96 LAKE AND STREAM GAME FISHING 



off a shoal or sandbar. No matter in what depth 

 of water you locate him, however, you will find that 

 he is close to the bottom, as he is not a surface 

 feeder. 



WALL-EYE TRAVELS IN SCHOOLS 



He can be coaxed out of the water with live bait 

 such as mud minnows, chubs, shiners or small white- 

 bellied frogs, or you can use an underwater plug 

 weighted with a sinker, or troll with a spoon. The 

 wall-eyed seldom travels single, but invariably runs 

 in schools, a habit acquired no doubt from fear that 

 he may miss a feed. Where you catch one you can 

 figure on more fish from the same spot, until they 

 hustle off to locate better feeding grounds. This 

 hungry feeling makes him a great little biter, and 

 said feeling has also made him a boon to the fisher- 

 man, who can always count on " bringing home the 

 bacon " if he locates a pike feeding ground. 



In the rivers he hangs out below rapids, dams 

 and log jams, where the current is swift, gorging on 

 the minnows, which are easy prey, as they are tired 

 out. with their battle against the swift currents. 

 This is a fine place to cast for him, using live or 

 artificial bait, with a fair-sized dipsey sinker to take 

 the bait down deep in the water. He also has a 

 fancy for sandbars in the rivers, and wading along 

 a bar, casting on both sides, brings good results. 



