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A Metal Tackle Box 93 



The Fruits of Bait Casting 96 



Diagram Showing Bait Side Cast 98 



Thumbing the Reel 99 



Spooling the Line 100 



A Soft Rubber Butt Cap 101 



Results of Fly Casting 106 



A Catch of Pike and Suckers from Otter Tail Co., 



Minnesota, Killed with Spears 115 



A Fish Spear 117 



Eel or Sucker Spear 118 



A Pickerel Trap, for Ice Fishing 119 



Sunfish, a Two Hours' Catch Near Madison, Wis. . . 123 



Hooks Baited with Worm and Hopper 124 



Hook Baited with Minnow 125 



Some Natural Bait Hooks 127 



Small Mouthed and Large Mouthed Black Bass . . 137 



Steelhead Trout, Brook Trout, and Lake Trout . . 146 



A Thirteen Pound Rainbow Trout Taken on a Spinner . 149 



Atlantic Salmon and Quinnat Salmon 154 



Pike, Eastern Pickerel, Muskellunge, and Pike Perch . 160 



Difference in Scales of Pike, Pickerel, and Muskellunge . 162 



Common Sunfish 168 



White Perch and Yellow Perch 171 



The Common Carp 174 



Common Catfish or Bullhead 177 



Catfish from Ross County, Ohio 179 



The White Sucker 181 



The Tuna 185 



Tarpon, Bluefish, and Kingfish 187 



Jewfish, or Black Sea Bass, From the Pacific . . . 191 

 Barracuda, Squeateague or Weakfish, and Spanish 



Mackerel 193 



Striped Bass and Sea Bass 196 



