108 Fishing in North Carolina. 



ratus being as hurtful as a snake bite unaccom- 

 panied by imagination, and may require an ap- 

 plication of the madstone. 



In hook and line fishing very little attention 

 is necessary as the fish will catch themselves if 

 they can only find the baited hook. If it does 

 not succeed in hooking the mustache on, and is 

 bothered much in getting the bait off, it will 

 swallow the whole thing and stay on the hook 

 anyhow. 



The yellow catfish of the Mississippi basin is 

 said to attain a weight of over one hundred 

 pounds. 



Trot lines and set hooks on poles or bushes 

 is the usual method of catching catfish. The 

 trot lines may be as long as one pleases, but the 

 hook and leader should not be permanently 

 fastened to the main line. The hooks, on small 

 two to five foot lines, should be kept on a board 

 so as not to become entangled. After the line 

 is placed, these may be made fast to it at inter- 

 vals with an ordinary slip-knot. They can be 

 easily removed and put back on the board. 



In fall or winter when fishing trot lines for 



