380 PICKEREL FISHING. 



hard for a while, he has neither the arrowy rush nor the innu- 

 merable artful resources of the true Salmon. 



Pickerel fishing with trimmers on large lakes, as described 

 under the head of Eel fishing, is by no means bad sport ; and if 

 several large fish chance, as is very often the case, to be hooked 

 at once, the sinking and reappearance of the gaily-painted 

 buoys, and their rapid motion through the water as the terrified 

 fish rush away with them, offer an amusing spectacle, while the 

 rapid chase with swiftly-rowed boats is full of gay excitement. 



For this sport all the limped ponds and lakelets of this 

 abundantly-watered land are most admirably adapted, from 

 the farthest regions of New England through all the Eastern 

 States to the fine inland lakes of Northern Pennsylvania. But 

 to enjoy this sport, or that of trolling, in perfection, the angler 

 should visit the Great Lakes and the streams of the great basin 

 of St. Lawrence, and that stupendous river itself; in which, 

 from the Thousand Islands, among which swarm both the Mas- 

 calonge and the Great Northern Pickerel, up to the farthest 

 tributaries of Lake Superior, he will find sport, how gluttonous 

 soever he may be of killing, which will not disappoint his 

 wildest wishes. 



In the same manner as the Pike is the Pike Perch or 

 Sandre [Lucioperca Americana), erroneously called the Ohio 

 Salmon, and other absurd provincial nicknames, which is a very 

 fine and delicate fish, as well as a very sporting one, to be 

 taken. 



In the western waters he is the most abundant, and his 

 favourite haunts are the tails of mill-races and whirling eddies 

 under shady banks. 



