Telegram-herald., 1889-05-09

his ancestors did four hundred years ngO-
he acquires no hereditary warnings or sus-
picions. This may be due 10 the fact that
he propagates so rapidly that nature has no
limo TO adapt him TO environment and the
rapid progress OF the age. Go over 20 the
pier, rent u pole for dime OF any one OF
the numerous furnishers there, buy dozen
minnows for another dime, and, # the
water is clear, I'll warrant perch viii bite
before you are ready. no matter how con-
spicuously the hook shows.
The perch. among other things, is lazy.
He would rather take the poor little min
now writhing in death agonles on your
hook than chase the swarm of free ones
which may be lowering all around him.
The furnisher, II you ask him, viii bait
POUR hook. He Will take minnow and run
a hook through il just above the tail. Then
he Will run 1t through again from the other
sido Just below the gills. The minnow is
then fast, bat the hook shows in two places.
II you were angling for black bass in tho
rapids OF some river this would never 90.
You would have TO remove the sInker so
that the mlunow could swim about and at
tract attention. In order to convince the
bass that there was square deal and no
trap and TO enable the minnow 20 live and
swiu. you insert the hook through the tip
OF his bills, running it through his lower
bin and out through the upper one. Then
the minnow would have fun use Of his body
and tail 20 SWIM with. IOu have TO
cast him gently 50 as not 70 kin nir. If he
died you would have 10 put on live and
lively one. Tho bass VIII not take dead
miunow. Not so with the perch. He will
take a minnow dead or alive, swimming or
helrless, and ask To questions.
The bait for the perch - usually matter
of Indifference. When minn0ws are plenty
it's better 70 bait with them Grssshop-
pers. worms. fresh meat. etc, arc good bait
for tbe1 Tlere IS some question, h0w-
ever. n the subject Of crabs. The Old
fishermen claim that the perch will not
taSs crabs. that they arc only good for
sssheeps eads. and this specie IA fresh
water are not good 20 est Crabs abound
by the Millions among tie niles Of rocks
formIuE he Government piers. How they
get there Is sald 20 DC a question. but it -
not They crowd fear.essly al over the
bottom Il tae lake ia reasonably shallow
wate- They are partial % rocks, under
meath which they live aod breed When
the rocks were placed in the lake = make
l1reas,vaters the crabs were not long i1 fnd-
iugft out. They doubtless u grated there IN
numbers aui bred fearf.iiy and wonder
fully underusst tas great blocks Of granite.
They have friendly habit of craving 10
70 tie surface for food of any kind which
raav fsl 1 When any thing fals Ia the
water they jampogt from their hiding z places
and grasp BE- m their teutssles. To catch
crabs. al ene has On 60 j. 90 lower the fish
ins en- Which a minnow or other balt is
3 aced iuto The shallow water "a hlch per
sciates anonE the rocks C the piers.
A crab VIII grab TIA bst m hfs claws
aua absolutely hang On while yen draw up
the Gne Whatever the fishermen may say
these fellows maSe gloa bslt for perch
rth a. taeir limbs on the perch ARE afraid
90 to cra1s. a. their sqleeze ot tne ~
teriCr of the 6sh - not desirable IBeE
tsev have a wsr q rx-su6ng tEsir -.
ssCacs - that eolv a lsrEs- mcuthec tsh i <s
the saeepshesd can sssllow them. IaeT
hsvs a way s'so q escsping under rocS
sad Era - sands wh5ch 5lssasts the .azy
rerCh Vow. ~ make bsit o. tle1l. pul cls
the tentacies sud wheu tae perch sees h.s
srerr b. u'ess - WI Trao ard swallow
ban wita a ven zssucs
Douhtless the BEST rerch fishing aicr z
fhese shores rtrht l,s had IN winter. Ti>re
is a pecrll ar state = - g here AZ taat sea
sca hsn the ice cn-ers tss lsss - great
pressure necessarily forces the ar out 20
tae waver % lzrgs extenE EsEes srs -