. The boy anglers; their adventures in the Gulf of Mexico, California, the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, and the lakes and streams of Canada. Fishing; Fishes. 248 THE BOY ANGLERS " Got him again ! " cried Tom, giving the butt of his slender rod to something that made several good rushes. " No bass this, no ; " Rock bass," said Jack. " He'll give up before you can reel him in on the ; And a rock bass it was, in brown and yellow tints, shorter and thicker than the black bass. Bill reached for it with disgust and unhooked the pest, tossing it back.
. The boy anglers; their adventures in the Gulf of Mexico, California, the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, and the lakes and streams of Canada. Fishing; Fishes. 248 THE BOY ANGLERS " Got him again ! " cried Tom, giving the butt of his slender rod to something that made several good rushes. " No bass this, no ; " Rock bass," said Jack. " He'll give up before you can reel him in on the ; And a rock bass it was, in brown and yellow tints, shorter and thicker than the black bass. Bill reached for it with disgust and unhooked the pest, tossing it back. " Bait-eaters and no good," he growled. " If it wasn't for them things we'd have good //^t/<X ,. The rock bass. bass-fishing ; but they take the bait before the bass has a ; Up the shore they went, Tom taking another pick- erel, which gave a fair exhibition of its game qualities ; then both anglers had strikes, and, after a rapid and ex- citing play, two splendid golden fishes were brought in. " Yellow perch ; they're the fish for fryin'," said Bill, taking them off^ and rebaiting the hooks. " We've struck a school of ';. 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 Holder, Charles Frederick, 1851-1915. New York, D. Appleton
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