. American fishes; a popular treatise upon the game and food fishes of North America, with especial reference to habits and methods of capture. Fishes. 66 AMERICAN FISHES. So far as known, the breeding habits of the other species of Sun-fishes agree with those of Lepomis gibbosus. It reaches, in the lakes, a weight of about 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 the perch, but inferior to the black bass and white bass. It takes the hook free
. American fishes; a popular treatise upon the game and food fishes of North America, with especial reference to habits and methods of capture. Fishes. 66 AMERICAN FISHES. So far as known, the breeding habits of the other species of Sun-fishes agree with those of Lepomis gibbosus. It reaches, in the lakes, a weight of about 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 the perch, but inferior to the black bass and white bass. It takes the hook freely, and to the small boy is the perfection of a game fish, while even the experienced angler does not despise it. W. C. Harris, in his ''Game Fishes of Pennsylvania," remarks: ''I confess to a fondness for catching the ' pumpkin-seed ' upon the lightest of light fly rods with leader and line of a spider-web consistency. I have caught them, averaging a half pound in weight, by the dozen, with black and brown hackles, and when they reach that size they are so sprightly in their play, when hooked on trout tackle, that we cannot deny them a niche in the gallery of game ;. 4 THE RED BREAST. LEPOMIS AURITUS. The long-eared Sun-fish, Lepomis auritiis, like its relatives, receives the general name of '' Sun-fish," '' Brim " [Bream), and " Pearch " [Perch). In Pennsylvania it is called ''Sun Perch" and "Red Headed Bream," elsewhere it is the "Red Breast," "Red Bellied Bream" and the "Red Bellied ; It is found in all coastwise 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. New York, Standard book co.
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