HOOKS FOR LIVE-BAIT FISHING. 11 



Double and Treble Hooks for Live- 

 Bait Fishing, and how to bait them. 



FIG. 2. 



Provide two hooks, either brazed together or made on 

 one shank, (I prefer those brazed together, because they 

 lay closer to the bait) tied to about eight or nine inches 

 of gimp, with a loop at the end of the gimp, or you may 

 tie two single hooks back to back on a piece of gimp, 

 instead of the double ones, then take a baiting needle and 

 hook the curve end into the loop of the gimp, now enter the 

 point of the baiting needle just under the skin of the live- 

 bait fish, close to the gills, guiding it upwards, and bring it 

 out close to the back, at the extremity of the back fin, and 

 draw the gimp after till the bend of the hooks are brought 

 to the place where the needle entered, and all is ready 

 to fix to the trolling line, (see the cut above.) Note Use 

 hooks of such a size that the points and barbs do not pro- 

 ject over the belly or shoulder of the bait fish, (unless you 

 intend them as a snap, see Live-bait Fishing, Chap. IX.) 



