CHAPTER VII. 



PEECH FISHING GENERAL INSTRUCTION SONG, THE PEECH, 

 AND HIS FATE. 



PERCH are fished for in two ways and two 

 only, either with worms, or live bait. When 

 you fish for them with worms, you should use 

 the same rod that you use for barbel, with 

 a strong gut line, a good sized float, and 

 a hook, about No. 7, or 8, according to 

 the size of the fish you take. You may 

 fish for perch at any depth you please, as 

 they are not at all particular as to where they 

 take it. This being the case, if the water in 

 which you are fishing be deep, it is a good 

 plan to have a paternoster line, with three or 

 four hooks on it, one at the bottom, another 

 about eighteen inches higher, and another the 

 same distance above that, and so on. In this 

 way we have had very good sport in deep 

 water, when they have been on the feed. But 



