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morning angle for him with snails ; but, in the heat 

 of the day, choose some other bait; and in the after- 

 noon, fish for him at ground or fly. 



Eel Fishing. 



The silver eel may be caught with divers baits, 

 particularly powdered beef, garden- worms or lobs, 

 minnows, hen's guts, fish, garbage, &c. But as they 

 hide themselves in winter in the mud, without stir- 

 ring out for six months, and in the summer, they 

 take no delight to be abroad in the day, the most 

 proper time to take them is in the night, by fasten- 

 ing a line to the bank side with a hook in tiie water; 

 or a line may be thrown at large, with a good store 

 of hooks baited, and plumbed with a float, to dis- 

 cover where the line lies in the morning. A small 

 roach does well here for a bait, the hook being laid 

 in his mouth. 



Gudgeon Fishing. 



The gudgeon is a small fish of a very delicious 

 taste. It spawns three or four times in the summer 

 season, and feeds in streams and on gravel, slighting 

 all kinds of flies ; but is easily taken with a small 

 red worm, fishing near the ground; and being a 

 leather-mouthed fish, will not easily get off the hook 

 when struck. When you angle for gudgeons, stir 

 up the sand or gravel with a long pole, which will 

 make them gather to the place and bite the faster. 



Pearch Fishing. 



The pearch or perch spawns in February or March, 

 and bites best when the spring is far spent. The 

 proper baits are the bradling, minnow, and small 

 frog; as also the lob- worm, bob, oak-worm, gentle, 

 wasp, and cab- bait. Tlie minnow yields the best 

 sport, which is to be alive, and stuck on the hook 



