A complete guide to spinning and trolling by Otter

Author:Otter
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Fishing
Publisher: London, Alfred & Son

being tied round the body, and strong hooks and a large bait used.

All these ways^ however, are unworthy of the true angler, who exercises his skill and art more for amusement than profit, and should only use the rod and line.

CHAPTER VII.

WHEN, AND HOW, TO FISH W^ITH LIVE-BAIT FOR PIKE—STRIKING AND LANDING THE FISH— PIKE-GAG.

The best time for live-bait fishing is when the heavy weeds are rotten, and are, together with rushes and sedges, daily wasting, and being washed away by floods, etc., which generally commence about November. From October till March, Pike will take a live-bait more freely than at any other time of the year.

Fix the float at a proper distance from the live-bait, which as a general rule should not be less than three feet, but is sometimes required considerably deeper; for, to fish a hole of ten feet in depth, and tolerably clear of weeds at bottom, I should certainly not fish less than seven feet deep ; that is, I should have the float that distance from the live-bait.

Commence by casting in your bait gently

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