Fish and Fishing 



In many localities the crawfish is an excellent 

 bait, especially at the season when it casts its shell, 

 when it is called a "shedder" or "peeler." 



They are found beneath stones at the 

 Crawfish .. J . 



sides of rivers and brooks, under shelv- 

 ing grassy banks, among the pebbles; some bore 

 holes in the meadows. The crawfish is not used 



Hooked crawfish. 



in casting or trolling, but in still-fishing. It has 

 a bad habit of getting fast under any object it 



can. In its usual state, the way to hook 

 Hooking 



it is through the tail, but when the 



shell is off, it is safer to hook it through the body. 

 Crabs may be kept a long time in wet grass or 

 moss. 



The lamprey is quite as good a bait as the craw- 

 fish, and also gets fast under logs and rocks. 



It is known as the lamper-eel and 

 Lamper=Eel .,... . . 



inhabits fresh water of small rivers 



and brooks. It is usually found in the muddy 

 sand, partially under water. To capture them 

 it is necessary to dig with a spade about nine 

 inches deep, throwing the mud on the dry bank 

 and searching through it for the wriggles. It 

 is back-aching work to get them, and the angler, 

 after some little experience in lamper-digging is 

 inclined to be over-generous to boys who get them 

 for him. They are, after being impaled on the 

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