The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-08

In Calhoun county, l saw these pranks played by very large bass deep down, but never a strike did I get. Of one thing be assured, when you can see a bass he can see you, and it is all off as far as your hooking that one is concerned for the day and hour
 All game fish have brains and are en- dowed by nature with sense of smell, keen sight and auricular powers. A fish probably hears with vibratory, sensory nerves through it's scales, centering in the forehead between the eyes. While talking on land may not be heard by fish, 1t will N if the person speaks in a loud tone in a boat, or over water. Any un- usual sound causing distinct vibrations of the air, such as a pistol shot or a thun- der clap, will frighten fish and cause them to seek deep water.
 As to sight, bass can see moving ob- jects 30 feet distant in fairly clear water. And in smooth, clear water the angle of a f1sh's vision will detect a man 20 feet back from. the edge by refraction in the water; when there is ripple on the surface of the water this is counteraeted.
 Bass do not have any regular time for feeding. Sometimes a fish is gorged and will disgorge and begin allS over again. While it is probable that fish do feed by moonlight, yet the 'goosebone idea" Of signs of the Zodiac and the dark of the | on the matter. When the moon is full, Ia te in the evening and early in the morn- ing are good hours to try for big bass. This is partly due to quiet and the luck in part, to the light not being strong enough for the bass to sec the fisherman or his line and cork; then also he only sees the fly, and not the splash of the line on the water. This splash dscon- certs the fish's first flash of vision to tho q l. of picture show camera.
 Two Kinds of Bass
 There are two kinds of bass in our waters, the big-mouth and the small mouth. The color, sometimes called ola OK bass, is largely. a matter of the waters they use. in. Those taken from East Lake are of a pretty, greenish striped coloring when weighing two or three pounds. The larger ones sometimes have copper bronze to brown color. The lime formation with milk colored waters yield a sort of white looking bass Vegetation and minerals in the waters affect the coloring of the fish.
 Also cold, running streams make a gamer fish than the still waters of lakes or ponds
 The plymouth bass. can be distinguished by the hinge of the jaws setting well back Ol t1c eye anu Dy lHt tuINt Oi tilt of the upper part of the head. e In the snall-mouth bass a line perpen- dicular through the eve will touch the hinge of the jaws; also the upper frontal of the head is almost straight line to the mouth.
 The largest (recorded weighD bass was one taken in Florida some years ago, weighing 23A pounds. It is probable that there are bass in East Lake weighing 10 or 12 pounds In Lake Purdy. being the inipounded waters of the Cahaba. it is not improbable there are bass weighing as much as 14 pounds, and also in NO. T." the artificial lake out near Pratt City, used as a water supply for some of it's plants by the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company. West Lake. near Bes- semer; Turkey creek, near Morris; Queenstown lake, the Cahaba and the Warrior river are all good bass-fshins waters.