CHAPTER XV 



Three Perch at a cast. 



ANGLING FOR OTHER FRESH-WATER FISH 



THE various fish described 

 in Chapter VII, under the title 

 Miscellaneous, receive, with one 

 or two exceptions, but little at- 

 tention from anglers. With the 

 many game fish to be taken, 

 whose ranges, natural and from 



planting by Fish Commissions, are now covering the 

 greater part of the country, these other fish are, in 

 fact, to a certain extent, looked upon with contempt. 

 This is a mistake, and a great one, as they afford, 

 under favorable conditions, most excellent sport. 

 Perches, carp, bullheads, and catfish can always be 

 found and angled for, but sheepshead and ling are 

 taken only by chance, except when the last named is 

 fished for through the ice. 



Yellow-perch fishing is particularly amusing, and 

 usually very successful. Owing to the great stretch of 

 country over which they are now found, almost every 

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