Bait Angling for Common Fishes 



hills. It is thick in proportion to its length, 

 and a dark red color down the back, pale 

 blue underneath. It is not so good as those 

 before mentioned, for the reason that it 

 soon loses its color after being a short time 

 in the water; it is best suited for perch, 

 wall-eye and eels. A small bright, clean 

 worm is always more enticing than a large 

 thick worm. It is a great error to suppose 

 that a large worm insures the capture of 

 large sized fish, it is quite the reverse, as 

 a large worm will seldom capture any- 

 thing but some audacious little fellow. 

 When worms are newly dug, they are so 

 full of earth as to be unfit for use. Bran- 

 dings may be scoured in a day or two, but 

 the other kinds require to be kept at least 

 a week. Immediately on being dug they 

 should be well washed in clear water, and 

 placed in an earthenware jar with plenty 

 of moss. The moss should be well washed 

 and wrung as hard as possible, and all the 

 sticks and straws picked out, as they are 

 apt to cut the worms. The jar should be 



