46 FISH : THEIR HABITS AND HAUNTS. 



<BAITS FOR TROUT. 



The natural bait most generally used in 

 angling is the worm ; it may be used success- 

 fully for every kind of fresh-water fish, with 

 the exception of pickerel. The lob-worm is 

 in season from May to September, and may 

 be found at night with a candle or lantern in 

 any place where the grass is short. It is an 

 excellent bait for salmon, trout, and eels. 



The red worm is small, and of a bright 

 red ; it is found in, old manure heaps, in de- 

 cayed tanners'-bark, and on the borders of 

 old drains ; it is impossible to speak too highly 

 of the value of this worm to the angler, as 

 almost every kind of fresh-water fish will 

 take it eagerly. 



To bait hooks with worms enter the point 

 of the hook a little below the head, threading 

 the worm carefully without breaking or bruis- 

 ing it to within a quarter of an inch of the 



