CHAPTEK XIY 



HOW MUSKALLIJNGE, PIKE, PICKEREL, AND PIKE 

 PERCH ABE CAUGHT 



As has been stated, 

 muskallunge are not 

 naturally very widely 

 distributed through- 



A trolling spoon. 



out the country, and 



although they are being artificially propagated by the 

 New York State Fish Commission, but few, if any, 

 are being planted in new localities. They are prob- 

 ably the most voracious fish found in fresh waters, 

 living entirely upon fish of all kinds. If placed in 

 waters not hitherto inhabited by them, they will de- 

 stroy a large number of other fish, if not exterminate 

 them entirely. Their range includes Lakes Supe- 

 rior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario, the St. 

 Lawrence River, the upper Ohio and Mississippi 

 River valleys, and rivers and lakes in Wisconsin, 

 Minnesota, New York, and possibly one or two other 

 States. In Canada a few are taken in the province 

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