Bait Angling for Common Fishes 



trolling in deep water, just outside the lily 

 pads, the boat should be rowed so that the 

 spoon runs about two feet from the surface, 

 a small-sized spoon being the best, and it 

 should not be allowed to sink over a foot 

 deep. When fishing in shallow water near 

 the weeds, the young angler should be care- 

 ful that the spoon spins or revolves prop- 

 erly, and the boat keeps on the move, or 

 the spoon in that case will sink. If the hook 

 catches a weed, reel in the line to remove 

 from the hook any grass or weeds, as the 

 fish will not touch a spoon unless it is per- 

 fectly clear of weeds. Let out thirty or 

 forty feet of line. The rod should be 

 short and stiff, the reel a good one that 

 runs easily. If the angler can manage it, 

 with the help of a good rower, two rods 

 may be used, one on each side of the boat, 

 one spoon of copper, the other of steel. In 

 that case, if the fish strikes one of them 

 the other rod should be taken up by the 

 rower and reeled in, so that the angler 

 can attend to the fish without any hin- 

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