The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-06-26
STRONG, WARY BLACK BASS
rHB sEAsON rs OPEN VOW, nor INN
ANGLERS ARE NOT HAPPT.


Failure OF the Fl-h &" nitr--A Record BREAKER
Caught In tircen"ooh LAKE Iho"Eh-Ua"
pFirIon' Appn'it' " VIC "'"'N A""'-
CHESTER. n. V, Juno 2b.-Thc black bass
sensun IL opon and a good many people have
boon trying the waters of Orange county, whore
.no wv !" an,,o, r,,t = . cot viii quito indls.
wait Tor inc h"siu'' NV Wv ~ "6".'o nu
faro ia tho frat 10 come TO tho front with a big
M nrn - .n .n' t. - o,,nost -, record hroakcr. lie
Fellow ana u Is almost +" F'Vo'" "'VShot' nv
was trolling with n young yellow perch on his
hook among the stutnps in the New Jersey pare
of the lake, near the big island. Suddenly his
line stopped following him. There was somo-
thing at the end of 1t.
'Stumpt Rnid the New YORK tho oosS
with him.
"you hot ,t's n stump - soid Tom. ''aud itJl
stump anybody my. that COMES on this lake this
M"u "voL n 'o"0 S ~ nnntn,n ,Tm minn nonra. ana
" was n whoIper, " wci9hen n'no poanu' una
its eir,h measurement clshtccn inchcs. Tho bic
gcst bass ever caught in Greenwood LAKE be-
fore weighed nine pounds and thirteen onnccss
~ 90, ,, ,rnass S".,' ,i,o ~ y,hic,, - ,o, rc"S1
o"Ss ."o "ccNS nnoro 'i,"'N NV" '"so' NV
II the hc,n angler t%n .n"n INC o, os "s TIM n~u % ro,d
i"'i W. 49,. ,aa1".ta~ ,.tas. 90
w wronr po Sinr' Of Of G tpc "omp "UU"oHncs I amS many an
o,hnr r,c sons ,rc m, forth 70 account for the
49, y, -. NV. ~ hao
ITO predict about the black bass with muoh
co, adcrro " a,vs an obeervhnt brnthcr os ,bh
confluence S'Es an ooserN""' mro.nu. oi ny
angler rs rnsato ana nhwisc. lhNt tieh Is nos
only game, but he al HnyS knows what ho wants.
so often that the average sportsman almost
grows weary in seeking to find the exact food
that he requires. A fly or bait that may be
snapped UP at once today may he r fused out
right tomorrow by the black bass without any
apparent reason snyc that the strong fish with
the great head and the iron Jaw has changed
his menu. The tyrn who has killed his score OF
bass one day with n minnOw rs the tcinpter,
may return TO tho same place next day 10 find
that miunows don't go, ard that a grasshUppeR
or perhaps n crawnsh is the only thing the ca
PRECIOUS fish will ne, ept. Thus The OK Experienced
tsherIlan goes supplied with various baits ana
cool haunt Of the black bass.
But neither bait nor variety of it Is the all
essential In black bass killing. In the first
place, you must know where to look for the fish.
This is very imporiant. but no more importanb
than il is to he careful that the fish does not
know where to look for you. To approach the
lurking place of the bass Is a deed requiring
great: care, and dcxtcrity. The, .angler who
walks hriskly by the edge of n pool or stream on
q bright, sunny day, should not wonder why it
is that he fishes during weary hours and has for
his reward not 50 much as n nibble. There 10
nothing of the air, nor Of the earth, nor of the
water more Shy and suspicious than the black
bass, and the sight of a person walking or Ees-
determination on The part Of this wary fish to-
seek other feeding grounds at once. or TO alb
stain from dining that day, be the bill Of fare
served. -
I'm order TO pick ont a good fishing ground
for black bass or for any other fish It is quite
habits. Tho black bass chooses to lie near
rocks. prcfcrring water ten or twelve feet deep in
the daytime, seeking deeper water, Mt night.