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MUSKALLUNGE, PIKE, PIOKEEEL, PIKE PEECH 



A GEOUP of fishes favor- 

 ite with anglers, which are 

 usually found in great num- 

 bers, are the muskallunge or 

 muscalonge, the pike, pick- 

 *> ' erel, and pike perch, form- 



A place for pickerel. . ^ 



ing a noble quartet of game 

 fish. Their range is far smaller than that of the 

 black bass, owing to the fact that they are not to 

 any extent a warm-water fish. They are very plen- 

 tiful in Canadian waters, and in those of the United 

 States from New England along the Great Lakes to 

 the middle West, and south to Maryland or the Caro- 

 linas, which mark their natural limit. All are con- 

 sidered as game fish, the muskallunge and pike perch 

 especially so. These two are extensively hatched and 

 propagated by the Government and some State Fish 

 Commissions ; the pike and pickerel are not. There 

 are many other game fishes of more importance that 

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