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Trolling for Pike: Use a rod, line, and 

 reel, similar to those recommended for minnow- 

 spinning. They will be found quite strong 

 enough. Let your hooks be of the same num- 

 ber, and tied on in the same way, as we pointed 

 out in our second way of baiting with a min- 

 now. The hooks must be the best-tempered 

 perch-hooks of the largest size, and instead 

 of being tied half an inch distant from each 

 other, the distance must be a full inch. In- 

 stead of gut use strong gimp. Let your bait 

 be a good-sized fresh-killed gudgeon. Heed 

 not the advice of others, it is, after all, the 

 surest bait for pike. Make your gudgeon 

 spin exactly as you do the minnow, but never 

 fish streams or fast-running waters. If you 

 do, you will take only very small jacks. The 

 large ones lie in the deep waters, and are to be 

 found in the vicinity of weeds and the different 

 species of large water-plants. The safest way 

 is, to allow the fish a few moments' time to 

 gorge your bait, and then strike him obliquely 

 either to the right or left, as occasion may 

 suggest to you. Give him no play, hold him 

 strongly " under buckle," wind up rapidly, and 

 land him without mercy or delay. He is a 

 ruthless tyrant, and he should be pitilessly 

 treated as such. Your tackle can never be too 

 strong; only avoid large hooks; those we 



