Uiiiiila Lake lislics 3V5 



lint end there, for the fry from the time it is hatched is the common prey not only 

 of various fishes, inckiding its own kind, l)Ut also of reptiles, birds and other 

 animals." 



Wilson ('tj2, p. 718) found Artjiihis versicolor Wilson attacking; the Chain 

 rickerel, and some cestodes also have been found in it. .\ccording to Stiles and 

 lla»all (12. \K ^yj), Protcoccpholus ncmatosoma (Leidy) was found in the 

 >ii.niaili 1.1 tiii> >pecies; and l,aKne ('14. ]). 298) notes the occurrence of I', pin- 

 </iiis l^Kue. 



Jwo trematodes have been recorded fr(jm the Chain Pickerel: Disloiiiii tcrcti- 

 colli- ( Rudolph), according to Stiles and Hassal! ( '08, p. 225) ; and .hyijio Ioikjh 

 (l.eidy), according to Manter ('26, p. 72) antl Ward ('10, p. 1181). Pratt 

 ( 'j^. J). 65) found a trematode. .hy(/ia, in the stomach of each of two pickerel of 

 this sjjecies; a third one contained Xcofcliiiiorhyiichiis and .■Icaiilhoccplialits. \'an 

 Cleave ("23) records I:cliiiii>rliyiu litis tluialiis Linton (p. 79) and .Woicliiiior- 

 liyiiclius cyliiiilmtiis (\'an Cleave) ( j). So) from (Jneida Lake specimens of this 

 pickerel. 



luoiwiiiU Rchitioiis. 'liie lloh (if tile Chain Pickerel taken fruiu cold water 

 and pr<»]>erly cooked when fresh makes a tai>le delicacy, according to Kendall ( '17. 

 p. 30). although it has many small Ikhics. With many people this Pickerel is not 

 highly relishe<l. which may be due to imjiroper pre])aration. In some Inxlies of 

 water the flesh has a "weedy flavor" (Nash, '08, p. 68). Estimates of the table 

 v.ilue of this fish are therefore various, by some it is relished highly, by others 

 coii>idered inferior. 



The Chain Pickerel has a reputation for destroying trout. Kendall ('17. 

 p. 34) in disiu>sing this point, says that like other members of the family, it is an 

 extremely voracious and destructive fish, but is seldom found gorged with food, 

 and during most of the year it was found by Kendall and Goldsliorough ("08, 

 p. <>o) to resiirt to waters uncongenial to trout, and at all times preferring such 

 waters. They consider the harm <lone by i>ickerel to lie overestimated. They say: 

 "The injurious etTect of pickerel u])on trout and salmon is more often indirect than 

 direct, especially when it ap|>ears in congenial waters where trout or salmon are 

 barely maintaining themselves or are decreasing. The indirect influence is uinin 

 the foiMl supply. ,ind this reverts upon the pickerel itself ultimately." 



.Iiijlliiiii. .\s a game fish it is well known and is much sought in ( Ineiila Lake 

 in winter by anglers who fish through the ice, as well as at warmer seasons when 

 it is caught by Inith trolling and still-fishing. Kendall ('17, |>. 35) notes that 

 its actions on the hook are much like those of the trotit. and in <»r<ler to aji|>rcciate 

 the gameness of the fish he suggests using a light casting- pmI, a slender Iwit rod. 

 or even a fly rod, instead of a long, stifT pole, and then pla>ing the fish. Kendall 

 anil (ioldslMiroiigh ('08, p. fny) say: ".\s a game fish the pickerel is highly esteemed 

 b\ many. It will not always bite, the most attractive lure licing often reganled 

 with contempt and immobility. Then, again, it will voraciously strike at anyiltini; 

 offered it. When liiMiked it seldom leaps from the water like a kiss or s.-dmon. 

 but fights vigorously and rushes ami tears alMiut until, wearieil with the strucKb". 

 it yields to the l.indinj; net or galT. There are many metlnKls ,.i ii-lmiL- !■•• 

 the pickerel It i- tn.lle.l f>.r snccessiullv with any of the varimi 



