The Project Gutenberg EBook of Black Bass, by Charles Barker Bradford

This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with
almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or
re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included
with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net

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

Character set encoding: ASCII

*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK BLACK BASS ***

Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at
http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images
generously made available by The Internet Archive/American
Libraries.)

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.

[Illustration (handwriting): Charles Barker Bradford]

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._

[Illustration: Black Bass Fishing]

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 b