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cient to bring a large mascalonge to 

 boat or to land, as the case may be, 

 provided judgment is used in playing 

 the fish, and allowing no opportunity 

 for the struggling muskie to get slack 

 line and shake the bait from his 

 mouth. 



In trolling, the live minnow, troll- 

 ing spoon, or artificial minnow, are 

 favorite baits, and the so-called 

 "plug" serves well as a rule. For- 

 merly the light row-boat was the 

 craft ordinarily used when trolling, 

 although the Indian birch-bark canoe 

 or the heavier dug-out could be used 

 to advantage; but in these days of 

 easy locomotion, a motor boat, run- 

 ning at carefully gauged speed, gives 

 fishing de luxe in using the troll with- 

 out effort. Where the water is deep 

 near shore, casting from the bank 

 sometimes gives good results, and 

 greater skill is required in landing 

 the fish, thereby adding to the zest, 

 as ease of capture is not always re- 

 garded with favor by those who are 

 able to conquer under difficult con- 

 ditions. 



