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AMERICAN GAME FISHES. 



SECTION 6 TACKLE FOR MID-WATER FISHING. 



Tackle for Trolling. Artificial Bait. The etymol- 

 ogy of the word "trolling" need not concern us very much 

 here, beyond pausing to say that it is evidently derived from 

 the French troler, to lead about. Trolling may be defined 

 in this connection as fishing in mid-water with lure, natural 



Fig- 3 6 - Fig. 37. 



or artificial, using a running line in doing so, and so manip- 

 ulating the bait as to keep it constantly trolling or moving 

 about. Fish of prey, such as Salmon, Trout, Bass, and the 

 Esocidse, are thus killed by the angler. 



