FROGS AS LIVEBAIT. 



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The bulb is a hollow india-rubber ball, with an air 

 valve inside ; three feet of flexible tubing is 

 attached, having at its end a perforated nozzle of 

 metal ; this is dropped in the bait can ; the bulb is 

 held in the hand, and compressed by frequent 

 squeezes of the fingers, which thus pumps air 

 through the tube into the water. 



When it is not possible to obtain live fish, frogs 

 may be used as substitutes. The gimp of a 

 double gorge-hook for live-baiting should be 

 attached to the baiting-needle, the point of it 



pushed tenderly under the skin just behind the 

 frog's head and along its back without wounding 

 the flesh, and out near the thighs, to one of which 

 it may be fastened by a whipping of fine thread 

 or silk. A couple of swan shots or a very light 

 lead should be used on the trace. 



The frog being cast into the water a little 

 distance off, it will most probably swim for the 

 opposite bank, when line must be paid out ; but by 

 gently drawing the line, the frog can be guided into 

 and over the likeliest places to hold pike ; and if 



