54 Fishing in North Caroliiw,. 



student. St. Peter, who was a net fisherman, 

 does not epistle on the red eye, and Isaac Wal- 

 ton was only a ground-bait fisherman. 



"The Fishes of ISTorth Carolina" gives a cor- 

 rect personal description of my fish except that 

 it does not mention the color transformation 

 after death and confines its habitat to the 

 French Broad River and tributaries ; but it saya 

 that a specimen in the Museum caught near 

 Raleigh in 1892, was probably an introduced 

 example. I sincerely hope other and numerous 

 examples will be introduced, because I have 

 never found another one of these fish. 



It is not only a free biter and vigorous 

 fighter, but the flesh is white, firm and of ex- 

 cellent flavor. I do not believe, however, with 

 the authority aforesaid, that it is a desirable 

 fish for ponds, because wherever found in the 

 river, it is located among rocks in the swiftest 

 water — a rock bass. 



We see nothing of this fish up country, ex- 

 cept in spring, when it appears in very small 

 schools about the time dogwood trees are in 

 blossom ; therefore, fresh water rock bass or not, 



