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gether ; in fact, we may say their haunts are the 

 same. In warm summer weather, shoals of them 

 may often be seen basking in the shallows. 



Perch. 



The perch is a bold fish, and generally takes a 

 bait immediately it is offered. Strong tackle is 

 used in angling for them, a cork float, gut line, or 

 a twisted hair, and No. 7 hook. The usual bait is 

 a worm well scoured, or two red worms on a hook 

 instead of one of the other kind, which are larger. 



They are also angled for w r ith a live minnow, 

 hooked on by the lips or back fin, shrimps, or 

 large grey maggots taken from potatoe or turnip 

 plants. When fishing in this manner for perch, 

 you should always have running tackle on ; for 

 sometimes a pike, trout, or chub will take it, and 

 larger perch are oftener caught this way than with 

 a worm. It is likewise necessary to give them 

 a few minutes time to pouch, and as they often 

 run a considerable distance before they do this, 

 without running tackle you would certainly break 

 your line, or lose the fish. When you have a 

 bite with a worm bait, let him run about the length 

 of a yard, and then strike smartly : the bait should 

 be about a foot from the bottom. Some angle for 

 perch with two hooks on a line, one at mid-water, 

 the other lower. 



Perch feed very little during the hot months ; 

 but dark windy weather, if not too hot, is best. 

 They will be found about bridges, mill ponds, 

 locks, dark still holes and eddies, ponds about 

 flood-gates, on the gravel or sandy parts, and near 

 rushes. 



