Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-07-08
JUST FISH STORIES

"A JOOI ElCl OAOASALO
SSaseeeesgess:sae:se
Hayward seq: Don't fergit
the poor fish back home; drop
them a line, too"
Old Man Musky don't give heck
if the waters are disappearing; he
bites even if the hole is shallow and
the weeds stinlzin due to the lack
of waters in the lakes and streams.
Most fellows say that water IS too
shallow; ought to have more rain
and more depth to the bodies one
fishes in. Right you are, Bo, but
howinell can you beat the game
with Nature. 1t rains and flows
into the lakes when it wants to;
we have nothing to say but must
grind along whipping the shadows
and trusting to luck to get a bite
at that. But we know that less
depth means harder work-in the
end more fish for the pan. Just
try it and see if we lie to you.
Doesn't make a particle of differ
ence to Mr.. Musky where the top of
the water is; he just slams the bait
and gets hooked just the same as
if the depth was a hundred times
what it is now. To prove it just
listen:
Walter German of Wausau ana
Oscar Jansen Of st. Louis guests
at Red Oaks, will tell you that Lit
tie st. German, or nearby waters
can produce big fins any time it IS
necessary to keep the angler from
committing suicide. German spent
the Fourth after muskies. His fish
which DeHaas displayed at Larrys
shop weighed in at Is pounds flat.
Bully fine fin at that, but a little
reddish in color for some reason.
Jansen showed his % FOUNDER at
Knox's store and it was of a per-
feet sheen, such as a lady musky
puts on when she wants to en-
tangle and vamp the male mem
Der of the tribe. Guess she did,
for that love episode was sure
busted when these two anglers
snapped the hooks into 'em.
Bill Penkowsky Of Eagle River
don't ordinarily say much-just
like his chum Bill Reiman of Iron
River over in Michigan-he rambles
out by himself and wife and fips
his fly or bait as it happens to be,
after the wary trout. Sometimes
he gets EN-, sometimes NO. Most
times yes. His catch made all by
himself and wife Saturday morn
ing while the early bird was shoot
in frecrackers, was the prime one
of the season; maybe just as good
as that made by Prosper Stein q
few days ago. PENS catch were but
five brook trout; three weighed in
at a pound each while the other
two fell but little short of that
weight. Beauties at that. Prosper
some few days earlier had landed a
speckled fellow that is said to have
gone better than the two-pound
mark. But it sure is disgruntling,
big fins lying at the bottom and
golblingem, they won't touch a
feather or a fat worm; just lie and
lie 'Stoobad.
Now when a fellow brings into
camp a musky weighing eleven
pounds and shouts to his friends
that he couldn't land a blamed
muslly but did catch a pike" about
that time the fun begins, likewise
The education Of this same man
who couldn't tell the difference be
tween a king of fresh waters and a
walleye. Now Mr.. Collins is not to
be blamed for not knowing the
difference, insomuch as he had
never angled before in the Bic
Woods region. We all make mis-
takes and should not be censured
thereby Collins, who is connected
with a Chicago bank and is a
mighty fine man any way you test
him out, is spending a vacation
with headquarters at Long Lake
Lodge east of Phelps. He has
never had the opportunity to angle
after the big fins, and when he
caught this musky he imagined it
was a walleye and therefore felt
mighty sore because several others
had landed their prizes. Rut Oh