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Bass Striking at the Boat
It sometimes happens, although rarely, that a bass will follow the bait until it is almost up to the boat before he strikes it. This is a situation productive of several different kinds of disasters, unless the angler keeps his wits about him. If the rod is perpendicular, or nearly so, at the moment the bass strikes, a smashed tip is liable to result if any attempt is made to set the hook. The chances are that the bass has hooked himself and he should be slacked instead of struck and only slightly restrained until he is in a position where he can be played advantageously.
Naturally it is impossible to state any invariable rule as to how, when, or where a bass will strike. Individual fish act differently under like circumstances and bass in different waters vary much in habits. As in trout fly-fishing it is the often unexpected manner in which the bass makes known his presence that affords one of the principal attractions of the sport.
Camp, Samuel Granger. The Fine Art of Fishing. New York: Outing Pub., 1911. Print.
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