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ally hooked in a very slight manner, often disengaging 

 the hooks of their own accord after being caught. They 

 are not hooked sufficiently secure to allow of the long 

 battle which light tackle necessitates. But the same 

 fish, under the same circumstances, if pulled in right 

 away before he has had an opportunity to weaken the 

 hold of the hook, can often be saved; and this is the 

 primary reason why the pot-fisherman gets the big 

 pickerel. In fact, it is a humiliating point to concede, 

 but the fact remains that in order to angle for large 

 pickerel with any success a man must resort to pot- 

 fishing with a big bob and thick line, or else troll with 

 a large spoon. 



Trolling is a kind of middle course between pot-fish- 

 ing and scientific angling. It is an invariable appren- 

 ticeship with which all novices begin their angling 

 career, and is the only method by which an inexperi- 

 enced fisherman can hope to make a catch. In deep- 

 ish water such as is suitable for trolling, a fish takes 

 little notice of the boat as it passes over him, and 

 the spoon trolling far behind the wake of the boat, 

 deep down in the water and within easy striking dis- 

 tance, is very alluring; again in trolling the bait is 

 working for the angler all the time. 



