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have caught the wall-eyes by feed- 

 ing them live minnows also. 



The accompanying cuts will 

 show the method I use in working 

 my kink. Fig. 1 shows line in 

 proper fold. I use common small 

 corks, cut about half-way in the 



center. Fold line in the cut corks, 

 using three corks, and if neces- 

 sary, four. You will find that 

 when the bass strikes, the corks 

 will fall off, leaving the line free 

 for play. The distance between 

 first cork and leader is from 12 



you can hook the worm twice; 

 use at least ten or twelve worms, 

 so as to make a big mass (see 

 Fig. 2). Be sure to strike fast 

 or you will lose the game. 



I halve given this kink to many 

 brother fishermen and invariably 



it has brought good results. 



My advice to those who 

 are troubled with a weak 

 heart or are given to 

 "nerves" is to refrain from 

 fishing for the elusive wall- 

 eye or the fighting bass at night, 

 for when you are lucky enough to 

 get a strike from a four or five- 

 pound wall-eye or bass it is as 

 if you had received a kick from a 

 mule. The suddden fright is dis- 

 concerting in the extreme. Those 



to IS- inches and from the second 

 and third the same. If you use 

 minnow be sure to hook him 

 under the top fin; care must be 

 taken to avoid piercing the back- 

 bone. In using angleworms for 

 wall-eye, place the worms so that 



who are in the habit of fishing at 

 night for these fish can verify 

 this statement. 



When I had my first experience 

 at night fishing I was fifteen years 

 of age. It was also my introduc- 

 tion to the "floating bait," and 

 that night will remain a redletter 

 night in my memory. Father and 

 I started up the Cedar River (in 

 Iowa, at Linwood, above Cedar 

 Rapids) on the night of the 23rd 



