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COARSE FISH. 



minnows and take worms, and vice versa. The 

 lower hook of a paternoster should first be baited 

 with a worm ; if sport does not quickly result, with 

 minnow ; if this be also 

 refused the angler may 

 conclude the fish are not 

 feeding. Very large perch 

 are occasionally taken 

 when pike-fishing with a 

 small dace ; and in my 

 schooldays, I caught a huge 

 perch in this way in a lake. 

 I have no doubt the fish 

 went three pounds or over, 

 and I had no idea what a 

 prize he was. 



Livebaiting with float- 

 Live- tackle for perch is 

 baiting pretty sport. The 

 hook must be fine in the 

 wire, or it injures the min- 

 now too much ; it should 

 go through the upper 

 lip only, and the bait 

 should swim near camp- 

 sheathing, piles, roots and 

 other shelters, or in eddies. 

 Eddies below the buttresses 

 of bridges are excellent 

 holes for perch, as are also 

 corner eddies in weirs ; 

 holes below big masses of 

 weed should likewise be tried, while straight 

 runs ought not be neglected if you know perch 

 are about. Floating a minnow in this way is 



Phantom Bait. 



