CHAPTEK VII 



Still fishing. 



MISCELLANEOUS FKESH-WATEE FISH 



WITH the description of 

 the pike family, the list of 

 so-called game fish is practi- 

 cally completed, that is, so 

 far as fresh-water fishes are 

 in question. There are many 

 other varieties worthy of mention that anglers fre- 

 quently seek, and which are often taken when one 

 is angling for other fish. Some of these are particu- 

 larly hard fighters, and may well be considered as 

 game, even though but little attention is paid to 

 them by Fish Commissions or fishermen generally. 

 The list of what might be called ordinary fishes 

 consists of the following : yellow perch, white perch, 

 carp, both scale and leather back, bullheads and cat- 

 fish, sheepshead or drum, and ling. The two latter 

 varieties afford great sport to the angler, as, when 

 hooked, they fight constantly and to the very last. 

 While all are more or less widely distributed and well 



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