Show T TK Tj i K IYo I Yo YoI t L I j r ti I cc I z J t ih l fl f ii z j i i I J n T TS OF OP THE BLACK BASS l Game Fish Bsh That Rivals the th Brook BrookA ok okI A Trout I I UK iphia phIa Ledger calendar the days daya T H v fl i I vi th t i i K ha JaSS 8 are the lone IonS days das of t when season i s summer 1 ie is Js burled buried beneath the thc them m preen green of oC the heavy foliage leap about in inT Choppers r t b KI gra I in 1 T I r I and the songbirds are J i fr the little indigo bird in ir trY tj 1 wood when the rivers and aci j tr r f so low that on sunny J win ar aIll through the amber depths the ther J rd 11 can be seen alon along the j r S b bass both vV b t oP fop rn The black r die dla r ar ant 1 ma mouth is 18 widely j j rivals the trout for tor his hist I IU He Hc ls Is l found In ln both bolh botha t amI rivers rivera and in lakes w a di i 1 ar arf are the methods of ot tak tAkI J v Whim im from fr n fly ny fishing with light tight I V i with a It heavy hand handt HP U mil t ill iU take tak a variety of or lures t i ii a fly ny or a spoon or u a uj 2 or minnow In somer some P fr K j r rI IiI fa VIM He diet is small cat cath catI catani 1 I h an ani aniT 1 I 1 TI T fh n Mississippi furnishes ri rL h R ml bass baHS In Id the low ni us its are frequent K with the main ram I ty v narrow inlets Up these in Inet Int et t nt at c seasons set Ons and at certain t ft r s of Cf tn day the bass baas will run in inUit rat Uit numbers rl when they may be tak in In t on R It minnow or spoon The TherM Thelis rM nd MS lis seen a couple o ot of rods kill Ui L thirty tl rt bass bast in a few hours while t i ho she ba s were wore running where before rl n I 1 not flot so 50 much as a single f r pik ik k suld Uld be obtained Often Otten In Int when the river is j low t t sloughs hs are cut ut off from the main f imprisoning large quantities of at r fiB h soon become extremely vo yo vord vora pickerel be betA rd ra i ius US and bass or may tA n with almost any bait The IM lake Lik s of Wisconsin and Minnesota ta tL lr r famous for bass On these wa waters waters Waters the method commonly used is balt bait balting ing with a short stiff bass rod rodi and line fine silk fX i r to t eight fight feet long a on A free Fee running reel The bait balt twists n of pf f a small frog Bait casting MI uh suh h tackle is an art in itself The can place u a frog in a small sma open nen pae among amon the lily pads afong arong shore at a distance Of Or or thirty ard from the boat and can make the frog alight In the water and swim iway twY so M naturally as to deceive the wariest t bass bas that hides des among an on the and s In thi thO Vast toast the best black bass fish fishing fishing ing In Is found in the upper reaches of ofu uh luh u h rivers as the Delaware or the theSus Sus Such Su h streams flowing through wild mountainous country count im lW r rl l with forests arc are shallow shall w rapid and ani full of riffs riff At j t the foot of bf the thc water below the riffs is le a swirl anti and eddy and below usually a deep eni In the eddies or where the rapid dt ater T mrs merges into the stiller stiner pools the theMa iak Ma k bass feed fl ed and it is here the I may take them early earl in the or r In the evening or on rainy iny ini da days s When hen the sun is bright T r Tihon ahen they th are arp no nd n longer hungry the theU theta thetas U tas I retire to the still deeps de ps Of the th V tnt t lS Th re rf are art various methods or fishing fv q O bass on n the Delaware a typical i mple of or a fine bass stream In its extern upper course OUrse fly fl fishing for foriss jus iss is often practiced with great sue suc i 59 Th The angler wades along alonS the riffs tiffs I and casts Nuts his feathered lure lur into the I water at the edge of the pool or er It behind some big bl rock Sometimes tin live minnows or frogs are used in the Mite way W Below its Junction with tV th h Neversink however boat fishing M I more common In the awkward fat bottomed slab sided boat boats used by th V hi Delaware fishermen built to stand th wear and tear of or hauling over riffs rifts