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Pike, as I think are worth notice, I shall next direct the 

 reader how to choose the trolling line, rod, winch, &c. j 

 also, discourse on the nature of bait-fish for Jack and 

 Pike-fishing, pointing out the reason why a Gudgeon 

 should be preferred (generally) to a Roach, Dace, or 

 Bleak, for trolling with the gorge hook, or for Live- 

 bait-fishing ; also when Roach, Dace, or Bleak, are 

 useful baits j with full directions to select the same, in 

 respect to size, and to keep them alive during a day's 

 fishing, or to preserve those which are dead, fresh, ai;id 

 sweet, when going a distance from home, either to troll 

 with the gorge or Snap-fishing ; for which purpose, a 

 proper bait-kettle and box are recommended, with cuts 

 of the same, accompanied with directions to select baits 

 proper for every season of the year. See C^hapters 

 VII. VIII. and IX. 



Dace. 



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