Bait Angling for Common Fishes 



to be caught at all it is thus : Some anglers 

 prepare for their sport by " ground bait- 

 ing " with a thousand or more angle worms 

 twenty-four hours before they expect to fish, 

 and while fishing throw worms into the 

 water. There is no fear of over-feeding, as 

 their appetite is unlimited. The carp is 

 now pretty well distributed all over the 

 United States. Between 1877 and 1885 

 the streams of very nearly the whole Pacific 

 Coast were stocked, and the free distribu- 

 tion of young fry by the United States 

 Bureau of Fisheries led a great many per- 

 sons to apply for them and plant them in 

 ponds, from which they afterward found 

 their way into streams that contained fish 

 much their superior. The carp is now rap- 

 idly coming into demand as a market fish. 

 From the Illinois River alone, over six 

 million pounds are taken annually. New 

 York City consumes over seven million 

 pounds yearly. 



They are taken in very large numbers 

 from the big lakes Erie, Chautauqua, On- 

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