i 4 2 FISHING KITS AND EQUIPMENT 



then deep-trolling is the only practicable method. 

 Until within a few years the only way to deep-troll 

 for " lakers " was by using a long, strong hand-line, 

 a dipsey sinker averaging about a half-pound in weight 

 (the last on a short sinker-line attached to the main 

 line by a three-way swivel) and on this formidable 

 arrangement a gang consisting of three or more burrs, 

 or trebles, and a lip-hook was used; a large minnow 

 being used for bait. 



All this has been changed, and very much for the 

 better, by the introduction of a line made of braided 

 copper wire which, by its own weight and without the 

 necessity of using sinkers, attains the proper depth. 

 This line is so extremely well and finely made of 

 very fine strands of copper wire braided over a silk 

 core that it can be used on a reel without the slight- 

 est trouble. Consequently, hand-lining for lake trout 

 is no longer necessary or excusable. For lake trout, 

 then, use an 8- or Q-ounce trolling rod, and 100 yards 

 of braided copper wire line. This line costs about 

 $2.oo for 50 yards. A special reel for use with this 

 sort of metal line is furnished by the dealers. Various 

 natural and artificial baits are used for lake trout, but, 

 in general, it may be said that artificial bait is not 

 over-successful with lakers. It is better to use the 

 natural minnow on a single hook or an archer spinner. 

 Deep-trolling may also be profitably done for bass and 

 pickerel when they are in deep water in the summer- 

 time. 



