Excerpt: ...the skin. He soon had his line in trim for use, and with the aid of a light sinker allowed it to sink close to the bottom of the lake. Whopper was using some bait brought from home, something Jed Sanborn had said might be effective in luring the finny tribe. The two boys stood by the holes patiently, waiting for a bite. Fully five minutes passed and Giant felt a small nibble. He pulled the bait around a bit and then felt a sudden tug. Up came his line with a rush, and out on the ice flopped a pickerel of fair ...
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Excerpt: ...the skin. He soon had his line in trim for use, and with the aid of a light sinker allowed it to sink close to the bottom of the lake. Whopper was using some bait brought from home, something Jed Sanborn had said might be effective in luring the finny tribe. The two boys stood by the holes patiently, waiting for a bite. Fully five minutes passed and Giant felt a small nibble. He pulled the bait around a bit and then felt a sudden tug. Up came his line with a rush, and out on the ice flopped a pickerel of fair size. "Hurrah! first haul!" sang out the small member of the Gun Club, proudly. "Who says we can't catch something?" After that came another spell of silence and then Whopper gave a yank on his line. Up came a good sized fish, but as it fell on the ice it broke loose from the hook and flopped back into the water with a splash that covered Whopper with the icy drops. "Oh, hang the luck!" gasped Whopper. "He got away and gave me a shower bath in the bargain." "Wish I could get a maskalonge," said Giant. Do you remember the big one I caught last summer?" "Indeed I do," answered Whopper. "And I remember how the fish pulled you overboard and nearly drowned you." They continued to fish and presently Whopper got another bite and brought up a good-sized pickerel, of a variety that is known to many as a lake trout. Then both boys got a second and a third bite, and inside of an hour had a fair mess of fish to their credit. In the meantime Snap and Shep remained near the shelter, fixing up a number of things. Shep made a fresh batch of bread dough and also prepared a pot of beans and baked a plain cake. He likewise tried his hand at an apple pie, but the crust was not right, and later on, when the pie was tested, Whopper said the "lid" might do for a shingle but not for eating. The cake, however, turned out well, and all of the young hunters praised it. As Snap and Shep moved around, in and out of the shelter, Kiddy Leech watched them closely, although...
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