112 Fishing in North Carolina. 



fun for being hooked, but it is par excellence 

 the bank fisherman's subject, who uses no float 

 and as soon as his rod trembles (stuck in the 

 ground) with all his might he snatches and 

 throws the fish over his head. Some sucker 

 fishermen use a "grab" or treble hook, which 

 rests upon the bottom, with a small baited hook 

 a few inches up the line; and as the suckers 

 suck the bait head downward and tail balanced 

 straight up the line a quick snatch is apt to 

 grab the fish anywhere between the head and 

 tail. This is not a commendable method. 



During the early winter the redhorse is prob^ 

 ably the best food fish the streams or ponds 

 afford. It is then usually taken in gill nets. 



There are besides the redhorse the white 

 sucker, chub sucker, mullet; but the common 

 name "sucker" is ideal and sufficient because 

 everybody readily understands what is meant by 

 the term. Likewise they have various shapes, 

 and all kinds of bones. 



They will not live long out of the water, but 

 are so numerous in all our waters that they con- 



