POPULAR FRESH- WATER FISHES 7 



Cut-Lip Chub, Day Chub, or Negro Chub of 

 eight inches is abundant in the basin of the 

 Susquehanna. The Hard-Mouth Chub, found 

 in the rivers of Oregon and Washington, at- 

 tains a length of one foot. The River Chub or 

 Horny- Head Chub, attaining a length of 

 twelve inches, is found from New York to 

 Utah and Alabama. 



Crappie (Croppie, Bachelor, New Light, 

 Campbellite, Sac-a-lait, Chinquapin Perch, 

 Bridge Perch, Goggle-Eye, Tin Mouth, 

 Speckled Perch, Shad, John Demon, etc.): 

 Caught on light Black Bass tackle in the 

 Southern States, with worm and minnow bait. 

 Weighs up to three pounds; one-pound speci- 

 mens are more common. This fish to the 

 Southern angler is what the Strawberry Bass 

 (Northern Crappie) is to the rodman of the 

 North and West. 



Dace, Horned (Chub, Corporal, Corporaalen, 

 etc.) : Caught on the artificial fly with Brook 

 Trout tackle and flies in all the small streams 

 and ponds from western Massachusetts to 

 Nebraska and southward. It is a handsome, 

 lively game-fish that attains a length of one 

 foot. 



Drum, Lake (Sheepshead, Perch, Gray 

 Perch, White Perch, Croaker, Crocus, Thun- 

 der-Pumper, Gaspergou, Jewel Head, Males- 

 hoganay, etc.) : Caught abundantly in large 

 bodies of water throughout the Western States 

 from the Great Lakes to the Rio Grande. 

 Weighs up to sixty pounds. 



Eel : Caught on any sort of tackle in bottom- 

 fishing with any sort of bait, worms in par- 

 ticular, in almost any water. A short and stiff 

 but light rod and a short, stout leader are best 

 for special service. 



Grayling : Caught during the autumn season 

 in the stirring edge-waters of pools below 

 rapids in clear and cold streams in Michigan 

 and Montana and British America and Alaska, 

 on a light Brook Trout fly rod and Brook 

 Trout tackle. Is the most beautiful and 

 graceful of American fresh- water fishes. Has 

 a smaller and more delicate mouth than the 



