. American fishes [microform] : a popular treatise upon the game and food fishes of North America, with especial reference to habits and methods of capture. Fishes; Fishing; Poissons; Pêche sportive. So far as known, the breeding liabits of the other species of Sun-fishes agree with those of Lcpomis gihbosus. It reaches, in the hikes, a weight of alxnit one-and-a-half pounds, and as usually taken is of not over a pound weight. Its flesh is of good quality, similar to that of other Sun-fish of the same size, and is graded as superior to that of tlie jterch, but inferior to ihe black bass and wh
. American fishes [microform] : a popular treatise upon the game and food fishes of North America, with especial reference to habits and methods of capture. Fishes; Fishing; Poissons; Pêche sportive. So far as known, the breeding liabits of the other species of Sun-fishes agree with those of Lcpomis gihbosus. It reaches, in the hikes, a weight of alxnit one-and-a-half pounds, and as usually taken is of not over a pound weight. Its flesh is of good quality, similar to that of other Sun-fish of the same size, and is graded as superior to that of tlie jterch, but inferior to ihe black bass and white bass. It takes the hook freely, and to the small boy is the perfection of a gome fish, while even the exi)erienced angler does not despise it. W. C. Harris, in his "Ciame Fishes of Pennsylvania," remarks: "I confess to a fondness for catching the * pumjjkin-seed ' upon the lightest of light fiy rods with leader and line of a sjjider-wcb consistency. I have caught them, averaging a half ]H)und in weight, by the dozen, with black and brown hackles, and when tliev reach that size thev are s(j sjjrigluly in their play, when hooked on trout ta<kle, that we cannot deny them a niche in the gallery of game ;. THE KKD IIHKAST. AUIUTl'S. The long-eared Sun-fish, Lcpomis auritus, like its relatives, receives the general name of " Sun-fish," " Brim " {Bream), and '• i'ean h " {Pcrc/i). In Pennsylvania it is called "Sunrerch" and " Red Headed Bream," elsewhere it is the " Red Breast," '" Red Bellied Bream " and the " Red Bellied ; It is found in all (oastwise streams from Maine to Louisiana, but does. 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. Bost
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