Fishcraft 101 



The Bream 



This little favorite, a member of 

 the Percoid or perch family, is most 

 frequently found in small streams and 

 lakelets of the eastern states, and 

 along the Mississippi valley. It is 

 prized as an excellent pan fish, and 

 affords fair sport to the angler, the 

 ordinary method being still fishing, 

 with short, light rod, a short line, No. 

 3 Kirby hook, baited with minnow, 

 red worm, shrimp or crawfish; the 

 bait to be from sixteen to twenty-four 

 inches below the float. Two species 

 are familiar to anglers the Blue 

 Bream, or Copper-Nosed Bream, 

 about eight inches in length, at most, 

 and the Red-Bellied Perch, or Red- 

 Tailed Bream; a third species, less 

 known, being the Goggle-Eye, or 

 War-Mouth Perch, a fish with dark 

 green mottled back and brilliant sides. 

 All these are often miscalled sunfish, 

 or Sun Perch, as they frequent the 

 same waters, and the resemblance is 

 evident. 



