TROLLING. 



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swimming well, the great thing being, with all live-bait, 

 to have it swimming about as freely as if it were at 

 perfect liberty. To the end of the needle thus brought 

 out at the fish's back, hang the loop of your gimp, and 

 draw it through, till the hooks lie close to the side of 

 the bait, thus : 



A single hook may be used for a live -bait, either by 

 passing it through the lips of the fish, on the side of 

 the mouth, or by passing it under the back -fin, at one 

 side, arid bringing it out at the other. In baiting the 



hook in the last-mentioned way, you must be sure not 

 to go too deep, so as to touch the back-bone. 



Having hooked your fish, you must play him, and 

 bring him ashore after the manner directed for trolling, 

 only that, having him fixed on your hooks, and your rod 

 and line being of sufficient strength, you need not be 

 so long humouring him, nor so careful in pulling him 

 out. 



If you use a frog, it should be a yellow one, and the 

 needle being put into his mouth, should be brought out 

 through one of his gills, and be tied to his leg, just 

 above the upper joint. 



