TO TAKE PIKE WITH A BLADDER, &C. ^i^l ^ 



liimmers are stuck in the bank, the bottom being 

 strong turned wood, sharpened for the purpose, with 

 a winder at top for the line, which should be from 

 sixteen to twenty feet long, made of silk trolling line, 

 thin cord, or platted Dutch twine ; but you must have 

 a cork and bullet to the line ; (See the Cut.) The 

 cork used for a wine-bottle does very well after the 

 edges are pared round the top and bottom ; and bait 

 with a live Fish, as described in the Cut, which should 

 swim about a foot or two from the ground, which it 

 will by the aid of the cork. fSee the Cut.) When 

 you use the rod, fig. 1, hold the line with your left 

 hand, and, with your right, pass the forked part un- 

 der the line, just above the bullet : you may then 

 place the baited hook in the water, where you please, 

 by a jerk of the rod, at the same time letting the line 

 go from your left hand. 



To take Jack and Pike, with Hook, Bladder, or Bottle. 



Jack and Pike are also taken in lakes, and other large 

 pieces of water, by baiting with a full-sized Dace, 

 Gudgeon, or a Roach j nearly half a pound weight 

 is best. Use strong snap-hooks, with two lengths of 

 gimp, and two swivels, which must be fastened to 

 about a yard of the stoutest platted silk troUing-line : 

 then tie the line very secure to the neck of a large 

 bladder, and launch it in the water with a brisk wind : 

 if the Fish are on the feed, you will soon perceive the 

 water agitated in the most violent manner -, and, after 

 an amusing and desperate struggle, the bladder will 



