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more Western lakes. Its back is dark, with, white 

 sides and belly, and with narrow darkish stripes run- 

 ning lengthwise on the sides. The size of this fish 

 is from 10 to 15 inches, and it usually weighs from 

 one to four pounds, though larger ones are sometimes 

 taken. The striped bass tackle is used in fishing it, 

 but it a very skittish fish, and to catch it requires a 

 good deal of tact and caution. If you succeed in 

 finding a good ground, however, you may have ex- 

 cellent luck, as this fish moves in schools, and when 

 not frightened, will bite readily at the live minnow. 

 The season foj fishing them is in May and June, and 

 in the fall months after the middle of September. 

 They are exceedingly lively on the hook, and afford 

 H good deal of sport. 



The White or Silver Perch. 



This fish is very plentiful in the Harlem river, 

 New York city, and is also taken in some of the 

 Long Island ponds, as well as in the Hudson river, 

 in the Schuylkill, and in many of the streams of Con- 

 necticut. It probably frequents other soft water 

 streams and lakes, though we are not well enough 

 acquainted with its haunts to give any definite infor- 

 mation. It moves in schools, and when in the mood 

 will dart at the bait in the liveliest manner, some- 

 times springing entirely out of the water when seeing 

 \t. The tackle to be used for this fish is about the 

 lame as that used for the yellow perch, and the bait 

 .fi the small minnow, or the Killy, or shiner, though 



