Bait Angling for Common Fishes 



streams a trout or bass will take the worm 

 and play quite a different game, so that it 

 is always wise to have tackle equal to such 

 an emergency. In such cases it is well to 

 be slow and careful; instead of lifting such 

 fish bodily from the water lead it gently 

 toward the bank of the stream and run it 

 up over the stones or sand. Catfish do not 

 congregate in shallow water, they prefer 

 to lie in deep holes in the mud or sand, 

 most often near weeds and vegetable mat- 

 ter. There is no special time of day to 

 fish, any time will do, day or night, and 

 the best season to catch them is the warm 

 months of July and August. In small 

 rivers and ponds large numbers are caught 

 by the country people solely for edible pur- 

 poses, by placing set lines over night with 

 twenty to fifty hooks on a line placed across 

 the stream. The next morning the line is 

 pulled up and nearly every hook has been 

 taken. These lines are nearly always baited 

 with worms or small pieces of liver. After 

 a fair-sized mess has been caught it is 

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