FIFTY MUSKY 169 



box and go at excess baggage rates, to say nothing 

 of the fact that guides often get a quiet laugh out 

 of an inspection of a musky kit. As to the finish of 

 the spoons, thirteen were nickel, five brass and three 

 copper. 



Of the artificial or wooden plugs, three were of 

 large size while ten were the ordinary bass casting 

 baits. In the matter of colors, the white with red 

 trimmings comes in with five, the rainbow has three 

 to its credit, perch color two, with a scattering of one 

 each to the other colors. As with the bass, it seems 

 that the white with the touch of red makes the lure 

 that caused 'em to hop right up and say " howdy 

 boys." 



BLACK SUCKER A FAVORITE 



The black sucker was the favorite natural bait, 

 with a record of five, while the shiner pegs along 

 with two and the perch also two, the size of these 

 baits ranging from six to nine inches. And by the 

 way, when suckers and shiners are hard to get, just 

 take a sharp knife and cut off the dorsal fin from a 

 fair-sized perch and try that out as a musky bait. 

 Cutting off the fin doesn't hurt the perch, nor does 

 it take any of the wiggle out of him. 



The frog doesn't line up very strong in the lay- 

 out, mainly because he is not used so much for the 

 big fellows (incidentally, each of the four frogs that 

 trapped these musky had a spoon geared on in front 



