192 AMERICAN FISHES. 



ACANTHOPTERYGII. PEKCID^E. 



THE YELLOW PIKE PEARCE. 



AMERICAN SANDRE. 

 Lucioperca Americana ; Cuvier. 



THE OHIO PIKE, GLASS-EYE, YELLOW PIKE, OHIO SALMON 



THIS bold and voracious fish I have never seen, though it is 

 abundant from the western part of the State of New York to the 

 waters of the Ohio, the great lakes and the rivers of the fur countries, 

 up to the 58th parallel of latitude. It affords great sport to the 

 angler, being readily taken with the hook, with almost any live or 

 dead fish bait, though it is said to prefer the common fresh water 

 Cray-fish, Astacus Bartoni, according to Dr. DeKay, whose account 

 of this fish I have taken the liberty of borrowing from his Fauna of 

 New York : 



" The best time for fishing is in the dusk of the evening, with a 

 great length of line, keeping the bait in gentle motion. The foot of 

 rapids or beneath milldams appears to be its favorite haunts. In the 

 heat of summer it seeks the deepest parts of lakes, or in streams in 

 the coolest places under weeds or grass. It is esteemed one of the 



