40 THE TROLI/ER'S GTJIHE. 



Pike. But Note If you ever use a Jack for a bait, it 

 should not exceed half a pound in weight; and if you bait 

 your hook with a Perch, be sure to cut away the back fin 

 very close to the back before you begin fishing with it. 

 J have killed Jack in the ponds in Tilney Park, Wanstead, 

 by baiting snap hooks with a smelt, and also with a sprat ; 

 this has happened i.n the winter months, at which season 

 Jack and Pike are much distressed for food in ponds, and 

 I have been told they have been killed by baiting with a 

 small sized fresh herring of which, I doubt not. Jack are 

 also sometimes taken in ponds and other still waters, (but 

 seldom in rivers) by baiting with a live frog, to do which, 

 put the loop of the gimp into the frog's mouth and draw 

 it out at its gills, then draw the hook (which should be an 

 eel hook) into the mouth, and tie one o.f its hind legs to the 

 gimp, and all is ready to fix to the trolling line. If you 

 use a frog for Live-Bait Fishing, use a single No. 4 or 5 

 hook, and fix it to the side of the frog's lip, or rather 

 through it, the frog will live a long time in the water and 

 swim strong. 



, Trusting the reader is sufficiently acquainted with the 

 materials for Trolling, we will immediately proceed to the 

 practical part of the art of taking Jack and Pike with 

 rod, line and hook 



