Bass, Pike, Perch and Others (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903. Excerpt: ... LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Where The Bass Bite Well Frontispiece PAGE Oswego (large-mouth) Bass 36 The Small-mouth Black-bass. The Large-mouth Black-bass. The Rock-bass 62 Surf-fishing For Bass 96 Catching Sea-bass Off Newport 100 The Sea-bass. The Mascalonge. The Pike..114 The Mascalonge Of The Weeds. Trolling With HandLine 120 The Eastern Pickerel. The Western Pickerel. The Pike-perch. The Yellow-perch.... 140 The Arctic Grayling. The Michigan Grayling. The Montana Grayling 174 The More Sportsmanly Way Of Catching Mascalonge 200 The Weakfish. The Kingfish. The German Carp. 226 The Channel-catfish. The Sheepshead. The Cunner 244 Fishing For Cunners 250 The Flounder. The Smelt. The Spanish Mackerel 264 The Bonito. The Nigger-fish. The Pompano.. 280 Catching Spanish Mackerel On The Edge Of The Gulf Stream 300 The Black Grunt. The Red Snapper.... 322 The Jolt-head Porgy. The Lady-fish. The Cobia. 348 Taking Bonito By Trolling Off Block Island..350 The Angel-fish. The Turbot 384 BASS, PIKE, AND PERCH CHAPTER I THE SUNFISH FAMILY ( Centrarchidce) The sunfish family is composed entirely of fresh-water fishes. They are characterized by a symmetrically-shaped body, rather short and compressed; mouth terminal; teeth small, without canines; scales rather large; cheeks and gillcovers scaly; scales mostly smooth; border of preopercle smooth, or but slightly serrated; opercle ending in two flat points, or in a black flap; a single dorsal fin, composed of both spiny and soft rays; anal fin also having both spines and soft rays; the dorsal spines varying from 6 to 13 in the different species, with from 3 to 9 in the anal fin; sexes similar; coloration mostly greenish. GENUS MICROPTERUS Micropterus dolomieu. Small-mouth Black-bass. Body ovateoblong; head 3; depth 3; eye 6; ...