Along the Lily-Pads 



low-lying meadows, very seldom does the 

 angler add one of the great spotted pike 

 to his catch. His string or creel will be 

 made up chiefly of the greenish grass-pick- 

 erel, ranging from a quarter of a pound to 

 two pounds in weight, with, probably, a 

 welcome sprinkling of large perch, which 

 take the troll almost as readily as the pick- 

 erel itself. 



There are two methods of fishing for pike 

 and pickerel. One is to troll from a boat, 

 rowed or paddled slowly and cautiously 

 along the edges of the weeds and lily-pads, 

 with a trailing line of from forty to eighty 

 feet in length, to which is attached a polished 

 metal spoon and gang of hooks. The other 

 is the method of fishing from land. The 

 angler walks leisurely along, at a little dis- 

 tance from the bank of the stream, so as to 

 be out of sight, and casts his troll or bait 

 with a rod. For small streams, where the 

 use of a boat would be impracticable, fish- 

 ing from the land is, of course, the only 

 method; and some anglers, of active bodily 

 habits, prefer it even for lake or river fish- 

 ing, as being, on the whole, a more skillful 



