Oneida ImK-c I-'isltis 441 



these were jKickcd with tishtrnifii wiili market baskets aii<l ha),'s, in many cases 

 filled or nearly so with I'erdi. The \y.i\KT slated that no less than a dozen fisher- 

 men had taken up quarters at a Brewerton hotel and supported their families on 

 the proceeds of their fish sales. On I'ehruary b, iy2i, Hankinson counted fifty ice 

 fishermen at Lower South Hay, in his two hour stay. They were fishinij; in about 

 ten feet of water, mostly alnjut a ((uarter of a mile out from the south shore. On 

 February ly, 102 antjlers, some of whom were women, were omnted. Auto- 

 mobiles were Ikmuj.; driven over the 14 inches of ice. Holes about a foot in diameter 

 had been dug with si)uds. A man was selling minnows, chiefly Sotropis alhcri- 

 iioidi's, at 25 cents a hundred. With the minnows the fishermen could get a few 

 Perch and the eyes of these were then use<l as a better bait. Most of the fishing 

 was being done, as has been mentioned, in about ten feet of water, and only Perch 

 were being taken at this depth. One party of seven people were fishing in tleeper 

 water near Dunham Island ; they were getting larger Perch but fewer of them. 

 These fish were about a foot in length. ( )ne Hurbot (Lota iiunulosa ) 15! S inches 

 long had been taken, the only fish other than Perch caught by the many fishermen. 

 Everniami antl Clark ("20, ]). 276) in their discussion of ice fishing in I^ke 

 Ma.xinkuckee, record 72 Perch caught through the ice between Decemlwr 14 and 

 January 2^, 1900-01. Pearse and .\chtenberg ('20, j). 301 ) mention ice fishing 

 in lakes near Mailison. Wisconsin, with the u.se of mimiows and Perch eyes as bait. 

 RcfiKi-nccs. Abbott, '90; Adams and Hankinson, '16: Haker, '16, '18; 

 I'.an^ham. '25; Hean. '<)2, '97, '02, 03. 07. 'ot). "cn^a. '11, '12. '14; Hensley, '15; 

 Huller. "05: Hutler, '19: Clemens and others. '2^. '24: Cobb. "04; Colljcrt, '16; 

 Cole, '05: DeKay. '42: DeRyke. '22; Dniming. '84; Dymond. '26; Kllis. '14; 

 EmlKKJy. '15. '22, '2~\ I^ssex and Hunter. ■2(1: ICvermann and Clark. *20: Fisher. 

 '93: Faust. '18; Forlfes. "78. '80. '80a: Forbes and Richardson, '09: Fowler, 14; 

 Franklin. "15: Cioode. '84. '03; (iorham. "i 1 ; (ireeley. '2~\ Hankinson, '08, 'loa, 

 '16. '24: Hay. '<m: Henslmll. '03: Jordan. ')i<2, 05. "25: Jordan and Fvemiann. 

 '86. "03: Kendall. '24: Koelz. '2(1: Krecker. "19; \a Rue. '14: I.each. '2-. ■27a: 

 I.cfevre and Curtis. '12: I.aRue and others. '2<>: I.ucas, '25; McComiick. '01; 

 Manter.'2^. : Mac<lonald.'25."26.'27 ; Marshall and CiillK-rt.'o.s : Mead. '19: Mearns. 

 •98: Meehan. '13: Milner. "73: M<.ore. ' 2i'>\ Nash. '08; Xcedham. '22: Nichols and 

 Heilner. '20: Osburn. '01 ; OslK)rn. '11 ; Pearse. '15. '18. '18a. '21. '21a, "243. "25; 

 Pratt. '19. '2}^\ Reed and Wright. \*)\ Reighard. '15: Rhead. '07: Riley. '18: Ryer- 

 son. '15: Sheiford. '13: .Sibley. '22; Sniallw<M)d. •14: Smith. '<>). 07; Stafford. ■•14; 

 SuHht. '20; Titcomb. '21. '22: Tracy, *io; Triplett, \yo; Turner. '20; War<l. '1)4, 

 '11; Ward ami .\fagath. '\(\\ Ward and Wbipjile. '18: Wilson. '20, '2>xk\ Worth. 

 '02: Wright. '02; Yorke and Mai)lestone. ' 2(\. 



Stizostedion vitreum (Mitchill). Vii.i.ow I'ikk Pi rc 11. Pikk Pirch. 

 Wai.i.-i :vi II PiKi . < >iuida I -ike is a home for the much pri/e<l game ami f<x¥l 

 fish known as the Pike Perch or Wall-eyed Pike ( I-'ig. 231"). Here they arc quite 

 abuntlant notwithstanding the excessive fishing for thrni. and goo*! catches arc 

 frequently ma<le. Tlie s|K'cies is well known to anglers ami may Ik- easily icicntificd 

 l)y the novice by its |H*rch-like form with ilouble dor.sal fin. <lark. nioltlc<t color- 

 ation, rouuh scales ami many large. ]Miinte<l c.minc teeth. Recent studies of its 

 growth made by .\clamstonc C 22. p. 77") make it appear tJuit the Yellow Pike 



