. Fishcraft, a treatise on fresh water fish and fishing . e fisher-man of lesser skill — or none at all —in the higher branch of the art, is per-haps as delighted in playing a minorair, making the small fishes dance tothe vibration of a taut line, and bring-ing them in without any accompani-ment except the beating of his ownheart. The multitude of small finny mem-bers of the various common speciesmay be said to comprise the greatcommon school of fishes. To attendthis school, to apply the rod when-ever and wherever it will do the mostgood as a means of bringing a reason-able number out of the w
. Fishcraft, a treatise on fresh water fish and fishing . e fisher-man of lesser skill — or none at all —in the higher branch of the art, is per-haps as delighted in playing a minorair, making the small fishes dance tothe vibration of a taut line, and bring-ing them in without any accompani-ment except the beating of his ownheart. The multitude of small finny mem-bers of the various common speciesmay be said to comprise the greatcommon school of fishes. To attendthis school, to apply the rod when-ever and wherever it will do the mostgood as a means of bringing a reason-able number out of the wet, is reallyworthy the attention of all those fondof a fascinating, healthful form ofstudy; in short, willing and anxiousto follow the fixed resolve of a famous 82 Fishcraft General —light it out on this Hneif it takes all summer, using not allthe time, but vacation time, holidaytime, or any time that can be sparedfor the purpose. Rock Bass Throughout the wide territory in-cluded in the Great Lakes region andthe Mississippi Valley this species of. Rock Bass. fish is especially abundant, affordingfairly good sport and desirable foodto hosts of rodsters. The rock basshas many local names, the best knownof these being Goggle-Eye, Rock Sun-fish, Red-Eye, and War-Mouth. Theusual habitat is the clear waters of therivers, lakes and ponds ; the best timefor taking them is during summer Fisher aft 83 and autumn. The weight ranges upto about one and a half pounds. Com-mon baits are worms and small min-nows, and the tackle about the sameas that in fishing for small black bass. Strawberry Bass Few, if any, of the small lishes aremore widely distributed or more gen-
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