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6th. THE BAIT-KETTLE. This is a most indispensable 

 article for the troller he can't get along without it. It 

 should be made of strong tin, painted green outside and 

 white inside. The bottom should be wider than the top, 

 but sloping gradually. Conroy has now in his store some 

 very good and complete ; but there is one great improve- 

 ment, to have the handle lie or fall inside the lid. I 

 recommend a small gauze ladle, with a short handle, to 

 take the bait from the kettle when required ; it will save 

 much trouble, and injury, if not death, to the " dear little 

 creatures." 



The kettle should be replenished with water every 

 hour ; and one unerring sign that the shiner needs fresh 

 water, is when he pokes his nose to the surface. When the 

 fishing is over, sink the kettle in the shoal water, and 

 secure it, so that it cannot be tossed about by " wind or 

 weather." 



7th. THE BOAT AND OARSMAN, OR GUIDE. Here you 

 must trust to luck " first come, first served." But any 

 person going to the house of John C. Holmes, at Lake 

 Pleasant, will find good accommodation, and " honest 

 John " will secure a good guide and a good boat ; and 

 from experience I can safely recommend Cowles, Batch- 

 ellor, and Morrell, of Lake Pleasant, as faithful, honest, 

 persevering, safe and skilful guides and oarsmen. Trolling 

 is solely done from the boat. The troller with his face 

 to the stern ; the oarsman in the middle, or rather near 

 the bow, and rows slowly and gently along the lake ; about 

 one and a half or two miles an hour is the proper speed. 



8th. THE MANNER OF STRIKING THE FISH WHEN THE 

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