PAN-FISHING 



IN the art of " casting," or the science 

 of " still-fishing " for game-fishes, the 

 average woman or boy rarely becomes 

 adept. In vacation-time, when their thoughts 

 turn lightly to angling, they content them- 

 selves with the lesser grades of fish and the 

 more tranquil methods of capture. The sport 

 of " pan-fishing," or fishing for those partic- 

 ular fish whose excellencies shine brighter in 

 the frying-pan, is a most popular pastime 

 about the lakes and rivers. It is in vogue 

 principally among the ladies and small boys. 

 It is a true art in itself, but can easily be 

 made common and ignoble by an inattention 

 to details. It is a soothing sport, entirely de- 

 void of the excitement attending the capture 

 of black bass or muskallunge, and yet there 

 is a gentle fascination about it. 



The first fish in the scale of excellence as a 

 pan-fish is the perch the American yellow 

 perch, with a string of local names on his es- 

 cutcheon. He sometimes weighs as much as 

 in 



