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Show fmmm mm JBBpj NEUTRAL WATER IN RIVERS H Where Fresh and Salt Come Together i' 'Hh and for a Short Space the Two lWafl Elements Refuse to Mingle. I Bi According to old fishermen there is twfl what might bo callod neutral ground, liil or rather neutial water, In rivers, iVHI where thoro Is no use of trying to nl mako a catch unloss It bo that somo IbVJ fool fish with a piscatorial brainstorm 11 snatches bait llko an insane human might grab a red-hot stovo. j This noutral water Is tho part of tho HH rlvor whero Its flow oncountera tho sa- j line Impregnation of tho salt water of HH tho bay or ocean ebb nnd tho flow of jH tho tide thu salt water of tho bay H runs up Into tho river for miles, and IB on tho roverso tho fresh water do- jIlHJ aconda aovoral miles again to tho bay ilHa loading Into tho salt soa. 'IWfl Thoro Is a midway botwocn the salt 'IH and fresh water points, however, that tfll vory seldom shifts. Around thU mid- (uHH way shad and bluo nnd other salt-wa- HI tor fish, it they visit at nil, will hover I -HJ on the ocean sldo. On tho fresh-wator I j fringe will loiter such flfh ns Inhabit P currents that aro devoid of tho sv I tH lino Ingredient. It the fisherman hap- Mh pens to cast bait in this neutral zona 'jiH ho Is not likely to get either ono kind 'iHI or tho othor. i Hfl |