Fish and Fishing 



small pike. Though it is more slender, it grows 

 sometimes to two feet in length, and weighs up 

 to seven or eight pounds, though its 

 usual weight is three or four pounds. 

 Its range extends from Maine along the coastwise 

 streams, to Florida and Louisiana. It is so com- 

 mon that it is difficult to say where it is 

 not found. In all the lakes and ponds 

 of Central Michigan and New York it is fished 

 for by a host of admiring anglers. To stand up 

 in a boat that is properly handled and throw a 

 trolling spoon along the borders of the lily-pads 

 where the pickerel hide is considered excellent 

 sport. In the crystal clear water, the whirling, 

 glittering spoon is in sight every moment, and the 

 fish may be seen when it rushes straight at the 

 lure. Wherever the j)ickerel is placed, it at once 

 makes a home, breeding rapidly, soon becoming 

 abundant, and growing in size according to the 

 amount of food at hand. What it lacks in game 

 qualities is made up in the quantities by which it 

 is taken, and thousands of anglers are content 

 and take pleasure in such fishing of a common 

 kind. On a still smaller scale, its habits 

 and manner of feeding are similar to those 

 of the pike. It is a deadly enemy to the young 

 of brook trout, dace, chub, and various minnows. 



BLACK BASS 



The black bass enjoys, without doubt, the 

 widest popularity of all the game fish of North 

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