September, 1919 
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507 
'Cn tlie worm bait, the cork bobbing along 
Ion the water. “The’s sunnies,” said 
Matt, “better fish over where the water’s 
deeper.’’ “There’s a perch,” he said 
'quickly, as Mr. Adam’s float went down. 
'“They never nibble they jest grab it an’ 
’scoot. The white ones do; the yellow 
feller’s are some slower, but fight hard.” 
The lad watched with keen interest as 
Mr. Adams worked the fish around the 
boat on the slender rod and finally boated 
!it without the aid of a net. It was of 
about a half pound weight and nicely 
silvered in the clear water. The atmos- 
iphere was heavy and threatened rain. 
I Both men had light rain coats with them 
but Matt had but little concern for him- 
self if fish would bite. Up to noon, 
when they rowed tj the bank to eat 
their lunch not more than a dozen fish 
had been taken and all much of the 
same size as the first one taken by Mr 
Adams. “I’ve alius seen,” said the boy, 
“that perch are ’bout the same size in 
.one place. Wonder if they’re just the 
same nest full goes together? Seems 
j’ough it might be so. I found a lot of 
stuff once looked mos’ like jelly on a 
stick. Mr. Silvers, the man at the mill 
said ’twas perch eggs all stuck together.” 
“Perch,” said Mr. Adams, “are widely 
distributed all over the world. I have 
taken them from many waters and they 
are a fine game fish for their size. They 
will bite at a great variety of baits, but 
in salt water they are partial to 
shrimps.” “I never knowed they went 
into salt water,” said Matt earnestly. 
“Oh, yes,” responded Mr. Adams. “I have 
seen tons of them that were taken in 
nets in the bays at different points and 
they have been found with herrings in 
the open ocean. Although I have never 
heard of the yellow perch being any- 
where but in fresh water. 
To keep our shrimp alive we get very 
fine sawdust and cover them. They live 
well, sometimes two days or even longer. 
The Delaware River fairly swarms with 
them and great quantities are taken 
there every year. 
Around old piling or patches of lily 
pads, anywhere where the current is not 
swift they are to be found. They will 
bite at almost any kind of bait there, 
bits of clam cut up, fish worms or 
live minnows, but their favorite is al- 
ways shrimp. And it is strange, when 
I think of it, I have never seen as large 
ones from salt water as from lakes or 
ponds like this.” “Well, the’s big ones 
in here if we can find ’em,” said Matt, 
“an’ we’ll try ’tother side of the pond 
the’s a wash down from a hill there 
by the big oak an’ a gravel point runs 
out to deep water.” Matt, standing up 
in the boat as they went across, as he | 
said “to get the p’ints.” “The’s never i 
no sense,” he said, “sloshin’ round in 
the water when fishin’ for perch. They I 
scare easy. There, don’t pull no more, ! 
je-t ’et the boat swim in herself,” and 
quietly lowering the weight overboard, | 
which served as an anchor they came 
to rest. Matt had changed the water 
several times on the minnows and they 
were active in the pail. 
F rom where they sat they could 
plainly see the gravel where it had 
been washed down into the water 
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