. American fishes; a popular treatise upon the game and food fishes of North America, with especial reference to habits and methods of capture. Fishes. THE FALL-FISH—SEMOTILUS BULLARIS. It is very common in the Delaware Basin, more so, perhaps, in the Susquehanna, but a common form in the head waters of the Atlantic-flow- ing streams of Virginia and the Carolinas. Hallock says that it has been caught weighing four pounds, that it is much esteemed as food, and affords good sport for the angler. I have myself taken them with light tackle and found them as gamy as brook trout in preserved streams
. American fishes; a popular treatise upon the game and food fishes of North America, with especial reference to habits and methods of capture. Fishes. THE FALL-FISH—SEMOTILUS BULLARIS. It is very common in the Delaware Basin, more so, perhaps, in the Susquehanna, but a common form in the head waters of the Atlantic-flow- ing streams of Virginia and the Carolinas. Hallock says that it has been caught weighing four pounds, that it is much esteemed as food, and affords good sport for the angler. I have myself taken them with light tackle and found them as gamy as brook trout in preserved streams. In Massachu- setts it is often called the ''Cousin Trout" in allusion to its trout-like habits, and also the " Chiven " from its resemblance to the English Chub or Cheven. The mention of the American ''Roach " brings us to the consideration of the Old World species, which it much resembles in habits. This is. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Goode, G. Brown (George Brown), 1851-1896. New York, Standard book co.
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