PIKE IN TROUT WATERS 209 



erroneous ; for a self-respecting pike is an epicure in 

 its way, and prefers the fattest and best conditioned 

 specimens as food, when it can procure them. By 

 nature the pike is the tyrant of fresh waters ; its 

 sporting qualities are undeniable, but it can never 

 hope to find a friend in the person of the trout 

 preserver. 



