The Chain Pickerel 



a favorite winter sport if the ice is free 

 from snow. A dozen or more holes are 

 cut through the ice in a circle over the 

 feeding grounds where they lie in summer, 

 only in deeper water a fire may be built 

 in the center, and tie-ups are baited and 

 placed on the holes. These tie-ups are 

 made of a piece of thin wood three feet 

 long and three inches wide, a few inches 

 from one end a hole is bored, through 

 which is thrust a round stick like a section 

 of a broom handle, and long enough to 

 extend well across the hole in the ice a 

 short line four feet long, with a hook and 

 leaded sinker is tied to the short end of the 

 thin board through a small hole bored for 

 the purpose. The hook is baited with a 

 minnow, then placed in the water, the thin 

 board is laid down on its edge with the 

 short end at the middle of the hole in the 

 ice and the round stick straddling it. When 

 a fish pulls on the line at the short end of 

 the board, it will raise the long end, thus 

 indicating the looked-for event. On the 



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