Bait Angling for Common Fishes 



Wanton cruelty to purposely give pain 

 without a reason all true men abhor, but 

 so small a cruelty as to make unwilling crea- 

 tures a captive, if for a purpose either 

 pleasure or profit, makes a difference not 

 easily defined. Fox-hunting is a pleasure to 

 the hunter, but a sad pain to the fox, if 

 caught, for the reason of a long drawn out 

 misery, to be at last torn asunder. Fishing 

 is a pleasure to the angler, but no pain to 

 the fish, for he dies a natural death, in 

 place of being torn asunder or swallowed 

 alive by his neighbor. To call it cruel to 

 hook a worm is absurd; fish eat them 

 hooked or unhooked. The only question 

 is that the live bait, minnows or worms, 

 should be handled with proper care, both 

 as to the fish and the bait, with advantage 

 to all. 



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