CHAPTER XIV 



HOW MUSKALLUNGE, PIKE, PICKEREL, AND PIKE 

 PEECH AEE CAIKJIIT 



As ha.s been stated, 

 mn ska] lunge are not 

 naturally very widely 

 distributed througli- 



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 TVIississippi 

 River valley's, and rivers and lakes in Wisconsin, 

 Minnesota, New Vork, and ]irissibly one oi' two other 

 States. In Canada a few are ta.kcn in the province 

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