The fine art of fishing by Camp Samuel Granger 1877-

Author:Camp, Samuel Granger, 1877-
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Fishing
Publisher: New York, Outing publishing company
Published: 1911-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

The Bait-caster

dear and sufficiently cool to bring the bass again into the shallows, it would appear that the first weeks of autumn, "when the bloom is off the water," are a pretty good time to go bass fishing—in fact, the very best.

To the writer it seems that, above all other methods of angling for black bass, bait-casting is to be preferred both for sport and results in fall fishing for bass. In both lakes and streams, the bass, both the large- and small-mouth, as above noted, are now in the shallower portions of lake and stream, on the bars and in the riffles, a condition decidedly favorable for bait-casting, particularly so to the bait-caster who prefers the use of the various top-water baits. With the coming of cool water the fish gain a new lease of life, an accession of activity and pugnacity, and are not at all the same fish which, in the tepid water and sultry atmosphere of July and August, required lengthy and super-skilful teasing to make them rise. The bait-caster may confidently rely for success upon any of the accepted casting baits, either surface or sinking, and the ordinary trolling spoon or single-hook fly-spoon, used in the same manner, are very successful in the fall months. The angler should look for his fish along the shelving lake shores and on the bars, and, in the streams, on point, bar, or in the riffles.

In the matter of tackle, before starting out for a bass fishing trip in the fall, the angler who has done more or less fishing during the summer should carefully test his casting line. With the best of care, it has been the writer's experience that the unwaterproofed bait-cast-

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ing line of small caliber which has been in use since the opening of the bass season is not to be trusted when the season is nearing its end. It should be carefully tested and the weaker portions broken off until you have a length of good, strong line, or a visit to the tackle dealer is rendered imperative.

A weak line is not only conducive to lost fish, but is also an expensive luxury in the matter of snapping off baits. Also, the mental poise of the angler who realizes at one and the same instant that he has on the largest bass he ever saw, and that he has him on a rotten line, is not at all conducive to the calm and strategic handling of a large fish. As a general rule it is well to strengthen the tackle at all points for fall bass fishing, for at this time one is more apt to make connections with large bass than at any time during the season.

Although the preference of some anglers would certainly be for bait-casting, it is not to be understood that fly-fishing is at a discount in the autumn. The contrary is true. But the fly-caster should choose for the scene of action some virell-known bass river, rather than a lake.

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