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has no teetli on the base of its tongue. Its color is 

 brassy, olivaceous above, with seven very black stripes 

 along its sides. The dorsal fins are somewhat connected 

 at the base. First dorsal has nine spines ; second dor- 

 sal has one spine and twelve soft rays ; anal fin, three 

 spines, nine soft rays. Any of the flies recommended 

 for the black bass, though made smaller and tied on 

 Sproat hooks, Nos. 4 to 6, will be found excellent for 

 the white and yellow bass. 



In the perch family (Percidce) are several species 

 that are excellent for the table, and not to be despised 

 as game-fishes. The most commonly known is 



The Yellow Perch (Perca americana), which in- 

 habits most of the waters of the Northwest and East, 

 being found in both fresh and brackish waters. In 

 color it is dark olive with yellow sides, and some half- 

 dozen dark vertical bars ; upper fins, dusky yellowish ; 

 lower fins, reddish. Mouth moderate in size. First 

 dorsal fin has thirteen spines ; second dorsal, one spine 

 and thirteen soft rays ; anal, two spines, eight soft rays. 

 It grows usually to a pound, though sometimes to 

 double that weight. It rises pretty well at times, to a 

 small gaudy fly, and on a five-ounce rod will give con- 

 siderable sport to the angler. 



The Pike-Perch {Stizostedium vitreum), likewise 

 known as " Wall-eyed Pike," " Glass Eye," and in some 

 waters called "Salmon," and in Canada known as 

 "Pickerel," is a fine table fish, growing occasionally 

 to fifteen or twenty, and even to forty pounds, though 



