146 LAKE AND STREAM GAME FISHING 

 HOW TO MAKE THE RIG 



The rig for this deep trolling is easily assembled 

 and it sure takes your bait down to them. Take an 

 eight-ounce cone-shaped sinker and attach it to the 

 end of your line with a swivel ; then take three pieces 

 of line about three feet long and attach the first piece 

 with a swivel to the line about three feet above the 

 sinker. Three feet above the first line attach the 

 second with a swivel, and three feet above that at- 

 tach the other with a swivel. On the three ends of 

 these lines swivel on an eight-inch piano wire leader, 

 because the big wall-eyed pike have teeth that will 

 cut through a line or gut leader. To your leaders 

 attach either a single hook or a treble as you prefer, 

 and bait each of these hooks with a six to eight-inch 

 shiner or golden chub. Let your line down and find 

 bottom, then troll along very slowly. The wall- 

 eyed will strike very mildly for his size and swim 

 away slowly with the bait. Let him take it some 

 distance, then strike him and if he is any size you 

 will have a fine time bringing him up to the boat. 

 Fact is, he will probably make a couple of runs back 

 to the bottom just when you think you have him to 

 net. With this rig I had the fun of landing two 

 wall-eyed pike at once, a three and three-quarter 

 pounder and a five and a quarter and you can take it 

 from me, Old Timer, I knew there was something on 

 the line when they both began to " act up " for com- 



