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his back — ^they scuttle either line or boat and 

 go home to tell about the matter. 



A friend of mine says that while fishing be- 

 low the dam at Lake View Pond, a pike took 

 his minnow and darted off quickly, became 

 "liung up," and he was at a loss what to do. 

 Upon examination he found the pike stuck in 

 an augur hole that had been bored through the 

 plank dam to let the water off. Pike are noto- 

 riously strong swimmers. 



This pond, by the by, situated on the S. A. L. 

 about 60 miles from Ealeigh has been well 

 stocked with bass and other fishes, is a beautiful 

 sheet of water, with nice boats and boat houses ; 

 and is really a part of the modem and thriving 

 winter resort, Lake View. 



Pike are sometimes taken with eels in an eel 

 pot. A serviceable and cheap eel pot is made 

 of an ordinary barrel, both ends in, with sev- 

 eral large augur holes through which stockings 

 are pushed, open at both ends, and tacked 

 around the holes. The stocking hangs inside 

 and the fish going through the hole and stocking 

 after the bait will never find its way out. 



Pike will not only take young ducks, bull 



