1 68 Bass, Pike, and Perch 



ponds, it is not good ; but at other seasons, or in 

 clear, cold water, it is an excellent pan-fish, firm 

 and flaky. In brackish water it is good at all 

 seasons. Whenever it has a muddy taste, it 

 should be skinned, by which the objectionable 

 flavor is removed almost entirely, and owing to 

 its adherent scales it is the best plan for dressing 

 it. It spawns early in the spring, in March and 

 April, though in very cold waters not until May. 

 The eggs are about twelve to the inch, and are 

 held together by a glutinous substance in long, 

 ribbonlike masses from two to six feet in length, 

 and from an inch to three or four inches wide. 



Light trout tackle, either for bait-fishing or fly- 

 fishing, is suitable for the yellow-perch for those 

 anglers who can appreciate the pleasure to be 

 derived only by the use of appropriate and ele- 

 gant tackle for any kind of fishing, and a pound 

 perch is well worthy of such implements. With 

 a fly-rod of a few ounces, a light click reel, an 

 enamelled silk line, and a small leader and flies 

 on hooks No. 7, the yellow-perch will not disap- 

 point the most exacting angler who has a true 

 love for the sport. Under such circumstances it 

 is a good game-fish, eager to rise, bold to a de- 

 gree, and fights to a finish. 



