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October, 1918 
FOREST AND 
may elapse before any intimation is given 
of the presence of a fish and when it does 
come, unless the angler is fully alive to 
the nature of the habits of the fish, it may 
well be considered of little interest as the 
sharp strike of s6 many of the salt water 
fishes is always absent. The bait is most 
gingerly taken up and may be laid down 
half a dozen times until the tyro might 
well be convinced that nothing of impor¬ 
tance is at the hook; but the thought must 
be kept in mind that but few fish will take 
a bait of this kind, and that the chances 
are a hundred to one that the fish sought 
is at hand. To strike at once when the 
first drawing motion is felt would be to 
miss every fish. It is true that it requires 
considerable self-control to remain inactive 
when one knows that a choice fish is at 
your bait, but in this case it is essential. 
The conditions are to remain perfectly 
quiet as the fish from time to time nudges 
the bait along and so imparts a drawing 
motion to the line. He is doing the very 
thing you most desire, working the meat 
from the shell and consequently the hook 
in good time will be taken in. 
T HE proper time to strike is when a pro¬ 
nounced run is given to the line. The 
fish has the hook and the strain given 
to him as he attempts to move away has 
given alarm to him. Set the hook firmly 
when it is sure he has fouled with it. The 
moment this is done, take my word for it, 
the man who has never taken a mature 
sheepshead has a genuine surprise in store. 
Like lightning, this fish, who has been so 
deliberate in all his actions, goes from 
side to side, rarely making any long runs, 
but he makes up for that in quick doubling 
and turns. Watch closely the water now; 
if not more than ten or twelve feet in 
depth muddy streaks will soon work to 
the top. The fish is rooting on the bottom 
in order to release its bondage and will 
continue to do this for some minutes. 
Failing, the next move is to sulk in the 
deepest nearby waters. Do not hurry the 
game, just a steady strain will start the 
show all over again. Presently you will 
feel the relaxing pull, a sure sign of wan¬ 
ing powers, and your fish comes to the 
surface but a few feet from the boat and 
lies inert at the surface. Gently you draw 
the quarry toward you in full faith that 
he is ready for the boat, when alas! just 
as you reach for him with the landing net 
like a flash he is gone and unless you have 
been more than ordinarily alert a section 
of your line goes with him or a smashed 
tip results before you can relieve the reel 
of the tension of your thumb. The suppo¬ 
sition, however, is that your faculties are 
awake and fully understand the tricks of 
the desired quarry. When again at the 
bottom the fish will doubtless go through 
all the former antics and again come to 
the surface always “playing possum,” only 
to awake to life when convenient and re¬ 
new the struggle. 
By following the instructions given if 
the fish return to our waters in anything 
like their past abundance there is joy in 
store for the angler of the future and 
when once a captive there are but few 
more delicious morsels of marine life to 
grace the table of the epicure. 
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