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PERIWINKLE BANNER COD BAIT Conks or periwinkles are the best bait for cod says an old New York fisherman You can buy at the fiish markets conks from two cents each to three for a dime When you are on the boat bound for cod smash the shells and of the flesh that re ¬ mains slice off the hard bony surface which is called the shoe shoeThen Then cut up the flesh into chunks about the size of a fiftycent piece and you have the banner bait for cod that the market fishermen down east use These down east fishermen employ this lure en ¬ tirely tirelyNo No special hook is required as you can hook cod on any make of hook I recall a trip when fiftyeight fishermen at the bank all caught cod when there were not two hooks alike Incidentally on that trip the prize winning cod was caught on a small Virginia blackfish hook
