. Annual report . these fish are collected near Quincy, 111., for distribution toother waters. At Peoria, 111., Prof. Forbes has taken them in March and April;he has found them also in Pistakee Lake and at Ottawa. Cedar Lake, Ind., andKings Lake, Mo., are celebrated crappie waters. Near Covington, Ky., in privateponds belonging to Joseph Schlosser, there are myriads of crappies as well asother game fishes. The crappie is a very free biter and can be caught readily with minnows orworms. Spoon bait has been successfully used in trolling for this species. It isrecorded that two men have taken a t
. Annual report . these fish are collected near Quincy, 111., for distribution toother waters. At Peoria, 111., Prof. Forbes has taken them in March and April;he has found them also in Pistakee Lake and at Ottawa. Cedar Lake, Ind., andKings Lake, Mo., are celebrated crappie waters. Near Covington, Ky., in privateponds belonging to Joseph Schlosser, there are myriads of crappies as well asother game fishes. The crappie is a very free biter and can be caught readily with minnows orworms. Spoon bait has been successfully used in trolling for this species. It isrecorded that two men have taken a thousand crappies in three days fishing withhook and line. As the fish is gregarious, congregating in large schools, and fearless,it can be taken in the immense numbers given. The best bait for crappie is asmall shiner. It rises well also to the artificial fly. As a food fish this is oneof the best in our inland waters, and its adaptability for life in artificial pondsshould make it a favorite with fish CO CO oo Q_ UJ ; O C doldftsi) 3IO REPORT OF THE FOREST, FISH AND GAME COMMISSION. Cioldj^isI) (Carassins auratus Linnaeus). Cyprinus auratus DeKay, N. Y. Fauna, Fishes, 190, 1842. Carassius auratus Jordan & Gilbert, Bull. 16, U. S. Nat. Mus., 253, 1883; Bean, FishesPenna., 54, pi. 25, fig. 43, 1893. The common goldfish or silverfish is a native of Asia, whence it was introducedinto Europe and from there into America, where it is now one of the commonestaquarium fishes and is extremely abundant in many of our streams. InPennsylvania it abounds in the Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers. DeKay made the following remarks about the goldfish, or golden carp, as hestyled it: The golden carp, or goldfish, as it is more generally called, was introducedfrom China into Europe in the early part of the seventeenth century, and probablyshortly after found its way to this country. They breed fresly in ponds in thisand the adjoining States. They are of no use as an article of fo
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