ARTIFICIAL BAITS. 



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three treble hooks fastened to gut or gimp snells. One treble 

 is just behind the head; another trails farther back on the 

 body, and the third hangs just behind the minnow's tail, so 

 that a fish can hardly strike the bait without getting caught 

 on one of the hooks. 



The Nemo Bait. 



Then there are imitations of frogs, helgramites, mice, 

 grasshoppers, crickets, grubs, worms, etc., usually made of 

 rubber but these are not used as much as some of the later 

 freaks and are not as good fish catchers, either, except, per- 

 haps, the rubber frog, which is a very good bait. 



The Decker Bait. 



The trolling spoon is one of the oldest and most success- 

 ful of artificial baits and is adapted to the capture of all 

 fresh-water game fish, as well as many kinds of ocean fish. 

 The first trolling spoon was a real spoon, or rather the bowl 

 of one, dessert size, with a hole in one end for the line and a 



