CHAPTER VI. 



NETTING. 



iAVING shown the necessity of killing 

 down the pike in every possible way, 

 the best method of effecting their, 

 capture, viz., by netting, must now be considered. 

 If pike are plentiful, it is desirable that the 

 fishery should be thoroughly netted twice in the 

 year; the first, or spring netting, before the 

 commencement of the fishing season, when the 

 growth of the weeds has scarcely commenced ; 

 the second, or autumn netting, after the close 

 of the trout season, and when all the weeds in 

 the river have been cut as closely as possible. 

 Of these the netting in the spring cannot be as 

 thorough as that of the autumn, as there will 

 certainly be patches of weeds in places which 

 will effectually shield pike, even if they do not 

 make the nets roll and liberate some of the fish 

 already entangled in their meshes. During the 

 first two or three years' tenure of a fishing that 



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