. Frank Forester's fish and fishing of the United States and British provinces of North America [microform]. Fishes; Fishing; Poissons; Pêche sportive. ESOCID^. 157 ABDOMINAI. MAi^ACOPTERYtai. THE COMMON PICKEREL. Esox Reticvlatus; he Sueur. Thro'ighout the United States, excepting only the extreme west- ern and southern waters, this is perhaps the commonest of all game fishes ; from New England to the western limits of Pennsylvania, not a river, pond, or streamlet but abounds with this bold and rapacious fish ; ami it is probable that, like many other of the northern fish, he is f
. Frank Forester's fish and fishing of the United States and British provinces of North America [microform]. Fishes; Fishing; Poissons; Pêche sportive. ESOCID^. 157 ABDOMINAI. MAi^ACOPTERYtai. THE COMMON PICKEREL. Esox Reticvlatus; he Sueur. Thro'ighout the United States, excepting only the extreme west- ern and southern waters, this is perhaps the commonest of all game fishes ; from New England to the western limits of Pennsylvania, not a river, pond, or streamlet but abounds with this bold and rapacious fish ; ami it is probable that, like many other of the northern fish, he is found in the waters of the hill districts of Virainia, Carolina, and even of the Western States, although in such locations he is lost sight of among the tribes peculiar to those regions. With regard to the Southern States, especially, it is almost impos- sible to arrive at anything like certainty concerning the species or vari;>tins of game fish to be found within their limits, from the univer- sal misapplication of names, and the unhappy tendency of sportsmen, to which I have already made allusion, to adopt any barbarous local iiiisuomer, rather than to make themselves acquainted with the true specific names, and to learn the distinctions, so as to speak under- standingly of the game which they tako. It is indeed a hopsloas task to hunt up the veal poculiaritios anu !â '- -k A 'f 1 ' 4<r'l,'. 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 Herbert, Henry William, 1807-1858. New York : Stringer & Townsend
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