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Popular Bottom Sea Fish 



The best baits are these, in the order named: 



shrimps, blood worms, common garden worms, and 



small minnows. Their favorite bait is shrimp, 



which should be placed on the hook, tail 



first, the point of the hook coming out at the head. 



Minnows should be hooked through the lips, 

 from underneath, Avith the hook coming out at 

 the top of the nose. The rod should be no longer 

 than eight feet; no reel is required, the 

 line being tied at the tip, and the fish 

 lifted right into the boat. Use a six-foot gut 

 leader of medium thickness and attach to it four 

 hooks, so that the end one will hang one foot from 

 the bottom, the other three hooks being about 

 one foot apart. The hooks should be small and 

 the points sharp. A sinker tied to the end should 

 be heavy enough to hold on the bottom, what- 

 ever tide runs, so that the hooks will float well 

 away from the line. 



At times they bite with such rapidity that they 

 can be pulled into the boat as fast as the bait is 

 put on. They are a swift-moving fish, and when 

 once located a good catch is always the result. 



If smelts are cooked within a short time after 

 being caught they are most delicious eating; the 

 larger fish have an oily taste, not so agreeable as 

 the small fish. 



COD AND TOMCOD 



This well-known and prolific fish is not esteemed 

 by anglers for its gamy qualities but solely for 

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