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The carp is also found in all the rivers, except the Inn. Carp 



fishint^" does not, however, attract many, for the fish is 

 Carp. 



an exceedingly difficult one to catch. 



The perch is ubiquitous, and perch fishing is attended by wonderful 



results. It is practised with the bow-net. with the set line, and with 



the towino-line, the bait being a spinner, a worm, or a 

 Perch. '^^ . . 



gentle. 1 he plumb-line is also used, but is strictly 



forbidden in all the cantons. 



A fish, so interesting by reason of its size, its habits, and its haunts, 



that it can scarcely be passed without mention, is the great wels, 



a siluroid, that occurs in the lakes of Neuchatel, Bienne 

 Wels. 



and Morat, sometimes in the Rhine also, and in the 



Lake of Constance. It is most plentiful, and runs to greatest 

 individual size in the Lakes of Constance and Morat, reaching 

 a length of from 8 to lo feet, and a weight of 150 to 200 lbs. 

 This, the largest fish of Switzerland, is ordinarily taken on fixed 

 lines or in the trammel, but its capture is accidental, for the in- 

 ferior quality of its flesh debars it from being the object of special 

 pursuit. 



In addition to the foregoing, there are a number of so-called 

 "white fish," less interesting to the angler, who can fish for them 

 without licence, such as bleak and roach. In this connection mention 

 may be made of the barbel, abundant in the basin of the Rhine and 

 caught on the rod with all manner of baits, such as bread-paste, cheese, 

 and the like. These "white fish" may be regarded as the last 

 resource of the fisherman, but their capture, if simple, is often not 

 devoid of interest. The professional fisheries, carried out on a grand 



