218 LAKE AND STREAM GAME FISHING 



QUESTION. Is there much use in fishing for trout 

 when the stream is in a rising condition from spring 

 thaws and the water muddy? R. E. B. 



ANSWER. No, trout are sluggish then, show little 

 spirit. As water clears in early season they will 

 take bait. This is the most successful way of fishing 

 for them at this time, they are ground feeding and 

 slow to rise to fly; however, try a Silver Doctor, or 

 other brilliantly colored fly. 



QUESTION. Is there such a fish as the " tiger " 

 musky ? K. H. 



ANSWER. The commonly called u tiger " musky 

 is the striped species of the unspotted musky. Al- 

 though some of our best piscatorial authorities who 

 are acquainted with most fish by their Latin names 

 have little to say about the tiger. Personally I 

 watched a 27J^-pound tiger do his death dance this 

 fall, and he was as pretty a marked fish as you will 

 find in a few days' paddle. He was a short, stocky 

 rascal of a silver greenish tint, running into a gray- 

 ish white underneath, and each brownish stripe was 

 a perfect mark. There sure is such a critter, and he 

 fights to a fare-you-well. 



QUESTION. Have you ever used mice for bass 

 bait, and are they good for bass? A. J. S. 



ANSWER. Never used one, Old Man; heard of 

 lots of people that have done so, but I never had the 



