BAIT-FISHING. 413 
too rapidly. When the bait is thus brought to hand again, 
repeat as before, and try all likely spots—first casting and 
drawing over and through the nearest places, and then 
extending the reach to the most distant ones. The expert 
angler will always study the actions of living fish, and 
endeavor to imitate them, which example is far better than 
any precept that can be given in print. 
PICKEREL-FISHING. 
As these fish are strong, and often of good size, and 
are furnished with sharp teeth, the tackle must be in pro- 
portion. The rod is necessarily longer and stronger than 
that known as the “ general rod,” and must be of the kind 
known as the “trolling rod,” which may be described as fol- 
lows :—It should be here mentioned that pickerel are taken 
with the minnow or shiner, in three different ways—first, 
