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The time of the day did not seem to cut much 

 figure in the layout as three periods, morning, mid- 

 day and afternoon fishing, run about even. Morn- 

 ing fishing, from 7 until n, heads the days 

 sports with eighteen, while both mid-day fishing, 

 from 1 1 A. M. until 3 P. M., and afternoon fishing, 

 from 3 P. M. until 9, get credit for sixteen each. 

 The majority of the fish caught in the morning and 

 afternoon were landed by casting while trolling was 

 the method most used during the mid-day fishing. 

 It is interesting to note that in August, the month in 

 which the musky is least active, all the fish caught 

 came to grief in the early morning or late afternoon. 

 However, as the great number of these fish were 

 caught on the overcast days or days without much 

 sun, the mid-day period shows up very well for the 

 musky fishing. Although as a general thing fishing 

 is better during the early and late hours of the day, 

 on an overcast or cloudy day there is no reason why 

 it should not be good during the whole day, es- 

 pecially if the surface of the water is a bit on edge. 



RIVER MUSKY A FIGHTER 



The home waters of thirty-eight of these fifty 

 roughnecks were located in lakes and twelve were 

 raised in the rivers or streams. And right here I 

 want to chalk up a little dope ; the river-raised musky 

 is a mighty husky proposition to handle for he's on 

 the move more than his lake brother, in his daily 



