PICKEREL TROLLING IN SPRING 



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I drew him to shore, and, stooping and putting my 

 finger and thumb in his eyes, threw him well upon 

 the bank. (This is 

 the best way to 

 land a pickerel if 

 you had no landing- 

 net.) 



Trolling for pick- 

 erel with the Cale- 

 donian minnow is 

 another good way 

 (Fig. 24), and troll- 

 ing with a large 

 hook to which 

 white feathers have 

 been tied some- 

 what in the form of a fish, occa- 

 sionally is productive of a good 

 basket ; but, next to the spoon, 

 the dead natural bait certainly takes 

 precedence of all. 



An ingenious boy can certainly 

 make his own tackle for the latter. 

 That which I prefer is shown Fig. Fl '9- 24. 



Caledonian Minnow. 



25, and consists of a piece of rather 



