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Show (noon trolling. Ashore and in fairly shallow water. , The longer and heavier spoons and wobblers are better suited for the deeper areas and for early after- cellent for musty trolling. If you prefer to use handline rather than a rod, especially if you are rowing a boat, then a 30-pound 30-pound test linen line is suitable. A double swivel with snap at the lure end of the line may be tied on to advantage ... to avoid the line becoming twisted by the twirling twirl-ing lure. The lures for trolling will vary according to the depth at which the fish are feeding, the natural food at hand and the preferences of muskies. The spoon lure is effective ef-fective in both lakes and rivers, where the fish are over sunken reefs of rock or sand. A nickel spoon often is the most killing, but copper or enameled striped spoons also take their share. The dart and flash of a nickel spoon seems to be just what is needed to excite these fellows into striking. strik-ing. A large single or double spinner with pork rind strip is a gooc evening lure when the fish are in- -Angling " i Angles lp bt) old Hi It's the burning ambition of most anglers to land a huge mus-kellunge mus-kellunge at some time during their adventures with rod and reel. They travel long distances for the chance chan-ce to troll and cast for these noted "tigers" of the waters. From Dixieland Dix-ieland to Canada there are large muskies in rivers and lakes waiting wait-ing to fight it out with any challenger. chal-lenger. Troling is the favorite method in most regions. This lets you get the lure down where the big fellows fel-lows lurk in wait for passing minnows min-nows who provide their chief chow. It's important to get the teaser at the right level, for generally the muskies will be feeding on a particular natural food and at a certain depth. There are several rods which are suitable for taking muskies. A staunch six-foot sea trolling split bamboo rod is good for the very large fish, and a five and one half or six-foot tubular steel bait casting rod for ordinary trolling trol-ling or casting. The main thing is not to use a rod that is too light for these heavy, strenuous, balky fellows. The rest of the trolling outfit may consist of a level winding bait casting reel, or a surf casting reel, capable of holding 200 feet of 20 to 30 pound test hard-braid casting line, sinker, six-foot braided braid-ed gut or light piano wire leader and lure. A cuttyhunk line is ext- |