CHAPTER XII. 



THE " TOM-COd" ITS ANNUAL ARRIVAL IN THE GULF FISHING THROUGH 



THE ICE FREEZING AND RESUSCITATION THE YELLOW PERCH 



VARIETIES THE BLACK-BASSE FLY-PISHING FOR BLACK-BASSE 



PECULIAR TO NORTH AMERICA ITS COLOUR, FORM, AND WEIGHT, 



WHERE FOUND GREGARIOUS CHARACTER EASILY TRANSPORTED, 



■ — WORTHY OP ACCLIMATIZATION THE ROCK-BASSE ITS SIZE AND 



COLOOR ITS QUALITIES AND ABUNDANCE — THE WHITE-BASSE — COMMON 



IN UPPER LAKES — A BOLD BITER — THE STRIPED-BASSE — COMMON TO 



SALT AND FRESH WATER ITS GREAT SIZE MARKINGS AND COLOUR 



THE OSWEGO BASSE ERRORS CONCERNING IT THE COMMON LAKE 



SHEEPSHEAD THE BLACK SHEEPSHEAD CONFINED TO THE UPPER 



LAKES ITS RESEMBLANCE TO PERCH EXCELLENT FISH THE 



STURGEON ITS IMMENSE GROWTH ABUNDANCE IN ONTARIO 



ABSENCE IN NORTHERN RIVERS STURGEON MEAT. 



