and sometimes too large — for them to swallow. 

 The definite size of a perch or a sunfish which a 

 large-mouthed black bass cannot engulf is still im- 

 aginary, for none of these big-mouths have been 

 found choked by a food-fish, although it is not 

 an infrequent occurrence to find the small-mouths 

 in that condition, floating helpless on the surface 

 of the water. The fins on either the sunfish or the 

 perch do not seem to bother the bass very much. 

 If their prey is very large it may take them longer 

 to turn and swallow them head first, but when so 

 swallowed, the fins close down like a fan and shp 

 through the gullet without any difficulty. 



The Capture or Purchase of Live Bait 



One of the saddest trials to many anglers is the 

 capture or purchase of the most alluring baits. If 

 an opportunity to buy them occurs, one is apt to be 



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