The Perch 



to rebait and lower the hooks, for each time 

 without fail there will be a fish brought 

 up for each hook baited. 



But it is through the hot dog days that 

 the perch fills a really void spot in angling. 

 It is then a host of people of both sexes, 

 young and old, leave the city for rest and 

 holiday; for them perch fishing in lake or 

 river is a pleasant recreation. It is always 

 better fishing in swift-running water all 

 kinds of fish bite sharper than in more quiet 

 streams the reason of course being that 

 their food is whirled rapidly by them, and 

 unless they seize it hurriedly, they miss it 

 altogether; therefore when perch are on 

 the shallows, at the beginning of the sea- 

 son, lying usually between waving masses 

 of weeds, it is a good plan to drop the line 

 in at every likely spot, leave it there only 

 a few seconds, and almost immediately the 

 perch, if feeding, and provided it is not 

 alarmed by the approach of the angler, will 

 dash at the bait and take it. Perch, like 

 all other voracious feeders, are easily 



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