70 Fishcraft 



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pike is full of scales, and the pickerel 

 has both cheek and gill cover scales. 

 The markings, also, are different to 

 some extent, but the cejrtain method 

 of identification is as stated. 



This species is found principally in 

 the lakes and rivers north of the Ten- 

 nessee, and to the westward of the up- 

 per Mississippi, the region near the 

 great lakes, particularly the states ad- 

 joining Lake Superior and Lake 

 Michigan, and the St. Lawrence 

 River. In addition to furnishing ex- 

 citing sport for the angler, the mas- 

 calonge is esteemed as a food fish, and 

 the devotees who are especially fond 

 of catching the "tarpon of the North" 

 - a simile adopted doubtless by 

 reason of the "muskie's" leap are 

 enthusiastic in praise of the edible 

 qualities when served at a club ban- 

 quet or wherever a good number of 

 fishermen may assemble to feast on 

 one big fish of good edible quality. 

 Although strong tackle is usually 

 deemed indispensible, skillful anglers 

 have demonstrated that a compara- 

 tively light rod and line will be suffi- 



