THE PIKE. 



pectoral fins of livcbaits is to be avoided if pos- 

 sible; the former interferes with the respiratory 

 functions, and both tend to shorten the existence 

 and lessen the vitality of the bait. The hooks at 

 the head of the bait should point backwards, and 

 those at the dorsal fin upwards, for, as the pike 

 seizes bait crosswise and then turns the head first 



JARDINE'S 



PECTORAL -SPRING 

 PIKE -SNA P. 



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Baited 



PECTORAL SPRING PIKE-SNAP. 



into its mouth, both the triangles thus arranged are 

 almost certain to hook him ; in fact, I hardly ever 

 failed to hook a pike on snap-tackle. It will be 

 seen from the illustrations that the top or dorsal 

 triangles of both my tackles are " sliding," i.e., 

 adjustable to various sixes of baits, but they are 

 made also with different sizes of hooks. 



