USE OF NATURAL BAITS. 



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but it is also soft, and very attractive to crawfish. Small 

 balls of dough, sometimes half baked, and fresh bread 

 worked into a paste are used for carp. The flesh of the 

 fresh water clam or mussel is a good bait for carp and other 

 fish. Directions for using these baits are not necessary. 



The popular baits for salt-water fishing are bloodworms, 

 sandworms, sand eels, shrimps, shedder crabs, clams, men- 

 haden (a species of small fish), fiddlers and rock crabs, 

 killies (another species of small fish), etc. These baits are 

 used about the same way as the fresh water kinds described. 



