CHAPTEE XVI 



WHITE PERCH, STRIPED BASS, 

 SMELTS AND SUCKERS 



STRIPED bass and white perch represent two 

 extremes of size and weight in the family to 

 which they belong; the first is a fierce and 

 powerful fish, the second is no larger than some 

 minnows, and quiet and unobtrusive. Widely 

 separated as they are in regard to size, char- 

 acter and habits, they are held in equally high 

 esteem as game and food. In the fury and 

 vigour of its rushes when hooked, the first re- 

 sembles the black bass; the second the brook- 

 trout, in its dainty, delicate struggles. In many 

 places the striped bass and white perch are 

 diminishing in numbers, and both have given 

 the fish-culturist some trouble in their propaga- 

 tion. 



A failure on the part of some states to give the 

 striped bass proper protection when entering the 



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