HIS HONOR, THE WALL-EYED PIKE 97 

 TROLL FOR HIM IN LAKES 



In the lakes you will be more successful in trolling 

 for the wall-eye. Live bait, plug or a spoon with a 

 buck-tail gang hook makes an atractive lure for him. 

 Use your bait-casting rod, with a trolling tip to add 

 strength, and reel out about a hundred feet of line. 

 Don't make the common mistake of moving the boat 

 too speedily; just go along fast enough to keep the 

 bait moving about one and a half miles an hour is 

 right. When you get a strike you will notice the 

 difference between the action of a bass and a wall- 

 eyed pike. The pike will give a firm and decided 

 tug at the line, but will not dash away with the bait, 

 and right then is the time to strike, with a strong, 

 quick jerk, as the large amount of line out makes 

 this necessary. And if that wall-eye is a ten or fif- 

 teen pounder, you are due to have as game a piece 

 of " fish work " on your hands as you could wish for. 



CAUGHT A BIG ONE ACCIDENTALLY 



Last summer I was actually forced by accident to 

 land a twelve and a half-pound wall-eyed pike, and 

 the way this happened illustrates the fact that one 

 must study the action of the different fish, and es- 

 pecially the manner in which they take bait. It was 

 a hot old day in July when a pal and I were cross- 

 ing Black Lake in northern Wisconsin, so hot, in 



