, 1923-02-25
Woods and
Waters nRB9esaEa
GETTING ACQUAINTED WITH
THE PIkE.PERCHES.

IN looking over the perch family
and noting he members that are
game fishes you find that there are
\ not many in this class. Most Of
h members of the perch tribe are
little tellows-the dwarf perches known
as darters. which you have seer In
small, clear streams of water. They
are beautiful, but never attain my
size. However, there are three fnhes
in this family which are mighty pop
ular games eshes. Everybody knows
'em. They are the wall aye or wall
eyed pike n the SAUCER or sand pike
(which are pike,perchos) and the old
standby, the common yellow perch
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Ths big pfke-perch or wall eye is the
boy that makes 4 hit with the bait
ahoot or fly caster. as this Ash put
Up a pretty good scrap and ut time
will hit a ny IN fne style, 1t was nrs
described in tho a 1918. and tn,
specimen that vas written up wa
caught in Cayuga lake. in New York
DR.. Mitchell, who first introduced the
wall eye TO the world. hung the name
OF vttreum on It by way OF alludIng
to It's large, vitreous or CLASSY eye
Sg wv % q hAA-ALlG ms NOT bNuCA
TO the hsh- but wall eye has. However
that IL only n OF many names thai
this fellow carries around For in
stance, It Is called wall eyed pike
yellow pike, blue pike, salmon, and
jack salmon Must add one more. as
in 'Canada It is called okow. That
sure In variety enough. In fact, some
OF the names are nothing less than
FfAf~flNVa To paI khs. -1.,A d. ..Iw--.
certainly is ridiculous, because the
wall eye, except for its trim body. is
about as much like a salmon as a dog
hHh. However. the that have
become most commonly known are wall
eye n wall eyed pike. The latter Is
unfortunate [as we have mentioned
beforel, because the wall y A. not a
pike and It causes confusion what with
a whole family Of pixies that arc tho
real thing. But II looks as IL the wal
eye always will be called pike in spit,
Of this situation.
Nearly every fisherman is acquainted
With the wall eye, knows it's gamey
qualities, and how one tastes wheI
fried with crisp brown bacon for tho
midday lunch. Makes a fellows mouth
water to think about that now. How
ever, not every angler. realizing thai
the wall eye is mostly a night feeder
chats where those big Eyes come in
handy has cRshed in on this by going
after this fab about shutdown and then
continuing tho fishing on lnts tins
night. II you don't like to put In an,
time after dark. the hours between
sunset 40 sAsciute Aarknes- are best
But II y~5 never have taken a crack
at wall eyS at Eight It will be worth
your tirro to try the game some moon.
light night F.y Azhing is usually most
successful from around sunset until
DARK. although on dark overcast days
yea will invariably have god luck
turing the bats afternoon.
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Have you ever noticed how the wall
eye varies IN color? II seems as Il IN
every lake or stream they are a bit
different in their color scheme. That
Is undoubtedly one reason why this
nsh has so many names. Age has a
great deal to do with the color, too
For instance in some lakes. especially
large ones, the young Hnh will be called
blue pike. due to th.ir BLUSH tint, while
the old FISH will be known as yellow
pike because Of their yellowish cast
But all are wall eyes and most of US
don't give n care about their color 70
Ions as they grab tho lures and give
US a little fun.