New Today: May 16, 1997 There Is No Justice In Musky Fishing by Spence Petros Sometimes it seems like it doesn't do much good to purposely try to catch a trophy musky. I'm not talking about a 20-pound class fish, but those super wary, battle-scarred brutes tipping the scales at 30 to 40 pounds or more. Just about the time you've convinced yourself that a certain "known" fish is smarter than most, someone catches her by accident on a nightcrawler or crappie minnow. Continued All-Time Walleye Greats, by Cory Schmidt & Staff During the past 20 years, nearly 2,000 walleyes have come to scale and tape, entries in In-Fisherman's highly exclusive Master Angler Contest. In combination, these large fish offer hints of wisdom about the walleye's world. Which waters, for example, have been the best producers of big fish? And what about monster walleyes, those fish surpassing 14 and 15 pounds? The best times to pursue huge walleyes? What baits have been best? Do moon phases really spur the activity of big walleyes? And much more, here in capsule form. Mule Deer Rifles, by John Barsness Every generation of hunting writers since Teddy Roosevelt has claimed that the days of easy mule deer are gone forever. Why, today's big bucks ("today" being anywhere from the 1880s to the 1990s) are so tough to approach that you'd better get rid of that feeble old .44 Henry (or .270 Winchester) and buy one of those flat-shooting .38-55s (or .30-378s).