The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-15

bass. or just plain bass. no matter which
alias you prefer. the fish Is the same,
gamey. a fighter every inch, and WITH an
appetite that leads To his destruction.
IL you wish a. days sport with this
stranger on the Coast, you have but TO
outfit and go out there-the fish will fur
nish the rest.
four rod should be bait-casting rod.
Lakewood and OF fairly good weight fof
II viii bow Ia the strain OF a 4~oouBder.
perhaps, before the day rs over. Your lne
should be q braided silk OF good weight
aud strong. the leader "A shree-foot double
sat and i long shank Limerick hook, cor
responding 10 No. d kirby IN size and
IaahcG TO good double gut-snell. Ado
good reel that will take in lire quickly.
and you are ready. Usa no Einker
Fer TAFT you need the hullhead. or Nil
lcra Thumb 90. ufanideal, which abounde
ia the lake. and which are TAR better than
any Of the mlnno~s. they live better
and seem preferred By the bass over
everything else. Those OF four To six
inches long are tho best size. and must be
used alive by hooking them through the
skin 81 the back. just over tile spot where
tAc top Of the sill covers open. This in
burca their living "a long time and puts
sac hook Ia the best position for catch
i1r tie bass takes "a nlinnow head first
almost invariably, and thus .sais the hook
We'll INTO ais mouth. SO that u strike Will
almost always hook him.
10 not get nd l,iea that a crayfixh. frog
or sinner" minnow Is better bait for
bass ar" peculiar in soma ways, and this
IS one OF them. "A frog bake" Is a lake
where they take frog best and a min
now lake" is Were they want rnirnpas
Lake Union being one of the latter. and
Fhn bass VIII rise TO 100 other lure except
Il spoon Ia season. You will ind the bull
~ -. AZ
first, last and always. and / might add
that the fish arc too weu fed ia rise TO
ay ~ all, as they DO In the East whsrc
tho lakes haze been depopulated of food
fishes for them.
When you have your bucket OF tive bur
heads. get Ia Your boat and row slowly
along tie shore cut far enough So you
MI bc within easy casting distance of the
shallow water along the beach for the.
bass patrol the open sand beach. where
they rush ln from the deeper water after
msnDows along the edge, sometimes run
ming SO far that they "go aground in
the shoals ard have 10 turn on their Sides
TO gel out again. IL a bunch OF tuje. a fsv,
spNtterdocks or half sunkeu log happeu>
80 81 within twenty feet or So 81 an open.
clean sand beach then let the, open ~pac,,
SO and drop your 1--we hntihcad alongside
az the shadow OF the cover. for there il
where Tho bass will he balancing himself
poised ready for . ilgktning-like rus1,
after any 'uckiess mignow that comes
within reacll-and ho viii get il. too. IL
sessr niinnow. SO much the better
When ycur hsit strikes the water IN
such = place lat Il segtie hale way 20 tina
bottom II you doa't gar IS strike INSTANTLY
for the hAss are 50 we'll rss3 and SO fat
they are sometimes IN no hurry 10 bite.
II n small one. OF pound to a Pound
and half. happens 10 bc there when the
hai; strikes the water tAe chances are
he VII strike u 8s g. hits the surface and
start to- 6oep water sti-h a rush that viii
make wear rrri sing. tie needs no strike
he hcoks himself and you have only 10