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THE TROLLER S GUIDE. 



CHAP. I. 



No. 1, Live-Bait Kettle. No. 2, Book or Case for Trolling Tackle. 



No. 3, Telescope-handle Landing Hook. 



Lucium Piscicnlo inescare. 



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Prefatory Remarks on Trolling for Jack or Pike, | 



The art of Jack Fishing, or taking Jack or Pike with 

 a hook, line, and rod, is properly termed Trolling j 

 but this branch of angling is generally divided and 

 described, by Anglers^ under the three following heads, 

 viz. Trolling, Live -Bait-fishing, and Snap-fishing. 

 Trolling, in the limited sense of the word, means 

 taking Jack or Pike with the gorge hook ; Live-Bait 

 fishing, when a floated line is used ; and Snap-fishing, 

 when the Angler so places his baited hooks, that, im- 

 mediately he feels a bite, he strikes with much force, 

 and generally throws over his head, or drags the Jack 

 or Pike on shore, instead of playing his victim till he 



