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Michigan and New York, to stand up in a boat that is prop- 

 erly handled, and throw a trolling spoon along the borders 

 of the lily -pad archipelagoes, where the Pickerel hide, is good 

 sport. In the crystal-clear water the whirling, glittering 

 spoon is in sight every moment, and you can see the rush 

 of the Pickerel when he flies straight as an arrow at the lure. 

 This fish is so voracious that several kinds of bait are effect- 

 ive for it; but I see no reason for calling its flesh a delicacy. 

 Its maximum size is about 28 inches, which is considerably 

 larger than the little Brook Pickerel of the northern Mississippi 

 Valley. 



