How to Get Them 



or linen line, size E or F, with sproat hooks No. 

 3-0- to 5-0 on gimp snells, and brass box-swivel for 

 connecting snell and line, constitute the rest of 

 the tackle. 



Many anglers troll with hand lines of heavy 

 braided linen, but the use of a rod is of much 

 greater service in playing the fish. A fish of such 

 excellent game qualities deserves treatment of a 

 better kind. 



PIKE AND PICKEREL 



In live-bait fishing for pike exactly the same 

 method is in order as that used for the mascalonge, 

 except, if the pike are not of great size, smaller 

 hooks and fish for bait are used. The angler must 

 judge, or inquire from native fishermen or resi- 

 dents, what are the best bait and size of fish; ask 

 more than one, and see if their information tallies. 

 In some lakes golden chub will not go and silver 

 dace are only taken, and vice versa. In some 

 lakes yellow-bellied frogs are no good ; only white- 

 bellied frogs are the thing because the fish 

 are used to feeding on certain food. For 

 medium-sized pike of ten pounds a shiner of eight 

 inches is not too big, carefully hooked on minnow 

 gang. It is perhaps the most deadly bait for the 

 three members of the pike family. 



Live-minnow gangs now on the market are so 



numerous and so varied that it is impossible to 



describe them; any will do if hooked the right 



way. In England, both trolling and spinning for 



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