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A X D S T R E A M 
August, 191» 
No. 2 
American Sportsmen 
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Remington CMC by 
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WOOLWORTH BUILDING NEW YORK 
is a delight and a terror to the bait 
caster. A delight because there are bass 
there — old, big, pot-bellied fellows with 
enough weight to set your nerves atingle 
and bend your rod till you think it is 
going to snap. A terror because the 
pond is dotted with tree stumps around 
which the fish hang out and around 
which many a line gets twisted and many 
a lure gets lost. Just the same, where 
the fish are, there the fisherman will go. 
That’s why we went. 
W E pulled away from shore with 
our tackle rigged. I had tied a 
gold-colored minnow to Jimmie’s 
line, while to my own I attached a dark 
red minnow. Underwaters both of them. 
The underwater minnow is the best all 
around lure in existence and don’t let 
anybody lure you into believing other- 
wise. And furthermore, it should be 
one that sinks readily. 
Merely casting it in any old direction 
does not bring satisfactory results. Bear 
in mind that bass, like Redskins, like to 
hide away and lie in wait for their un- 
suspecting prey. When their victim gets 
near at hand they dart out and their 
intention is to bring about a funeral. 
This habit of the bass has brought many 
a one to his doom. 
We began casting close up to the 
stumps where they stuck up out of the 
water. The closer the better. I told 
Jimmie the effect to try to obtain was 
to have it appear as if something had 
fallen into the water by accident and 
immediately put up a violent struggle 
to escape. 
With a good splash, we slapped the 
minnows right up close to the stumps and 
immediately started them moving. I 
shot my lure in between two stumps at 
a third one that stuck up out of the 
water about thirty feet back of the pair. 
The instant it hit the W'ater there was 
a swirl and a violent tug. That bass 
was a big one and he cut off to one 
side and got a quarter turn about one 
of the stumps in front. Jimmie tried 
her best to get the boat up to the stump 
so I could free the line, but we were 
too late. I felt three or four vicious 
tugs and the line slackened. 
So on we went. We moved along about 
three hundred yards and never got a 
strike, but we kept casting steadily for 
that is one of the secrets of success. 
One old, big stump stood up in about 
six feet of water and I cast my min- 
now right up against it at its water line. 
I had not retrieved a foot of line before 
the strike came. I kept him on the 
move and gradually shortened line until 
not more than six feet were out. Then 
I began to lead the bass about in a figure 
! eight until he was pretty well quieted 
down. I then swung Jiim to the side of 
the boat and leaning over, shoved my 
thumb into his mouth and clamped my 
index finger beneath his under jaw and 
pressed down with my thumb. Lifting a 
bass in this way prevents any movement 
on the part of the fish. The fish must 
not be allow’ed to hang down straight 
but should be kept at a slight angle 
from vertical by pressing with the index 
finger underneath the lower jaw. 
This bass weighed 2% pounds. Pretty 
good for a starter. It was Jimmie’s 
