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AMERICAN GAME FISHES. 



anything that comes to your net in the shape of minnows, 

 will answer for baiting the gang. Where bait is scarce, it is 

 well to bind the minnow to the gang, with a few turns of 

 strong white or lead-colored linen or cotton thread. 



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GEAR FOR DEEP TROLLING. 



"Figure I shows the lower end of a rod or hand-line, as it 

 is supposed to be in the water. The gang A is fastened to the 

 leader at C; at E the leader is attached to the reel, or hand- 

 line, D U; at B a cone-shaped sinker is fastened to the 



