CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



IX. Ice-Fishing for Great Pike . . . , 115 



A description regarding how to set about this 

 fascinating sport, with information regard- 

 ing the peculiar outfit required. 



X. MUSKELLUNGE AND ARTIFICIAL LURES . 1 28 



Description, where found, habits, and tackle 

 required to outwit this wolf of the North. 



XI. MuSKELLUNGE AND LiVE BaIT . . . . I42 



When all other methods fail, then live bait, 

 tackle required, and how to employ it. 



XII. Trolling FOR MusKELLUNGE .... 156 



Advantages of method, with description of 

 tackle, and directions for handling. 



XIII. The Fine Art OF Pike Cooking ... 169 



Not an apology for cooking the fish, but di- 

 rections for doing so, with a few receipts. 



APPENDIX 



I. The Possibility of Hybrids Between 



Great Pike AND Pickerel . . . . 185 



A scientific dissertation based on an article in 

 the "Journal of Heredity." Conclusion is 

 that these fish may cross. 



II. A Day's Still-Fishing for Great Pike 



with Live Bait 190 



How it is done. An account of the author's 

 greatest battle. 



