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tains a long needle on which the bait is placed, and a pair of 

 barbed wings or propeller blades hinged at the top, which 

 are pressed down after the bait is on the needle, so that the 

 barbs hold the bait in place. The hooks consist usually of a 

 three treble gang, on gimp snell, trailing alongside the bait 



Dead minnows may be fastened on large, long-shanked 

 hooks in such a way that they will spin, if a swivel is fastened 

 to the hook, or directly above. The hook is run into the 

 mouth and out at the gills, back, and hooked into the body 

 near the tail, In such a way that the body is bent into a 

 curved shape. This makes a good rig for casting for bass 

 pike, and pickerel. 



Ordinarily it is an easy matter to get minnows. A baited 

 minnow trap will usually keep an angler supplied, but often 

 the minnows taken in traps are too small. Some chubs and 

 shiners may easily be caught in the brooks with a light line 

 and very small hooks baited with maggots or pieces of angle 

 worms. If you go to some quiet little pool where you can 

 see what is going on at the bottom and not be seen yourself 

 it w.'ll not be long until you can have a pail full. Or you 

 can t:ike them with a net on the very small streams, in 

 which it is best to have a companion to drive them into the 

 net. If you have a "live box" to keep them in, it may pay to 

 catch them in spare time and keep a good supply on hand 

 until you need them. When fishing for them, carry a min- 

 now bucket to hold the catch, and get them into the live box 

 as soon after catching as possible. Don't handle them more 

 than absolutely necessary. 



Small frogs make good bait for all game fish from trout 

 and bass to muskellunge. They may be used with a single 

 hook, by inserting through the lips like baiting with a 

 minnow, but the hook should be placed at the side of the 

 mouth and the frog will kick around more trying to keep 

 back up. There are frog harnesses and frog hooks that arc 

 very good for this bait. The U-B. Frog Harness is a fine 



