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yellow perch, sunfish, bluegills, goggle-eyes, 

 and occasionally the crappies. Each one is 

 patiently waiting to be lifted out of his ele- 

 ment to adorn a " stringer." A word as to 

 the stringer. Get a steel chain stringer and 

 never trust a cord or fish-line, however stout. 

 For in your overweening pride you may find 

 occasion to " hist " the string up to show it 

 to some one and the string may break and 

 sow your fishes broadcast back into the depths 

 of the lake again. This often happens. With 

 a wire chain stringer or a steel chain stringer 

 you can do this display business with the ut- 

 most impunity. 



One of the beauties about pan-fishing is 

 that the biggest fish do not get away at 

 least, not permanently. If you inadvertently 

 lose a fish, bait up again and try him once 

 more. A perch will munch and munch until 

 all is gone and then return to the charge 

 as often as bait is renewed. The bluegills 

 and the rest of the crowd all follow suit, and 

 when a crowd of pan-fish begin to take the 

 hook they bite fast and furiously. The small 

 hooks used enable the anglers to put back 

 into the water unharmed all the smaller fish. 

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