Along the Lily-Pads 



low-lying meadows, very seldom does the 

 angler add one of the great spotted pike 

 to his catch. His string or creel will be 

 made up chiefly of the greenish grass-pick 

 erel, ranging from a quarter of a pound to 

 two pounds in weight, with, probably, a 

 welcome sprinkling of large perch, which 

 take the troll almost as readily as the pick 

 erel itself. 



There are two methods of fishing for pike 

 and pickerel. One is to troll from a boat, 

 rowed or paddled slowly and cautiously 

 along the edges of the weeds and lily-pads, 

 with a trailing line of from forty to eighty 

 feet in length, to which is attached a polished 

 metal spoon and gang of hooks. The other 

 is the method of fishing from land. The 

 angler walks leisurely along, at a little dis 

 tance from the bank of the stream, so as to 

 be out of sight, and casts his troll or bait 

 with a rod. For small streams, where the 

 use of a boat would be impracticable, fish 

 ing from the land is, of course, the only 

 method; and some anglers, of active bodily 

 habits, prefer it even for lake or river fish 

 ing, as being, on the whole, a more skillful 



