SURF-CASTING, TROLLING, STILL-FISHING, ETC. H3 



bait. The angler should also be provided with a rod belt, 

 having a leather or rubber cup to hold the butt of the rod, 

 and a beach rod holder, which is a tube shaped affair with 

 a long spike on the bottom. It is stuck into the sand and 

 used to hold the rod when baiting, etc., for rod and reel 

 will be injured if thrown down on the sand. The belt with 

 rod cup is to hold the butt of the rod while waiting for a 

 strike, also to "pump" a large fish. 



The casting is done from the reel, as in bait-casting, 

 but the rod is handled with two hands and instead of mak- 

 ing a direct overhead cast, the rod is swung at an angle of 

 forty-five degrees, or thereabouts, from the vertical line. 

 The weight of the sinker draws out the line in the same 

 way that the bait draws the line out in bait-casting. The 

 angler must be able to cast 100 feet or more for this kind 

 of fishing. 



The bait is cast out to the proper place where the heavy 

 pyramid sinker anchors itself in the sand, and the angler 

 reels in the slack line, stands the butt of his rod in the rod 

 cup on his belt, and patiently waits for a bite. After waiting 

 a few minutes, if he fails to get a strike, he reels the bait in 

 a couple of yards closer and waits again. Occasionally he 

 reels the entire line in to see that the bait is all right and not 

 entangled in sea-weed, and makes another cast. 



Trolling, is letting a revolving bait trail at the end of a 

 long line behind a slowly moving boat. For this a hand line 

 may be used, but it is much nicer to use a short, stiff rod 

 and a multiplying reel. If a hand line is used it must be a 

 strong one. A metal leader and swivel is advised, and the 

 bait corhmonly used is the trolling spoon. Of course the 

 proper weight and strength of tackle depends on the kind of 

 fish sought. Muskellunge and pike require stout tackle, and 

 the wire leader should always be used. 



The wire leader cannot be cut by the fish and it also 



