. American angler's guide : or, complete fisher's manual, for the United States: containing the opinions and practices of experienced anglers of both hemispheres ; with the addition of a second Fishing. 212 THE BLUK-FIBH. ihr' fisher's lacerated hands will remind him that there is more comfort in trolling with the regular squidding tackle than with a light hemp line, such as we sometimes see used by ill-- uninitiated. •• Being thus provided with the tackle suitable for this spurt, you should get a good stout boat, with an experienced bay-man, who is au fait in its management, and intima
. American angler's guide : or, complete fisher's manual, for the United States: containing the opinions and practices of experienced anglers of both hemispheres ; with the addition of a second Fishing. 212 THE BLUK-FIBH. ihr' fisher's lacerated hands will remind him that there is more comfort in trolling with the regular squidding tackle than with a light hemp line, such as we sometimes see used by ill-- uninitiated. •• Being thus provided with the tackle suitable for this spurt, you should get a good stout boat, with an experienced bay-man, who is au fait in its management, and intimately acquainted with the habits and localities of the fish; for upon this, in a great measure, depends your chance of a good day's sport. With a fine breeze, that will propel your boat some four or five miles an hour, you may embark, and having reached the whereabouts of the fish, cast over your squid, with from fifty to one hundred feet of line, which should be tied securely to the boat. The fish sometimes strike with great force, and neglect in fastening the line fre- quently results in its loss, with everything appertaining thereto. " There is a great variety of opinion regarding the length of line most proper to use in this kind of fishing; but I have found that when the fish are inclined to take the squid, they are not over particular in the quantity of line out, as I have seen fish taken, not only with a very long line, but have hooked and secured some fine ones, myself, almost under item of the boat, with certaiidy not over twenty feet of "When a school offish is found, the boatman should lie par- ticular in crossing and re-crossing the spot where the school is, as in a very contracted space it frequently happens that the greatest sport is to be found. As an example of this, I was enjoying a day's sport at Shrewsberry Inlet, some two years since, and the only place where I took any fish, was some three hundred yards below the inlet, in the river; and instea
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