THE STRIPED BASS 



is sometimes enclosed in mosquito-netting and fast- 

 ened securely to the hook. 



Artificial lures for troUing include the bone or 

 block-tin squid, spoons, spinners, and their allies, 

 preferably attached to a single hook. A silver spin- 

 ner is frequently used in the East combined with 

 whiteworms completely concealing the hook. Some 

 authorities discourage the addition of natural bait 

 to the artificial. On San Francisco Bay, in the f aU, 

 many anglers troll in Raccoon Straits, usually with 

 one of three standard spoons 'No. 6 or No. 7. 

 Heavy tackle is required to take care of any stray 

 quinnat salmon which may take a fancy to the lure, 

 and it is nothing unusual to hook bass weighing 

 from twenty to thirty pounds. Anglers on Lake 

 Merritt, Cal., in trolling with shiner or sardine, use 

 two swivels on the leader, — one at the top and one 

 at the bottom. Where the leader is attached to the 

 line there is placed a sphere of lead about three 

 eighths of an inch in diameter, pierced with a hole 

 large enough to allow the line to run through it 

 easily. This is to prevent ravelling of the line. 



Artificial flies are available for striped-bass fish- 

 ing in fresh or brackish water only, and they can 

 be used to the best advantage in the spring when 

 bass are ascending fresh waters. Fishing is most 

 productive of results about sundown. Showy flies 

 are the favorites, — red ibis, blue jay, oriole, royal 

 coachman, polka, silver doctor, Parmachenee Belle, 



