The sun., 1893-07-17
THESE PICKEREL ARE HEALTHY,
Provided the Appetite They Have May Serve
as a Trn.tworihy Symptom.


a- Trustworthy Symptom.
ROULETTE. Pa. July lG-There are very large
picke in the Allegheny River. Some miles
below hero. where tho water deepens and
widens tcn and even twelve Founders are not
uncommon. Some 1shermen declare that
these fish are not pickerel but muskallonGe.
or a cross between tho big lake pike and mus
kallonge. Be that rs 1t may. they are undoubt-
edly the most voracious OF all members Of the
notably voracious pickerel family. It 10 q IA
vorite sport along the river to shoot these big
fsh. rncs being used. Tho hunter climbs q
tree that stands close to the edge OF some
deep pool in the river. ard from his perch
he can soc far into the waters depths. II
there are pickerel there they are plain
ly visible. II the day is sunny the
pickerel nrc pretty sure to come up now
and then and lie close to tho surface, as still
as stones for several minutes at time. Then
the hunter picks out his game and puts bul.
let In it II the pickerel is not killed instantly.
his foundering Is sure to bring others MP.
curious to see what the trouble is, and IL the
man in the tree is handy with his gun he can
bag two Or three more before they take the
alarm and dart down out of sight. II for some
reason no pickerel come voluntarily to the
surface to take their sun bath. they may be
called UP by the hunter dropping bits Of
bright-colored paper or cloth on the water.
Some curious old pickerel is sure to come up
cautiously to inspect tho object, giving the
man in the tree his oprortunity.
Many instances OF the extreme roracity Of
thesS tn, Allegheny River N rckers are 9R record
near ,Portyile. at the New York State line. 8
Sartwell. In iishing for pickerel in the ALE.
gheny tn. spoon troll is ,, the fav9rLts lure 9Hs
live bait. n good zed silver "hnh hoing the
favorite bait, one six or oven eight incles long
G eT Sss
satisfied to use ta.kle that will capture only
at tine i'm n. the, vii fzsi vs being Ing
but sartweIi had Visions as OF the hieh old time
get two or perhaps three Of the biz fellows on
his line at once. 30 he put three hooks on his
Mti ni Hu sSu s hna
time without obtaining any eSidenee that n nint MS
dn"R sre WRen o1'a suddenlS nS he got tremendoa:
strike He gave the fish plenty & Of lii line land and
e'!f Two S Of f"ea ON on p1 sure et'' said sartwe
This second strike Wns sSon aiterward wa ioli
he s%pro.ed.. gave him = stin ,sht., PIt 10
when. to his surprise. he found tina. instead Of
three pickerel he had only one. although that
waS whs hs Wen
take the big fish of the hook. for It had every
one Of the three seyen-inch chubs in his
his jaw. The ,ricserel, had struck the first
club: got it. in his mouth :, and hooked himself.
inch hook in his. jaw when he saw another
temptIng, ehus Just ahead Of !, him; n. max,
and and he went went for that one to make sure OF il
He half swallowed that one. and got the sec
ond nook in nT "E M nar Gsns ana he
lunged ahead and snapped up the third club.
and welcomed another hook to his jnw., How
him Of course no one is able to say. but Sart-
piekers Me i'h"S he Would o have contnued
taking in chubs and hooks until there was no
rn"@ @ .1T sy there Wns or
at least dozen more. 1t is not likely that any
fisherman ever caught a nickerel on three
At olean. once George Smith landed one. Of
these savage pckerel an S-pounder in his
before that. and one Of them. a 3poqnder.
was still alive on the bottom OF the boat. smith
troIline' Presently he heard great commo-
tion: and looking behind him was amazed ~. 70
hn h %"s Fer % i n
several inches Of It's body having already dis-
had to knock the latter in the head with the
handle Of his boat paddle before he could res
Tho writer spent one summer ,a along e that hat
ken ducks cSN oS geese o" tho"S" the
tion seemed admirable for raising such fowl
He asked u native. one day why that was.
1T simply can't DO DONE was the reply.
1--WE don't attempt to raise geese or ducks be:
cause every ,Gosling or ducklinE In brood
will he pulled under water and diyed upon BY
pckerel OH it's first outing on the river. as sure
rs tho river runs. Even old geese and ducks
have been secn to disappear mysteriously ne
meath tho surface. never to come up again.
more times than once. You might as well try
to raise cotton in Greenland ns to raise DUCKS
N nd IN tba Allpphpuy River, Some IOlko
think our pickerel are crossed with mus
kalonge Think it's with shark"