Plaice or Fluke 



plaice, a killie if impaled on the hook 

 through the lips, appears more attractive 

 than if hooked through the skin of the 

 back, because of the action of the tide, but 

 the chances for capture is not so good when 

 a plaice strikes, for sometimes it will strike 

 short, especially when the killie is more 

 than three inches long. The most successful 

 rig for local waters is a leader from three 

 to four feet in length, fastened a few inches 

 above the sinker, and a 5(0 Kirby-Limer- 

 ick hook tied to the end of the leader, and 

 another a foot from it. In drifting or troll- 

 ing the long eel grass and sea weed will col- 

 lect on the line, leaving the bait on and near 

 the end of the long leader clear. In using 

 these long leaders do not allow the lead to 

 go to the bottom too fast, because the leader 

 will go down parallel with the line and be- 

 come entangled. Use heavy sinkers ac- 

 cording to the thickness of the line. 



Plaice do not always put up a fierce fight, 

 but will usually show enough resistance in 

 capture to please anybody. When he takes 



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