76 Fishcraft 



mon pickerel, humpback pickerel, 

 jack pickerel, Long Island pickerel, 

 marsh pickerel, short pickerel and 

 trout pickerel; and of the pike- 

 the blue pike, black pike, grass pike, 

 gray pike, ground pike, green pike, 

 pond pike, streaked pike and trout 

 pike. These local names do not, of 

 course, indicate that there are any- 

 thing like the number of species men- 

 tioned, in fact, the difference is usu- 

 ally merely that of size, colors, and 

 markings which vary according to 

 the environments, depth of water, etc. 

 Even where the varieties are of such 

 character as to justify classification 

 under names of different species, the 

 general character is much the same, 

 and the methods of fishing differ 

 merely as to size of the fish, and their 

 natural food in the localities where 

 they are caught. 



In England weights and measure- 

 ments are given of monster pike so 

 large that lacking verification - 

 the records of thousand-pounders are 

 regarded as fabulous fish tales, but it 

 is doubtless true that in some in- 



