A FEW FACTS AND FANCIES 



it proved to be. It was the battle of all my fish- 

 ing experience. The largest fish was a six pounder, 

 and his companion, four and a half pounds. The 

 fight was a long and hard one, — the excitement 

 exhilarating. The method, surely, is worthy of 

 consideration from the results obtained. 



If you wish to find where fish are feeding in 

 a lake, try deep-trolling. This is how it is done. 

 Put on a cone-shaped sinker (they call it a " dip- 

 sey " in Maryland and farther South), weighing 

 not less than four ounces, at the end of the reel 

 line ; three feet above the sinker attach a single or 

 double twisted gut leader (weight of fish to deter- 

 mine its size), three feet in length to the line, and 

 another similar leader three feet above the lower 

 one. Place swivels wherever needed, and bait with 

 live minnows, or use light feathered spoons, — the 

 former, however, are preferable because of the 

 weight of the spoons being apt to cause entangle- 

 ment of the leaders. Laying down your rod 

 within convenient reaching distance, and instruct- 

 ing the boatman to row slowly over every shoal 

 and deep hole in the lake, you hold the line in 

 your hand, and, as the boat progresses, you will 

 feel the contact of the sinker with the bottom. 

 If the pluck of a fish is felt, and you have it 

 hard and fast, take up your rod, being careful 



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