“WHERE YOU GOIN’ TO GET 
YOUR MUSKY?” 
By BEN C. ROBINSON (Robie) 
I N scouting 
around over the 
fishing ranges 
of the country, hob¬ 
nobbing with sports- 
men-anglers here 
and there, I hear the 
above question asked 
oftener at this sea¬ 
son than any other. 
“Where are you 
going to get that big 
musky?” 
Well, sir, I want 
to say to you old 
devotees of the rod 
and reel that the 
question where to go 
for the best musky 
fishing is a puzzling 
one indeed, and no 
one understands this better than the 
chap who has knocked around over the 
fishing territory of the big outdoors, 
trying to believe in the honesty of his 
brother man. 
I’ve trailed many a weary, expensive 
mile in search of the old Tiger Fish 
of the north country, and I want to 
say here that this species is about the 
most difficult of any that I have ever 
tried to track to his lair. I’ve had 
resident fishermen pledge their word 
that such and such a lake was just 
“filled with muskies,” and then, after 
rambling around for possibly a day 
and night, riding smoky, drafty day 
coaches, bucking curduroy roads on 
lumber wagons or traversing a three- 
day chain of lakes and rivers to get 
there, have found nothing that even 
resembled a musky coming up after the 
most consistently and persistently cast 
plugs, spoons, spinners, wobblers, div¬ 
ers, and goodness only knows what else 
that the big-game fisherman’s tackle 
box always contains. 
Yes! I’ve trailed this elusive savage 
for many a weary mile before I, at 
last, ran him to earth in some dandy 
surf or riffle-combed lake hidden back 
in the bush where the days of golden 
summer or autumn fishing from boat 
or canoe proved to be an ideal holiday 
and vacation spell that many weary 
months of work over desk, bench and 
counter could not erase. 
But notwithstanding all these blind 
leads and bad “steers,” I’ll try to give 
you good fin-fans the results of many 
a weary league of travel after the fish 
of the fire-flamed and gold-washed hill¬ 
sides of the countries that lie on the 
trail of this monarch of the cold rivers 
and lakes. 
The Province of Ontario should not 
be overlooked in considering your big- 
game fishing trip this summer or 
autumn. There are sections up in 
Canada that yield some of the greatest 
muskies in the history of the sport. 
The Bay of Quinte 
The bay is one of the finest fishing 
grounds of Lake Ontario. Good fish¬ 
ing is obtained about two miles distant 
from Deseronto and in Hay Bay black 
bass are plentiful and at times large 
’lunge are secured. 
In the vicinity of Massassaga Park, 
near Belleville, black bass, pickerel and 
’lunge fishing are good. 
Between Trenton and Picton, a good 
point for the fisherman is Wellington. 
Reached from here are Consecorn 
Lake, Weller’s Bay, Pleasant Bay and 
Huyck’s Bay, all easily accessible. 
North Bay 
Situated on Lake Nipissing (227 
miles from Toronto and 342 miles from 
Montreal) is the gateway to a famed 
sporting region, the French River. 
Lake Nipissing itself is a vista of 
panoramic beauty, and among its is¬ 
lands all manner of fishing is to be 
found. Skirting the edges of the 
shoals that lie submerged among the 
islands, one finds the small-mouthed 
black bass. In the bays and among 
the weed beds there are the pike and 
the pickerel. Many an exciting battle 
has been fought with the battling 
muscalonge—lord of 
the fresh-water fin¬ 
ny tribe. 
Among the 30,000 
islands of the Geor¬ 
gian Bay, within 
easy distance from 
Parry Sound, excel¬ 
lent muscalonge 
fishing grounds are 
found, and each year 
anglers are reward¬ 
ed with good catches 
weighing up to 30 
and 35 pounds for 
individual speci¬ 
mens. The open sea¬ 
son for ’lunge in 
Ontario is from June 
16th to December 
31st, and four fish 
are limited to each angler. Angling 
permits are issued to non-residents of 
the province for $2.00. The season is 
approaching for big-game fishing, and 
the thrill of the hard-fought battle is 
creeping into the thoughts and tensing 
up the nerves of the lads who delight 
in whamming the old plugs and spin¬ 
ners into the cold, deep lake and river 
pools for this mighty gamester of the 
inland waters. 
SCHOOL FOR FLY CASTING 
E are aware that among our read¬ 
ers are a very considerable number 
who wish either to learn how to cast a 
fly or desire to improve their present 
form with a fly rod. It will therefore be 
of considerable interest for them to know 
that Mr. Fred G. Shaw, the author of 
The Complete Science of Fly Fishing 
and Spinning, has established himself 
in America, and is conducting a school 
in fly casting in Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Mr. Shaw won the International 
Amateur Championship of the World 
in trout fly casting in 1904 and held it 
until 1908. His celebrated school in fly 
casting in London was founded in 1906. 
There upward of one thousand men and 
women from all parts of the world have 
been coached. 
Mr- Shaw’s books are conspicuous for 
the very careful analysis that his well- 
schooled mind has given every phase of 
the fly-casting subject. This coupled to 
remarkable powers of instruction en¬ 
ables .him to instill as a habit the art 
of which he is a master. 
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