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The natural bait most generally used in angling is the worm; it may be used successfully for every kind of fresh-water fish with the exception of pickerel. The lob-worm is in season from May to September, and may be found at night with a candle or lantern in any place where the grass is short. It is an excellent bait for salmon, trout, and eels.

The red worm is small, and of a bright red; it is found in old manure heaps, in decayed tanners'-bark, and on the borders of old drains; it is impossible to speak too highly of the value of this worm to the angler, as almost every kind of fresh-water fish will take it eagerly.

To bait hooks with worms enter the point of the hook a little below the head, threading the worm carefully without breaking or bruising it to within a quarter of an inch of the