PORK RIND FOR BAIT 



After you have packed your varied bunch of plugs, 

 wobblers, spoons and lures in your tackle box, with 

 the surplus jammed into your grip, don't forget the 

 humble pork rind, because it's sure got some " rep " 

 behind it to back it up 'as a fish getter. When you 

 have tried to tease the fish on to your hook with 

 every bait you can think of and failed to arouse their 

 curiosity, just put a nice juicy strip or chunk of fat 

 pork on the hook, and if that don't make their 

 mouths water then they surely must be either sea- 

 sick or on a diet. 



Many big fish have been caught with the fat side 

 of the pig, and your kit is not complete without a 

 fair-sized piece of pork. Buy it in a chunk with 

 the rind on and cut it up each day as you a la carte 

 it to the fish. Keeping it in a chunk saves it from 

 drying out. The best kind of pork to buy is that 

 commonly called salt pork, or, as the sailors name 

 it, " salt hoss," but get the fresh pork whenever pos- 

 sible as it is stronger and makes a livelier bait. This 

 pork is white, and makes an attractive lure for bass, 

 pickerel and wall-eyed pike, and even the musky 

 will give it the once over if it's a fair-sized chunk. 



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