18 THE PEACTICAL FISHERMAN. 



and continue tough. Worms should in all cases be stored in moss, 

 cleaned and sorted every week in cold, and twice or three times per 

 week in warm weather. Gentles can be kept during the winter by 

 burying under ground in a warm position. These are hints by the way. 



Ground baits should be of like character to the hook bait intended 

 to be used. This should be a sine qu& non. If one ground baits 

 with worms one should select of the cleanest worms for the hook. 

 Similarly, if one baits with common gentles, the finest gentles from 

 animal's liver should be used. A little ground bait should only be 

 thrown in, sufficient to tempt the fish to the particular locality. A 

 little should be also thrown in during fishing. Greaves, potatoes, 

 bread, even boiled Indian corn and pearl barley, all make splendid 

 ground baits as occasion requires ; bat, above all, the angler should 

 be careful not to be too copious in his baitings nor fish too closely in 

 time on such preparation. 



