Fish and Fishing 



but has a larger mouth and very sharp teeth. 

 Its eyes are also very large and glassy, being more 

 prominent than most fish, well fitting it for seek- 

 ing its prey by night. The wall-eye is found in 

 all depths of water, but prefers to stay at the bot- 

 tom, either of rock or of gravel, in clear as well as 

 cold water. 



It loves to lie in deep pools, at the foot of ripples, 

 or where the current is strong and deep, near 

 small dams and under sunken loffs, or shelving 

 rocks and banks. It will only enter shallow 



water in lakes and streams in search of 

 Found ^ood, or at spawning time. It feeds on 



every kind of small fish and does not 

 spare its offspring. Insects, larvse, crawfish, and 

 worms are devoured in great numbers, and even 

 small frogs aad young snakes are preyed upon. 

 Its usual weight is from two to four pounds, but 

 it grows to fifteen pounds under favorable condi- 

 tions. Its flesh is highly prized as a food fish, 

 being white, firm, and flaky; which makes it a 

 commercial fish of much importance, especially 

 on Lake Erie, whence it is shipped in large 

 numbers. There are three ways to fish for the 

 wall-eye; on lakes it should be fished for in com- 

 paratively deep water, over pebbly bottoms, with 

 a live minnow or crawfish, particularly minnows 

 with silver sides, such as dace, roach or red fin; 

 in rapid currents, pieces of fish with the skin, 

 bright and silvery, trimmed in a shape so that it 

 will spin nicely. I have caught them on a spinner 

 with a l)right-colored bass fly at the end. But, 

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