Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 109
nd its what you oughtto use, and what you 11 have to use, if you wantto get a trout over the side. How do you fish with a thing like that,Matt ? Dick asked, in apparent sincerity ofignorance, and with the manner of one reallyseekincr information. Why, said Matt, surprised at the lads dull-ness, we… … GAFFING THE RED DRUM. (SEE PAGE 647.) How ? Why, we just throw it over the sideof the boat, and let it sink to the bottom; thefish grabs it, we hang him, and then—weland him. You mean. Matt, if you dont lose him ? Yes, the skipper slowly replied. Yes, ofcourse; if we dont lose him. And, Matt, you…
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