TROLLING. 



CHAPTEK X. 



FISHING IN MID-WATER. 



How to Fish for Pike — Trolling — The Tackle, Gorge-hooks, Trace, 

 Baits, &c. 



Under the broad and generic term of " Fisking in Mid 

 Water,'' I propose to treat of trolling, spinning, sinking 

 and roving -with the dead, live, and artificial bait for the 

 pike, and of spinning with the minnow for perch, trout 

 and salmon. I place the pike in the place of honour, be 

 cause those ingenious combinations of hooks and baits 

 were specially invented to tickle his throat, and the thou 

 sand and one contrivances in the shape of artificial baits, 

 with their pleasant but somewhat uncomfortable appen- 

 dages, are for the delectation of his avaricious maw and 

 voracious appetite. 



The most curious part of the affair is, that no one pities 

 Hsox Lucius, which by the way is the scientific name for 

 the fresh-water shark, who is also called " Jack," when 

 under three pounds in weight, and pike, when he assumes 

 more colossal proportions. He is so greedy, so tyrannical, 



