SPOON BAIT. 



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well for the usual size pickerel,* and perch, and, much larger 

 and stronger, it would answer remarkably well for blue fish, 

 or any of the more ravenous of the finny tribe. 



It is difficult to tell what in earth, air, or water the spoon 

 bait with its hooks and swivel looks like to the angler, much 

 less what the deluded and ravenous animal thinks of it, when 

 making after it with such extreme impetuosity. It would seem 

 in its gyrations through the water to resemble the shape 

 and motions of the frog more than anything else it could be 

 likened to, and certainly goes to prove that a moving bait is 

 more likely to take fish than a still one. The practise of boat 

 trolling is by far the most pleasant mode of lake fishing, 

 and the spoon bait has added much to the convenience and 

 economy of this branch of the angler's delight. 



This form would no doubt have equally as " taking a way" 

 (if made larger and stronger) for the Blue Fish, Bonita, or the 

 other inhabitants of the ocean's depths. It should be tried. 



* A gentleman informs me that he has succeeded in taking a number 

 of Pickerel with it from a pond in the northern part of the State of New 

 York 



