. Angling in the lakes of northern Illinois; how and where to fish them. Fishing. CHANNEL LAKE. 107 the general feeding ground for whatever perch and pickerel it may contain; while the bass weeds and deepish water immediately adjoining or the rush and lilypads on the margin is their lay-by or resting place, according to the existing climatic influences. The best way to fish a strange lake is to make di- rectly for the nearest sparsely dotted patch of rushes. lAH^ Catherine Cm/^f^£llAKE and examine the bottom; if it shows a depth of water from two to five feet, and a good, thick undergrowth of
. Angling in the lakes of northern Illinois; how and where to fish them. Fishing. CHANNEL LAKE. 107 the general feeding ground for whatever perch and pickerel it may contain; while the bass weeds and deepish water immediately adjoining or the rush and lilypads on the margin is their lay-by or resting place, according to the existing climatic influences. The best way to fish a strange lake is to make di- rectly for the nearest sparsely dotted patch of rushes. lAH^ Catherine Cm/^f^£llAKE and examine the bottom; if it shows a depth of water from two to five feet, and a good, thick undergrowth of weeds sufficiently high to allow a bass to sink into it and be covered, the angler may go to work on such ground with confidence. Bass have a particular af- fection for this kind of gx*ound, and even under the most adverse circumstances of wind or weather ground of this description generally will yield something to persistent Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Johnson, Charles. Chicago, The American field publishing co.
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