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illustrated). In using pork rind 

 on these hooks, cut strip twice the 

 length of the large hook and 

 about one-quarter inch thick. 

 Hook the middle of the rind on 

 the small hook and let it hang 

 down alongside of the large hook. 

 This method will overcome the 

 losing of fish on short strikes, as 

 the hook is at the tail of the rind 

 and rides between same with the 

 barb upright, making it also weed- 

 less, while the spinner will impart 



found the lure had the same 

 charm with the bass, pickerel and 

 perch. 



AN EXCELLENT CRAPPIE 

 BAIT 



BY A. J. HUNTER 



While fishing a crapple bed last 

 week I discovered an excellent 

 substitute for the minnow. I had 

 used my last minnow, and as they 

 were very hard to obtain I looked 



to the rig a wiggling, wormy ac- 

 tion. They can't resist it. This 

 rig can also be used with dead or 

 live minnows by inserting small 

 hook in lips and fastening large 

 hook alongside of minnow with 

 small rubber band (as illus- 

 trated). A fly can also be used. 

 My first experiment with this 

 rig was in salt water on blue fish 

 and it was such a wonderful suc- 

 cess (and grand sport with bait- 

 casting outfit) that I have sold 

 many by request. This induced 

 me to try it in fresh water and I 



around for a substitute. I struck 

 an idea that worked. Here it is. 

 On the lower jaw of any fish you 

 will find, at a point running from 

 the forward tip of jaw to a point 

 where the gills almost meet, a 

 long thin piece of very tough 

 white skin. Take your pocket 

 knife and cut this out. When 

 putting on hook be very, careful 

 not to stick yourself with hook, 

 as this piece of skin is tough 

 enough to make it hard to put a 

 hook through it. When put in 

 the water and moved to represent 



