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I suppose they mistake it for a frog or duckling, as it is not likely 



that a large pike would disturb himself for a worm. It is quite 



astonishing how wildly a pike will rush at this bait, and often come 



back to it several times after missing. A perch will often take the 



worm if one lets it sink through the weeds, but a pike never. 



Sea fishing is hardly ever practised by amateurs, except in the 



summer months, from the piers at Ymuiden, where 

 Sea Fishing. 



sometimes thousands of "peterman"* are caught by 

 a single rod in one day. 



* i.e. Weevers. — Ed. 



