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Image from page 128 of “The sports of the world, with illustrations from drawings and photographs” (1905)
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Title: The sports of the world, with illustrations from drawings and photographs
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Aflalo, Frederick G. (Frederick George), 1870-1918
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Publisher: London Paris New York : Cassell
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pen.It was a heavy weapon, and, not thinking in theexcitement of the moment I held it by the blade,I struck the fish with the handle. It stunned thefish, but it cut my finger to the bone—the veryfinger, too, that I had to use in winding in the lineafter making a cast. Of course, I ought to have AUTUMN PIKE AND PKRCII FISHING. I I T put the business end of the knife into the pike justbehind the head, which kills instantly. A Hamp-shire keeper told me that kingfishers sometimes killgood-sized trout by stabbing them in this spot, butI am more inclined to think it the work of herons.In spinning, spin slowly, and directly you feela fish tighten hard on him. It should not be a Fish hooked on a spinning bait are almost in-variably hooked in the mouth, and give bettersport than if hooked in the throat. I knownothing more enjoyable in the wa] of winteifishing than spinning for pike in a well-stockedwater on a bright frosty day, preferably in ariver, as then you get plenty of walking, and the
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FAIRLY HOOKED. . i iu .1 Ira keeping as itrong a pull < m theyour tackle will bear; this will nearlyalways fasten the hook where a jerk may breakili- hook or line, or cut il on the pikes teeth.I have seen a good angler cut his gimp throughstriking «iih a jerk, and lose good fish time aftertime m this way. To jerk your gimp along a rowof pikes teeth is like jerking it along a big-toothedsaw. you are using is not too large, and there are bigpi ii h in tin- water, your pike-spinning bait will i ii I taken by a perch, and an autumn orwinter perch of 2 or 3 lbs. is a welcome additiontn your bag. / ive Baiting with Sn 1 ai i Paternoster Tackle.-^-Gorge-bait fishing for pike has, 1 am glad to say,gone almost out of fashion. Our grandl.ithers 112 THE SPORTS OF THE WORLD. used it chiefly, and all the old angling books willtell you how to give your pike plenty of time topouch the bait before striking ; but an anglershould not be unnecessarily cruel, and to expectmuch play from a fish hooked
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