Evening star., 1925-03-08

trout and the SteelheaQefS the largest.
The pickerel is another game fish
and belongs chiefly to the region east
of the Alleghenies, from Maine to
Florida. It reaches a length OF
feet and a weight of or pounds, but
> or pounds is the average size.
Pike Is a Destroyer.
The pike is one of the notoriously
voracious fishes, destroying great
numbers of other fishes. This fish
reaches a length of 4 feet and
weight of 40 pounds. They inhabit
the shalIower waters in Summer and
in Winter seek greater depths. Many
anglers consider pike fishing high
form of sport and value them also as
food fish.
The lake sturgeon is the largest
fish of the Great Lakes and next to
the paddle fish and the giant gar OF
the Mississippi River, is our largest
fresh-water fish. The sturgeon is an
active fish, often 1eaping clear out of
the water and is easily distinguished
by it's five longitudinal rows or
heavy, bony scales.
The muskellunge is a Northern fish,
inhabiting mainly the Great Lakes
and the upper Mississippi and
tributaries, and also the st. Lawrence
River. 1t is a celebrated game FISH,
having both size and strength, and is
rated high for it's food value.
A very important and most abun-
dant food fish of the North is the
common whitefish, which inhabits the
Great Lakes and some of the other
large lakes of the United States and
British America Planked whitefish
is considered as great a delicacy in
the Lake regions as planked shad
around the shores of Chesapeake Bay.
The whitefish as a group are con-
sidered the most important fresh
water fish in the world. The largest
whitefish seldom reach a weight of
20 pounds and those brought to mar
ket average only 3 or pounds
Drum Is Large Fish.
The fresh-water drum is a large
fish belonging chiefly to the Great
Lakes and the Mississippi Valley. 1t
reaches a length of or feet
and weight of 40 to so pounds. 1t is
a food fish wherever taken, but is
more popular in the South than in
the North The drum makes drum
ming or grunting sound. The noises
made by drums, croakers and other
nd-producing fish are accom-
plished by muscles drawn across the
air bladder, by the grinding of their
blunt teeth and in other ways, fish
having no vocal organs.
The yellow perch, well known to
all anglers, is one of excellent food
value. Like other fish of extended
range, it has several names, yellow
perch, ringed perch, raccoon perch.
red perch or striped perch, according
to locality. 1T is a ready feeder and
will sample all kinds of bait offered
by the amateur and even respond to
bats let down through the ice in
Winter.
The pike-perch. better known as
walI-eyed pike. ranks high in quail
ity and commercial importance. The
angler does not find II a difficult fish
TO catch and large one viii resist
like "A good sized pickerel. The sanger,
also called sand pike. is little
brother to the pike-perch. II Is a
good food fish, taken In trolling and
casting both with bait and lure.
The annual catch OF cells for mar
kct along the Atlantic coast from
Maine 60 Florida exceeds 5000. 900
Unlike other nah which enter fresh
water To- spawn, the col dcrccnds
Hir,ama 90 WHturit, to spawn FAR at
So. Both males and r'Wuies die az
HrU after The urst and only breeding \
season ln their IItss.