Bait Angling for Common Fishes 



the current is strong and deep, near small 

 dams and under sunken logs, or shelving 

 rocks and banks, often near the timbers of 

 bridges in deep water. It will only enter 

 shallow water in lakes and streams in search 

 of food or at spawning time. It feeds on 

 every kind of small fish and does not even 

 spare its own offspring. Insects, larvae, 

 crawfish, and worms are devoured in great 

 numbers, and even young frogs and small 

 snakes are sometimes preyed upon. Its 

 usual weight is from two to four pounds, 

 but it grows to fifteen pounds under favor- 

 able conditions. Its flesh is highly prized 

 as a food fish, being white, firm and flaky, 

 and is of an excellent flavor, which makes 

 it a commercial fish of much importance, 

 especially on Lake Erie, from whence it is 

 shipped in large numbers to the city mar- 

 kets, where it always commands a ready 

 sale, being in great demand during the 

 Lenten season. There are three ways to 

 fish for the wall-eye : on lakes it should be 

 fished for in comparatively deep water, 

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