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a Pike till tired, especially if the angler is 

 alone and the fish a large one, yet never play 

 him longer than absolutely necessary, as the 

 Pike when taken with the spinning-bait, being 

 hooked in or about the mouth, the hooks will 

 in time come out or break away, especially if 

 they have only entered a skinny part. There- 

 fore, always land your fish as soon as possible. 

 It is supposed by some that large Pike are 

 less frequently caught by spinning than by 

 fishing with the live-bait. If the supposition 

 be true, it is either because the latter is more 

 often used than the spinning-bait in places 

 where large Pike lie, or because it can often be 

 used in parts between the weeds where there 

 is no space to work the spinning-bait, and 

 not because the live-bait is the better on the 

 whole. 



CHAPTER V. 



LIVE-BAIT FISHING THE ROD, WINCH, AND LINE- 

 FLOAT TRACE LIVE-BAIT HOOKS, AND HOW 

 TO BAIT THEM THE PATERNOSTER BAITS 

 AND KETTLE IMPROVED BAIT-CAN. 



FISHING for Jack with a live-bait and a cork 

 float attached to the line is certainly the most 

 popular, as it is also undoubtedly the easiest. 

 But I do not consider it so successful a method 



