Bait Angling for Common Fishes 



way of keeping them alive suspended in 

 nets and feeding them with bread and milk. 

 To insure the best sport when angling for 

 carp, it requires great preparation and care. 

 The line should be entirely of medium-sized 

 or fine round gut, clouded gut preferred, 

 and a very light porcupine quill float, with 

 one good-sized shot about six inches from 

 the hook, which should be a No. 5 or 

 No. 6, and baited with a red worm. If 

 possible the depth of the water should be 

 taken the night before the angler intends 

 to fish; this can be done with a sinker, 

 and a quantity of ground bait, composed of 

 bread kneaded into little balls, should be 

 thrown in the place. Arrange the distance 

 between the float and the shot so that the 

 latter may exactly rest on the bottom, 

 weighing down the float to about " half 

 cock " and letting the gut below the shot 

 and the bait lie on the ground. Early 

 in the morning and occasionally late in 

 the evening are much the best time for 

 carp fishing, and the all-important thing 



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