ioo PRACTICAL BAIT CASTING 



of this kind for their feeding and playground. If you 

 know places with this kind of bottom by all means give 

 your wobbler a trial even if the water is ridiculously 

 shallow and no one in the memory of the oldest in- 

 habitant has ever been known to catch fish there. 



While the wobbler is used most effectively in water 

 that is shallow or of moderate depth it can be used 

 successfully in deep water at times. Make long casts 

 down the wind and reel as fast as possible is the sys- 

 tem to use then. 



UNDERWATER BAITS OR WOODEN MINNOWS 



The underwater plug is the original wooden or 

 artificial "minnie." You will often find one or two 

 of them in the tackle boxes of even confirmed live 

 bait fishermen who use them for trolling. 



As a casting bait the underwater type is not as 

 popular as it used to be for several reasons. In the 

 first place, the average caster prefers a bait that will 

 float so that when he is untangling a back-lash it will 

 not settle in the weeds and refuse to come up again, 

 which is a calamity that costs on an average about 

 sixty cents. Also it is over-shadowed at present by the 

 wobbler which catches fish even in inexperienced hands. 

 Nevertheless the underwater is beyond doubt a good 

 bait when properly used. 



The "old hand" catches fish with this bait be- 

 cause he knows how to handle it. He makes fairly 

 long casts, reels slowly enough for the bait to travel 



