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advocate, however, for trolling for so small a 

 fish, and merely mention it as one of the ways 

 and means that may be followed. There are 

 men who never rise above this method for any 

 game-fish, but they are more to be pitied than 

 blamed. They either lack the skill to practise 

 more approved methods, or are too indolent to 

 learn them. 



The yellow-perch has been introduced into 

 some waters west of the Rockies. A few weigh- 

 ing about a pound were sent to me from a lake 

 about forty miles west of Spokane, which were of 

 exceptionally bright coloration and good flavor. 

 In the same box were two pike of about four 

 pounds each, and a large-mouth black-bass of 

 eight pounds, dressed, and very fat, plump, and 

 delicious. These fish were the result of a sin- 

 gle plant by the United States Fish Commission 

 some years ago. On the Missouri River, a few 

 miles above the Great Falls, a large lake has been 

 formed by an expansion of the river, caused by 

 building a dam for an electric light plant. Several 

 years ago some yellow-perch were placed in this 

 lake, or in the river just above it, but by whom 

 I have not been able to ascertain. At all events, 

 the lake now swarms with perch, strings of one 



