The Chain Pickerel 



drance. The boat should be rowed with 

 a slow, steady motion without splashing 

 or sudden jerks. If possible, be pro- 

 vided with spoons made of copper, brass 

 and steel. Sometimes pickerel will take 

 a brass spoon when the sky is clear, and 

 when cloudy prefer a silver or steel one. 

 There is no advantage in having a spoon 

 painted red on one side, it is best to have 

 both sides showing the metal, for the spoon 

 is intended to imitate the minnows swim- 

 ming. 



It often happens that good-sized perch 

 take the spoon, if so they should be played 

 in the same manner as the pickerel. When 

 the fish strikes, it is like a double pull, don't 

 be too quick to hook him, nine times out 

 of ten he will hook himself; a sudden jerk 

 often pulls the hook from him, a quick turn 

 of the wrist is all that is required to fasten 

 the bait, should it hold the fish will strug- 

 gle, and perhaps rush some distance away. 

 If he goes toward the weeds the reel should 

 be held firm and the fish leisurely guided 



