KINKS OF ALL KINDS 



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and hooked it in about the mid- 

 dle of the rolled tinfoil. Then 

 he twisted it about three times 

 and bent the corners down on one 

 end, making it pointed so that it 

 looked about the shape of a min- 

 now (Fig. C shows it completed). 

 When this was done he tossed it 

 into the water and in just a few 

 minutes he was rewarded with a 

 nice, big perch, and in a very 

 little while he had a big string 

 of fish. Then, too, he was able 

 to catch from five to six perch on 

 the one tinfoil bait, where with 

 minnows, one perch usually meant 

 one or more minnows. 

 Anyone trying this kink will find 

 it an interesting, excellent and 

 inexpensive perch bait. 



Meramec River catfish weighing 

 up to eight pounds are caught in 

 this manner. 



CATCHING CATFISH ON 

 WILSON WOBBLERS 



BY GEO. KRUMSICK 

 Here is a little kink that some 

 of our stream fishermen might try 

 when they go camping and get 

 tired of eating bass at every meal. 

 This kink is being used here by 

 some of our anglers and is bring- 

 ing them channel cat without 

 using live bait. The stunt is 

 simply this : When you have fin- 

 ished casting your wooden min- 

 nows in the deep pools for the 

 day, tie them to a short trot-line 

 and stretch it across the riffles 

 where the water is swift and 

 about two feet deep. The current 

 will keep the wobbler going all 

 night, and when Mr. Channel Cat 

 comes up to feed he'll nab the 

 plug and stay there. Here in the 



A HANDY SWIVEL-SNAP 



BY LEE STIBBE 



The wire shank and swivel 

 taken from an old spoon makes 

 an excellent snap for fastening 

 baits on a bait-casting line. Re- 

 move the hooks, spoon and beads, 

 leaving only the wire with the 

 swivel at one end. Fasten the 

 line to the swivel. The loop at 



the other end of the wire forms 

 a perfect snap for taking off and 

 putting on bait. This rig has 

 the special advantage that the 

 swivel prevents the line from be- 

 coming f wisted. The spoon may 

 be left on the shank at times to 

 make the bait more killing. 



A NEAT TRICK 



BY JOHN M. SMITH 

 After casting along the edge of 

 the weeds from a boat I found 

 that for some reason I could not 

 catch fish, although I had a num- 

 ber of strikes. So a thought came 

 to me. I fitted out a hand line 

 and fastened it to a 20-foot cane 

 rod, used both live minnows and 

 grasshoppers for bait. After bait- 

 ing the line I laid it in the boat 

 and went on casting. When I had 

 another strike I did not make a 

 second cast for the fish, but 



