. The book of fish and fishing; . ce gang. wings of a bright spinner draw the attention of fishto the bait from a long distance; when they reachit, they take the minnow voraciously, seldomstriking at the spoon. The deep-water troll requires more elaboratetackle than that used in surface fishing. Attacha cone-shaped sinker to the end of the reel line, from three to sixteen ounces inTmUhie ^ weight, the size being dependent on the character of the bottom and thestyle of fishing preferred. Use a long or short line;if the bottom is jagged in shape, the line should bestrong and the sinker comparati
. The book of fish and fishing; . ce gang. wings of a bright spinner draw the attention of fishto the bait from a long distance; when they reachit, they take the minnow voraciously, seldomstriking at the spoon. The deep-water troll requires more elaboratetackle than that used in surface fishing. Attacha cone-shaped sinker to the end of the reel line, from three to sixteen ounces inTmUhie ^ weight, the size being dependent on the character of the bottom and thestyle of fishing preferred. Use a long or short line;if the bottom is jagged in shape, the line should bestrong and the sinker comparatively small. Thesame holds good on smooth bottoms when fishingslow and far off; if you prefer fishing with ashort line, the sinker must necessarily be Fish and Fishing You will need no rod; the line held in the hand will enable you to be more sensitive to the slight-est touch of the lead on the bottom, Depth which you must feel, as your boat- man rows slowly and regularly along. If, however, you wish to use a rod, lay it. Trolling rig for lake trout. down within reaching distance, holding the line,and when you feel the pluck of a fish, and fastenit well, take up the rod, being careful to keep theproper strain on the fish when lifting the feet above the sinker attach a single ordouble-twisted leader (the average weight of fishthat are feeding should determine its size) and206 How to Get Them two other leaders placed above the first, from sixto ten feet apart, the distance to be judged by thedepth at y\ hich the lake trout are taking the gang of three hooks is usually placed at the endof each leader, but a lip hook and another largerare to be commendedas more sportsman-like. Place swivelswherever needed, andlet your sinker line bethree feet long, andweaker than the reelline, so that in case ofgetting hooked amongbottom rocks you willonly lose the with a large min-now as suggested in sur- ^ ^. face troll-Row Slowly . , ing, and above all thing
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