A CAMP NEAR LEECH LAKE. 



deeply indented bays and projecting 

 points, lakes with shores wooded to the 

 brink, and lakes set in shrubless areas 

 of lawn, lakes filled with islands, lakes 

 with flat shores, bold shores, sloping 

 shores, cragged shores, and lakes with 

 confronting bluffs and promontories., 

 There are lakes detached and isolated., - 

 lakes in clusters and pairs, lakes large 

 as seas, and lakes in connecting chains 

 which stretch far across the prairie and 

 furnish uninterrupted thoroughfares for 

 boats for distances of a hundred miles. 

 In these lakes are no less than eighty - 

 one species of food fish. Pike perch, or 

 wall-eyed pike, are the most widely dis- 

 tributed of all. They are found in all 

 counties of the state, except in the south- 

 western counties of Lac Qui Parle, 

 Martin, Nicollet, Olmsted, Pipestone, 

 and Rock. They come into season iru 

 June and are caught in deep water on 

 the edges of submerged sand bars in 

 lakes, and at the mouths of tributaries, 

 of large rivers, and in the Mississippi 

 itself, 



Black bass come into season in June. 

 In May they are still covering their 

 nests in the shallow water of gravelly 

 shores, and protecting their young, as 

 hens do their broods, and should not be 

 caught until the young are ready to 

 scatter and take care of themselves. So 

 long as the parents guard them, they are 

 less exposed to predatory rovers of 

 various sorts. It is a mistake to catch 

 them in May. Frogs are a killing bait 

 at the opening of the season, and live 

 minnows and trolling baits later on. In 

 hot weather they go into deep water 

 and to the outlets of lakes. If the 

 angler expects to catch many bass, do 

 not strike the moment a bite is felt, 

 as when fishing for trout, but give them 

 time. Let the fish gorge the bait at 

 their leisure, and when you feel the line 

 drawn steadily out, fix the hook into 

 the jaw by a smart stroke, and you 

 have them sure. Black bass are found 

 in all Minnesota counties except the 

 northwestern counties of Beltrami, 

 Cass, Clay, Itasca^ Kittson, Marshall, 



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