148 FAMILIAR FISH, THEIR HABITS AND CAPTURE 



to the line with a swivel, and to that the spoon should 

 be looped with another. In shallow water, trolling 

 near the surface, a very light sinker is used, or none 

 at all. As deeper fishing becomes necessary, heavier 

 sinkers are exchanged for the smaller ones. We 

 know now that in trolling with spoons for any variety 

 of fish, treble hooks are a dis- 

 advantage, double ones being 

 much better. This is more 

 particularly true with small 

 fish, or those with small 



Double hook. Treble hook. 



mouths. It is believed, how- 

 ever, that even large fish often strike one of the 

 three hooks and knock them all aside ; with two this 

 is not liable to happen. Double hooks will hold 

 strongly enough, and very rarely fasten the jaws 

 together as treble ones do, thus giving the fish more 

 opportunity to fight. A simple plan is to file off 

 one of the three hooks originally on the spoon. 



In trolling with a minnow, a gang of hooks espe- 

 cially tied for the purpose on gimp (silk wound with 

 wire), or on steel wire, should be employed. One 

 composed of No. 2 double hooks will be best. Three 

 of these are fastened one above the other, about two 

 inches apart. Above them a No. 4 or No. 5 single 

 hook is placed, to which the minnow is attached, 

 hooking it through the lips. This is tied to the line 



