prolonged, front of eye about midway in head ; coloration green ; sides 

 with net- work of brown streaks ; found in streams of Atlantic States. — 

 Hump-backed pickerel, elevated back and broad, swollen ante-dorsal 

 region; colors plain (olive green); found in Western States. — Banded 

 pickerel or trout pickerel ; snout much shorter than in preceduig ; eye 

 nearer snout ; color, dark green ; sides, twent}^ blackish curved bars ; rare- 

 ly a foot long ; home, Atlantic streams. — Little pickerel, or Western trout 

 pickerel; size and form of preceding; more slender; color, olivaceous 

 green above, tinting to white below; sides, curved streaks instead of bars; 

 black streak in front of eye as well as below ; abundant in Western 

 streams." 



WALL-EYED PIKE. 



" The wall eyed pike so phanlom-like 

 In waters clear and cold ; 

 Its heavy strike like driven spike, 

 Its silvery scales and gold." 



The pike-perch, more commonly known as the wall-eyed pike, is 

 common in the Northern and Northwestern states, where the species is a 

 popular favorite with boy-anglers, among whom the fish is regarded as a 

 prize. The usual weight is from two to five pounds, but large specimens 

 are sometimes taken weighing nearly thirty pounds. Although it is not 

 considered a game-fish, of any special merit, the pike-perch is a food fish 

 of better flavor and finer flesh than the ordinary pike and pickerel. 



In still or sluggish watei's the wall-eyed pike, when hooked, shows 

 little activity and is not regarded with favor by anglers, but in swift 

 streams the character of the fish is entirely different. It is usually taken 

 either by still-fishing or trolling, the latter method, of course, giving the 

 best sport. The fish are abundant in many Western lakes and streams, 

 and as an edible fish it is held in deservedly high estimation. 



The form of the pike-perch is compai atively slender and graceful, 

 particularly in specimens of moderate size, and the general resemblance of 

 the various species of the perch family can be readily traced in all, from 

 the so-called 'wall-eyed pike' down to the common yellow perch familiar 

 to almost every youthful angler. The local name of " wall-eye " is sug- 

 gestive of the large staring eyes — perhaps the most noticeable feature of 

 the pike-perch. On the sides the scales are usualh' of an old gold tinge, 

 fading to silvery white beneath, furnishing a combination to satisfy any 

 bi-metallic angler in this respect, whatever his opinion may be as to the 

 game qualities of the fish. 



