BAITS, BAITING, AND GROUND BAIT. 225 
lawns at night, and may be then gathered on and round 
the edges of the grass, borders, &c., in great numbers. I 
have repeatedly picked more than a quart full of solid 
worms in this manner in half an hour. Some lawns, 
however, are much more prolific of worms than others. 
About ten o’clock at night is generally the best time 
for lob-worm gathering. 
When the tail of a lob-worm is used, the worm 
must be broken about the middle—longer or shorter, 
_ according to circumstances—and the hook, if a single 
one, inserted at the point of breakage, the worm being 
then “run up” the hook until the shank is somewhat 
more than covered. 
To bait with a whole worm take the hook by the 
shank in the right hand, and the worm, head upwards, 
in the left ; enter the hook-point a little below the head, 
and after passing it through a trifle more than the 
length of the shank, bring the point out again, and run 
the worm up on to the shank and gut ; then again insert 
the point and barb only about two-thirds down the worm 
inthe direction of the worm’s head ; and finally, pull the 
upper portion of the worm down over the hook-shank 
till it touches the tail part. This is the best method 
both of concealing the hook and giving a natural 
appearance to the bait, in every kind of fishing where a 
single hook only is used. 
