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SCIENCE OF FISHING. 



long, though it is said that it sometimes attains a length of 

 eight inches. 



The rock bass is also known as goggle-eye and red eye 

 It is found all through the northern and central states and 

 farther south. It looks a little like a black bass but is 

 broader, and is much smaller, seldom weighing more than a 

 pound and usually only half as much. It shows a number 



Common Sunfish. 



of colors, dark olive-green and yellow predominating. The 

 iris of the eye is red, and there is a black spot on the gill 

 cover. Rows of small, dark spots run along the sides. 



The strawberry bass or calico bass, also known as the 

 northern crappie and many other names, is found in the 

 region south of the Great Lakes and throughout the Missis- 

 isppi Valley ; also in the streams t>f all of the Atlantic Coast 

 states from New Jersey southward. It has the typical sun- 



