11.   Then, a few weeks after the shad-bushes bloom and shad-flies emerge, fish begin to spawn.

12.   True enough, a few fish were beginning to show.

13.   Water levels in the Ipswich River have dropped so low that state officials fear fish may begin to die.

14.   When the water warms and the fish begin to spawn in shallow water -- say, late February and early March -- fishing will be much better.

15.   When a few fish began to strike, we shared the thrill.

16.   Without exception, all the released fish began swimming.

17.   And a rotten fish begins to stink not from its tail but from its head.