TROLLING 



After a few hours casting, when your rod begins 

 to feel like a piece of lead, just slip into an easy 

 position and take a little whirl at trolling. Besides 

 resting up your casting arm and putting it in shape 

 for a double-header in the afternoon, you stand a 

 mighty good chance of landing some fine fish with 

 the least amount of exertion up to the actual period 

 of fighting the fish. Trolling is sure the lazy fisher- 

 man's delight and often the fat man's preference. 



Nearly all game fish can be caught by trolling, 

 and after the strike it takes just a little bit finer work 

 on the part of the fisherman to land his catch, due 

 to the larger amount of line out at the time. There 

 are quite a number of rigs that are good for troll- 

 ing, and you can use most any kind of bait or lure. 

 The best day for this kind of fishing is when the 

 water is slightly ruffled by a breeze and the surface 

 broken by small waves. This keeps the intended 

 victim from seeing too much for his own good. An 

 overcast or cloudy day also adds to the attractiveness 

 of trolling weather, although many great catches 

 have been made when the sun was doing his hot- 

 test. 



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