74 Fishcraft 



tributed of fresh water fishes of what 

 may be termed the intermediate 

 branch taking rank below the vari- 

 ous members of the trout, the black 

 bass, and the mascalonge species, and 

 'higher in the scale than the ordinary 

 perch, the crappie, the sun-fish, etc. 

 The two popular species inhabit the 

 waters of most of the rivers and lakes 

 in the Eastern and Western states, 



Pickerel. 



and to some extent in southern wa- 

 ters. 



Confusion exists in possibly a ma- 

 jority of localities where these fish 

 abound, as to identity or proper no- 

 menclature. Both belong to the pike 

 family, but many fishermen regard 

 the pike-perch usually called the 

 "Wall-eyed pike"- -as the true pike, 

 although it is in fact a species of the 

 perch ; while the real pike is ordi- 



