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WHERE, WHEN, AND HOW TO CATCH FISH 



rays of dorsal and anal, often obscure in young ; no red on fins ; 

 very old specimens often with the belly coppery red. Length, 12 

 inches." Weight average ^ to ^ pound. 



Small fresh-water fish. Caught : Light rod and reel, silk line. 

 Bait : Worms, grasshoppers, or worm out of top of rushes or saw 

 grass. Edible, B. 



Sunfish ; 



Common Sunfish ; 

 Bream ; 

 Pumpkin Seed ; 



Sunny. 



62. " EUPOMOTIS GIBBOSUS." 



Caught same as above. 



Illustration. Page. 



429 1009 









63. 



MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES." 



431 



1012 



" Head 3 to Zyi ; depth 3 to 3^ ; 

 eye 1^ to 2 in snout, 5 to 6 in head. 

 D. X, 12 or 13 ; A. Ill, 10 or 11 ; scales 

 7-65 to 70-18 ; pores 58 to 67. Body 

 ovate-fusiform, becoming deeper with 

 age, moderately compressed. Head large. 

 Mouth very wide, the maxillary in the adult reaching beyond the eye, 

 in the young shorter. Scales on the cheek in about 10 rows ; scales 

 on the trunk comparatively large ; tip of maxillary in adult as broad 

 as eye. Lingual teeth sometimes present. Gill rakers longer than gill 



Black Bass, Large-Mouth 



Oswego Bass ; 



Green Bass ; 



Bayou Bass ; 



Otsego Bass ; 



Swamp Bass. 



