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nerve to hook a mouse on as a bait. They have been 

 very successful as a lure for large bass. 



QUESTION. How does a musky strike a lure and 

 where is the best location in a lake or stream for 

 them? D. W. 



ANSWER. Musky strikes from side and with an 

 upward swing, often breaking water at the strike. 

 In lakes you find him over submerged weed beds and 

 rocky gravel bottoms and off the edges of weed beds 

 in water generally from 5 up to 15 feet. In streams 

 near bunches of weed and rushes, windfalls, logs, 

 heaps of brush, sloughs alongside of rocks and off 

 the points. 



QUESTION. Why do fish turn a live bait around 

 and swallow it head first? T. J. S. 



ANSWER. Never really found out the real rea- 

 son, Old Man, but presume they do it from instinct 

 in order to save themselves from the sharp spines 

 on some of the other fish. By swallowing them 

 head first, the spines in the dorsal fin close down and 

 don't prick them on the way down. 



QUESTION. Are the preserved minnows in jars 

 any good for bait? R. H. C. 



ANSWER. The preserved minnows make a good 

 bait for casting; they hold their silvery shine very 

 well and for emergency you should have a bottle 



