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for taking Carp in ponds, they seldom are on 

 the feed before May ; bait with red worms, 

 gentles and paste put but one red worm on 

 your hook, but two or three gentles. If oppor- 

 tunity offers, ground-bait the place you intend 

 angling in the night before, also plumb the 

 depth, that the water may not be disturbed 

 when you begin to angle in the morning. Fish 

 early in the morning and in the evening. In a 

 stream strike directly you see a bite, but wait a 

 moment if in a pond. 



When you have hooked a Carp, give him 

 line, and play him till he is exhausted, other- 

 wise being a strong fish you will be in danger 

 of losing him, together with your line, &c. 

 Let your bait be half an inch from the bottom 

 in a pond, but it should touch the bottom in a 

 stream. 



