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tat, will agree with us when we say that here is one of 

 America's finest game fishes a good fighter and a thor- 

 oughly game denizen of our inland waters. There are six 

 or probably seven species of this genus. Their princi- 

 pal range is throughout the lakes and rivers of the North- 

 west. This fish often attains a size of from eighteen to 

 twenty pounds, measuring up to three feet in length. It 

 is one of the gamest and most vicious fighters that ever 

 tied on to an angler's lure, and will make you think you've 

 got a whale hooked instead of a mere inland game fish be- 

 fore you have finally landed him. A good rod to use for 

 this kind of fishing is a rod about nine feet in length made 

 of choice lancewood or bethabara, and it is well to use a 

 good strong (but not too heavy) line that can stand the 

 strain. The amateur will need heavier tackle for all fish- 

 ing until he gets to be a thorough-going angler, at which 

 time he can discard his heavy outfit and use regular sports- 

 man's light weight tackle. 



Wall-Eyed Pike: (Stizostedium vitreum.) 



In the Northwest these fish are sometimes called 

 salmon, which is not a correct name. They readily take 

 the lure and are generally found in rather large numbers 

 within their range, which is most all Northern waters. 

 They are especially plentiful in the lake region of Northern 

 Wisconsin. 



Pickerel: (Esox Genus.) 



This is one of the members of the genus "Esox" hav- 

 ing several species, including the common Eastern Pick- 

 era!, or Green Pike, the Vulgate Humpbacked Pickerel, of 

 the Western States; the Banded Pickerel or Trout Pick- 

 erel, of the Atlantic streams; and the Little Pickerel, or 

 Western Trout Pickerel. 



The pickerel is very pugnacious as a fighter and will 

 put up a stiff resistence for several long moments. 