banging against ag rocks the anglers Tha 1 ut t down doan stream some ten or OP fifteen a as i e visiting the best fishing grounds 11 r the te way wa coming to anchor occa si at the foot of a riffle rime The hand line II is let out some sixty c er s tnt feet ft and is kept oft the tin by the current or an nn oc arni ii pull at the oars There Is not n mh im h port JOrt in fishing with such tackle x t that it takes a good deal of lg nt to know when hen to haul in as 10 ba la s g frequently frt merely nibbles the thet t t and iid in jg not readily hooked If It the theat at ifs ant ats real IMI sport port he should use li m trout tackle ta kle and give the fish a han iani hani Then he hc can put into play playa pIa a h hs s skill chill as aa no fish of his size puts l I a t m Im mr ie rc savage fight than the black blacki blackd i d H it rushes about dives under h i b boa ba a it if r he gets Jets a chance end and nd leaps t th i air shaking his whole body bod bodik ik a J ht nt spring in his efforts to too I throw o n off the hook oi and escape The rhe Ther PA r 4 j through h the water rater the rod rodi i k a whip whit and the angler Is 33 11 t of his fish until he has lisa him 1 t v i U he the landing net 1 M t of bait for fort t bI la k bans ba of oC the Delaware Delavare are areIa Ia i fl h and or clip cUp clips J as s th thy y are locally called Get Gets s but l t hi almost as much of an r a the fish fi h The fish v iI along the shallow stony ston I ks k wIth one flat stone upon Jt it T r urns tUrns It aver er and hopes to tott tot tor r t t tt ti fish h bout about as long as ones oness onest s r with ith a I velvety black med ined d and turning up Its all sil belly or possibly an ugly t tn t squirming to g set get t un Sometimes nets n ts are areS S sy I 1 at th the toot root of oC a rUne riffle the up and stones turned n T tl rh tre tm above bove and In this 1 t i bait Is lodged In the nets s M h Sf s two baits fall fail the small I It g that fla hop about the low lowI I t along tU the shore among river rivert 1 t stones atones make very er good N too will do sometimes s mes 4 M kerei are often orten taken by byth th tb a spoon in the quiet water among the weeds 1 r go SO i Prepared rei are l for forS S f fishing ft as the black bass JS J the mOt most tempting baits 0 any tily r misty mist summer morning ray ay a halt half light I ht that precedes f a cloudy cloud day da the river the fisherman as S he h sits it in t r mote and wild lId as it rip the tiffs rifts and roars down the therun theP P runs run t ep and still under the Yr The summits of ot the lofty orb ing on either hand clothed mantle of oC green treSs trees in hi clinging vapory hith rt reaL like Uk lakes Jakes in ia the tha thai th theys i i ys s until the hot sun scat I The dark heavy Ilea liea foliage And nd shores bores is wet with dew or orr r 1 r n Disturbed from his noc floe nocal lI al by b the reedy shore the then ther n fl r ts t a Mv like Mke a blue gray grayr 5 r the bald eagle leaves his hisH r H it rt n the blanched limb of oC a ar 5 rw r tr e as B the boat approaches r 1 1 1 s scornfully over ocr the forest p aran the bass bas with his hisK hisa a K iM K and aad dingy sides Is not so 0 3 vr Mi a h as the trout but he heR Mt R n the th whole bole w a R fiercer fighter und and d L difficult fish to brinto basket baSk t a is once hooked booked The two are area 1 r a n fund found in the same zam am neighborhood though in different waters The an anglers anglars glans along the Delaware Del to find excel excellent excellent excellent lent trout fishing need n d only leave le e the river and follow tollow up any of its tributary tribu i tary brooks through damp glens and forests wading from Crom pool to pool slipping from froIn rock to rock as the brook roars and tumbles along over oer stones and logs and little cascades In Inthe Inthe inthe the wild forest Uplands where these brook take their rise there are nu numerous numerous numerous deep clear ponds or small lakes in the waters of which are found beside belde large quantities of ot perch and a goodly number of at black bass bas I |