WORMS AS BAIT 119 



get the big fish, for often the largest worm will fall 

 a victim to the smallest fish. A small, clean, pink 

 worm with a lively kick is more enticing to the big 

 fellows than the big night crawler that you hunt 

 with a lantern. When hooking the worm do not 

 run the hook clear through the body, but simply 

 hook it through the skin. About one-third way 

 down the body run the hook through the skin, then 

 skip about a third of the body and run the hook 

 through again, leaving about a quarter of the entire 

 length of the worm wriggling loose at the barb of 

 the hook. This keeps them lively and kicking and 

 attracts the big fellows, and while a dead worm may 

 get the smaller fish it doesn't appeal much to the 

 kind you are generally after. When hooking a new 

 worm always take off the small pieces of his pre- 

 decessor. 



When you have tried out everything else and the 

 fish seem to be off the feed, slip a nice worm on the 

 hook, and if that don't make them hungry you can 

 feel certain that you have done your part in your 

 effort to coax the big fins out of the water. 



