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and Calico Bass seem to be very appropriate designation for Pomoxys 
sparoides , and has the additional advantage of being already generally in 
use in a larger district. 
Pomoxys annularis is also known by such names as “Bachelor” in the 
Ohio Valley, “New Light” and “ Campbellite ” in Kentucky, Illinois 
and Indiana, names given to it by the irreverent during the great Camp¬ 
bellite movement in the West nearly half a century ago. It is also called 
“ Sac-a-lait ” and “Chinquapin Perch” in the Lower Mississippi, and 
has other names of local application as “ Tin Mouth,” “ Bridge Perch,’ ’ 
“ Goggle Eye,” “ Speckled Perch.” “John Demon ” and “Shad.” 
It is also often confounded with the preceding species, and some of the 
names of the two are interchangeable. This species is not often seen in 
the Great Lake region, but throughout the Lower Mississippi and its 
tributaries it is very abundant. Its young swarm in all the muddy bayous 
along the rivers, and great numbers of them are destroyed in the fall when 
these bodies of water dry up. With the exception of its predilection for 
muddy waters, I know little in its habits distinctive from those of the 
Strawberry Bass. Like the latter, it is said to be an excellent fish for ponds. 
Both take the hook, feed upon small fishes and crustaceans, and spawn 
in spring. They grow to be about twelve inches long and to the weight 
of a pound. Exceptionally large individuals have been known to weigh 
three pounds. 
Among the Louisiana anglers, especially about Lake Pontchartrain, the 
Crappie is a prime favorite, for it will take a minnow bait as promptly as a 
black bass. It is not very pugnacious, however, and will not fight as 
long as the bass, and is also more easily frightened, requiring greater 
caution on the part of the angler. 
A correspondent of the Angler* describes the fishing in Cedar Lake, 
Indiana. Angling is carried on from little flat-bottomed skiffs and from 
sail boats, with bait of minnows, worms or pieces of fish. In five hours 
two men caught fifty-seven bass and eighty-two Crappies. Trolling is a 
favorite mode of fishing among the people who live near the lake, who, 
using two lines with spoon-baits or “ whirl,” and fishing from a sail boat, 
frequently take two hundred or more Crappies in a day, besides occasional 
pickerel, perch and bass. Two men fishing for pleasure, took in June, 
1882, in the course of three days, a thousand Crappies, weighing from four 
* “ Jap ” in American Angler, ii, 87. 
