Fishing in American waters by Scott Genio C

Author:Scott, Genio C
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Fishing, Fishes, Fish-culture
Publisher: New York, Harper & brothers
Published: 1875-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

SKITTEKIXG''' FOE PICKEEEL AilOXG THE LILY-PAUS.

" Xo\T changed the tackle and the bait; For htrger prey we're all elate; 'Jlong lilv-pads none rainly tries ; The line rnns ott'—a nolile prize! Give time to poach—now strike!

"Now seeks his haunt the wounded prey, And then begins the angler's play ; He lengthens out, now slackens line, Till struggles jiast—a welcome sign— He lands a gloiiotts pike!

C/iiinis. —The jolly angler's is the life,

Devoid of care, devoid of strife.''

Angling for pickei-ol among tlic lily-pads and jiiekcrcd-weed is very exciting sport. The angler slionld nse a rod front 13 to 1.5 feet long, flexillie, lint strong. For skittering a float is not ttsod, nor is natural bait the best. Use Bnel's or 31'Harg's spoons, mounted with red ibis feather, and white

'^ skittering is a word \\liich Ijelongs to an angler's vocalmlary. lait not found in a dictionary. It means drawing or jerking r. bait along the top of tlie water.

Quiet Sceneky and Active Spoet. :2T1

feathers or Iiair for the niuler side of the spoon. StaiRl near tlie how of your ])uiit, and skitter the lure along the surface of the water, near tlie margins of the lily-pads, and if yoii are on Sodus Baj', or tempting the tish from almost any of the bavons of Lake Dntaiio, you will lind cause for surprise tliat will force you to ejaculate; for it will lie questionalik' which Avill be the most astonished, the i)o\ice in tlie boat or that in the water. A most important essential is to ha\e a man at the stern wlu) can use the setting-pole and sculls so as to enable yon to fish the border of the lily-pads without scaring tlie prey into their hiding-places.

Cutiy says, "Ff we had de gun,-we might git a mess of wood-duck." I re])ly,''Confound W(«)d-duek ! Don't yon see that the large pickerel is going into tlu_' weeds, and that I can not pirevent him? Turn the punt from shore."

In skittering for pickerel with live minnow, the shiner is the best. Use tAvo or three liooks in a gang, as represented for " spiinning-tackle." Keep your bait in motion, upon the same principle that yon would fish for salmon or brook ti'out. It is the faA'oritc plan of angling for pickerel in Xcw England, and is, moreover, essentially modern, and affords active recreation.

STILL-riAITTN(; FOR PICKEEEL.

"The angler i.s free

From the eaves ^\'hieh degree Finds itself witli so often tormented ;

iVnd althongli "we should slay

Eaeh a hundred a day, 'Tis a slanghter needs ne'er he rejiented."— C(^tto\.

Tlie primitive and jihilosophical method of anglinii' for jiick-erel is with an ash or hickory pole. The bait is a live frog. Of course, while angling in this way, you may study nature; but, lest you shoald fathom all things too soon, take Ijooks with you, for they ai'e fref|uently unfathomalile. Seek a place on the maru'in of a solit.ary pond, shut out from the habitations of men by a dense grove. Seat yourself ou some ihllea

Fishing in A3ieeican Waters.

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