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Black Bass Where to catch them in quantity within an hour's ride from New York - Charles Barker Bradford
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Title: Black Bass
Where to catch them in quantity within an hour's ride from New York
Author: Charles Barker Bradford
Release Date: June 11, 2009 [EBook #29098]
Language: English
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BLACK BASS.
Where to Catch Them in Quantity within an Hour's
Ride of New York.
Best Methods and Baits fully treated upon, with salient
Practical Hints upon choice of Rods and Tackle.
Weather Prognostications and Atmospheric Influences Reviewed.
NEW YORK:
THE W. P. POND PUBLISHING CO.,
37 W. 24th STREET.
Copyright, 1888, W. P. Pond & Co.
Let me live harmlessly, and near the brink
Of Trent or Avon have a dwelling-place:
Where I may see my fly or cork down sink,
With eager bite of pike, or bass, or dace,
And on the world and my Creator think:
While some men strive ill-gotten goods t'embrace:
And others spend their time in base excess
Of wine, or worse, in war or wantonness.
Let them that will, these pastimes still pursue,
And on such pleasing fancies feed their fill,
So I the fields and meadows green may view,
And daily by fresh rivers walk at will.
—Ancient Angler.
There is probably no more welcome news for one fond of black bass fishing than a description and general details of where good sport may be had; and when the individual is a unit in the population of a large city and suddenly learns that this is obtainable within an easy distance, the information is worth its weight in gold, in his estimation, if in no one else's. The main object of this paper on black bass fishing is to supply that knowledge to a large contingent, and also to give a few hints to those, who, fond of fishing, may still be open to a few practical hints. There are possibly many fishermen like myself, who, while not unfamiliar with salt-water sport with rod and line, still know and fully appreciate the pleasure of fishing for the fresh-water black bass.
Salt-water fishing is grand sport, but there are many denizens of a city who have been reared in the districts of fresh-water streams, lakes and ponds, who have not had the