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nows, etc., are used successfully in 

 this branch of fishing. Ordinarily a 

 boat is used to cover the best fishing 

 grounds, and with light motor boat 

 it is a very easy style of angling. Cast- 

 ing from the shore, and trolling along 

 the banks, are also favorite methods' 

 with some who are fond of pike or 

 pickerel fishing. The gameness of 

 these fish is not of the highest order, 

 as they seldom leap from the water, 

 and do not give the royal battle of a 

 black bass of equal weight, but instead 

 of fighting with the tactics of genuine 

 game fish, resort to pulling steadily on 

 the line, until exhausted, and then 

 yield without further resistance. In 

 rare instances the pike and pickerel 

 have been known to rise to the fly, 

 but so seldom that no dependence can 

 be placed on their so doing, and there- 

 fore the angler does not attempt fly- 

 fishing for any of the various species, 

 but may, by chance, take one while 

 casting for black bass. 



As a food fish the pike is fairly 

 good, although somewhat coarse, and 

 not nearly equal, in the opinion of 



