. American fishes : a popular treatise upon the game and food fishes of North America with especial reference to habits and methods of capture. Fishes -- North America. CARP, DACE AND MINNOII'. 431 ket, though usually consumed by its captors. When eaten fresh, as a pan- fish, it is by no means despicable, and to my own taste, as palatable as black-bass or THE AMERICAN BREAM. The early American angling authorities prized this fish more than those of to-day. Brown bursts into rhyme when he speaks of it: " A capricious little fish That swims in pond and stream, And a dainty on the
. American fishes : a popular treatise upon the game and food fishes of North America with especial reference to habits and methods of capture. Fishes -- North America. CARP, DACE AND MINNOII'. 431 ket, though usually consumed by its captors. When eaten fresh, as a pan- fish, it is by no means despicable, and to my own taste, as palatable as black-bass or THE AMERICAN BREAM. The early American angling authorities prized this fish more than those of to-day. Brown bursts into rhyme when he speaks of it: " A capricious little fish That swims in pond and stream, And a dainty on the dish Is the cautious, cunning ; "Being possessed," he continues, in a very sober vein "of a large amount of caution, they require all the skill and patience of the angler and the finest kind of tackle. A trout fish rod with a line line and a good-sized trout hook baited with a grub angle-worm, cricket or grass- hopper, if cautiously used, will generally tempt him from his element. He is good on the ; Scott and Norris also approve its claims to consideration as a game fish, and it is said by those who know, to rise readily to an artificial fly- The Shiner, Minnilus or Luxilus cornutus, also called "Red-fin" or "Red Dace," abounds in all streams from New England to Kansas and Alabama, being in most waters more numerous than any other species. In clear, cool lakes it is often found in great schools. At the mouths of small rivers in Lake Michigan hundreds of them can be taken in a short time on a small hook baited with worms or flies. This species reaches a length of. 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. Boston : Estes and Lauriat
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