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of it to help matters along) and the pork chunk 

 probably hits it up on low, to the tune of two fish 

 for the same reason, very few of the boys feeding 

 it to the hungry musky they prefer it themselves 

 a la Heinz. For the fellow who has the pep to take 

 a whirl with the fly rod, the dope shows that the 

 weighted red Ibis bass fly with a No. 3 spoon was 

 the rig that made the two big fins take a chance on 

 the fly. And who in the outfit would ever think a 

 great big overgrown musky, with a mouth like a coal 

 scuttle, would even take a passing glance at a little 

 red bass fly, let alone strike it? 



As to the time of the season when the musky is 

 most eager to give battle, September leads with 

 fifteen, July twelve, August ten, June eight, and 

 October five. Of course as early as June there are 

 not, as a rule, as many fishermen out after the musky 

 as in July or August, and the same thing stands for 

 September. Without a doubt, June is a better 

 month for musky than either July or August and they 

 show almost as snappy a fight in that month as 

 they do in September or October, when the colder 

 waters have shot into them a streak of pep that gives 

 a kick to their tails like the off hind leg of an army 

 mule. 



MOUTH IN POOR SHAPE 



About the middle of August the musky loses his 

 teeth, and his mouth is in such shape that it takes 

 something mighty aggravating to arouse enough 



