. The complete American and Canadian sportsman's encyclopedia of valuable instruction. Camping; Fishing; Hunting. tions close to the mouth, often making unhooking them a difficult matter unless a hook extractor be used. They are capable of living a long time after being taken from the water. It is also a vegetarian fish and frequents muddy bottoms, taking almost any hook or bait offered them. Average size i to 3 lbs. up to the 50-lb. Catfish of Ohio and Mississippi water. Raw liver or worms is excellent bait for Catfish. A splendid time to catch them being at night. White and Yellow Perch. One
. The complete American and Canadian sportsman's encyclopedia of valuable instruction. Camping; Fishing; Hunting. tions close to the mouth, often making unhooking them a difficult matter unless a hook extractor be used. They are capable of living a long time after being taken from the water. It is also a vegetarian fish and frequents muddy bottoms, taking almost any hook or bait offered them. Average size i to 3 lbs. up to the 50-lb. Catfish of Ohio and Mississippi water. Raw liver or worms is excellent bait for Catfish. A splendid time to catch them being at night. White and Yellow Perch. One of the easiest fish to capture. It is an un- usuallv bold biter and peculiarly enough, are good free biters at all times of the day; and no matter how many are caught in the one spot, they can be hauled out one after the other with impunity, as they are in no way timorous. I have myself seen a boy fall overboard in the vicinity of good Perch fishing, and despite the floundering, good fishing went on just the same but a few minutes alter. They usually swim in large shoals, and when Ferch are biting, swarms of people in the neighorhood ot large cities, invariably get all good size strmgs. Worms being the usual and most fitting bait, and a simple 10 cent outfit of tackle is as good as the best. Usually a light Bamboo pole about 10 teet long, and 20 to 30 feet of line is used, with a small float and a No. 2, 3 or 4 hook with a small sinker a few inches above the hook, so as to keep the bait heavy and about a foot from the bottom. Yellow Perch are often fished for in the winter, by cutting holes in the ice. It is a bony fish but good 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 Buzzacott, Francis Henry, 1861- [from old catalog]. [Chicago] M. A. Donohue & co
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