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will feed, the large Perch especially. Angle from the 

 wharfing and shelving banks, and also about the ships 

 which have laid some time in dock. Perch are also 

 caught with a live Minnow, Stone Loach, small Bleak, 

 Dace, or Gudgeon, or a small live frog, hooked by the 

 lips or back ; but live Minnows and Shrimps are most 

 to be depended upon for killing heavy Perch : use the 

 same hook, line, and float as before directed. When 

 fishing for Perch, especially in rivers, you should al- 

 ways have a winch and running tackle on your rod 3 and 

 hook on your bait-fish, same way as described in Chap. 

 III. Part. II. for sometimes a Jack, Pike, Trout, or Chub, 

 will take your bait ; then it is necessary to give line, 

 or the Fish will break away, from being too suddenly 

 checked when going to their haunt : it is likewise ne- 

 cessary to give them a few moments' time to pouch, if 

 you suspect a heavy Fish; and as they often run a con- 

 siderable distance before they do this, without run- 

 ning tackle you certainly would break, or lose your 

 Fish. When you are fishing where the Perch are all 

 small, and you have a bite with a worm-bait, let him 

 run about the length of a yard or two, and then strike 

 smartly : place the float on the line so that the bait 

 should swim or hang about a foot above the bottom 

 of the water. Some angle for Perch with two baited 

 hooks on a line, one of them placed so as to hang or 

 swim near the bottom of the water, the other to swim 

 or hang at mid-water, which is a good way in the 

 Spring months, for the water is then generally thick 

 and high, and the Perch will then swim at all depths, 



