Edward Knobel

“ The Eel. Anquilla anquilla.
Grows to three feet in length. Color, greenish brown; belly, lighter yellowish.
The Eel ascends the rivers and brooks in the spring, returning in the fall to the seashore, where it winters, sometimes in great numbers cuddled together in the deep holes of the river beds.
During the day the Eel hides in the mud, but at night is found in all waters, a voracious and destructive animal feeder. Bites readily at worms, dead or live fish, or meat.
As a food the flesh of the Eel is considered very fine, although rich. ”

“ Color, back, black or green; sides, rich gold or silvery with net or chain-like marks; belly, white.
The Pickerel lives in all waters. An excellent foodfish, and is caught with frogs' legs, live and dead bait, and the spoonhook. Pickerel fishing is the favorite sport of many fishermen. ”

“ The Yellow Perch grows to twelve inches in length and to one pound in weight, although some weighing as high as four pounds have been caught. Color, back, black; sides, greenish yellow with black stripes ”

“ Color, back, dark gray; sides, light lead gray in confluent bands forming light spots; belly, white; blotchy black spots on fins and tail. Snout, long.
The Northern Pike is generally caught with spoonhooks or live bait. An excellent foodfish.
12. The Brook Pike. Banded or Long Island Trout, Pickerel, Pond Pike. Esox americanus.
Length, twelve inches. Color, back, black ; sides, goldish, crossed by dusky blackish bars; fins, red tipped and not spotted like the Northern Pike. Snout, short.
Lives in brooks, ditches, and shallow muddy ponds. A good foodfish. Caught with worms. ”

“ Three spines on back, two of them being before the fin; also one spine in hind belly fin.
Lives along the shore at the mouth of brooks and rivers.
52. The Black Stickleback. Gasterosteus wheatlandi.
Three spines connected with the back fin.
53. The Slender Stickleback. Gasterosteus atkinsii.
Length, one and one-half inches. Three spines connected with the back fin.
Lives on the Maine coast.
54. The Four-Spined Stickleback. Apeltes quadracus.
Length, two inches. Color, dark olive, mottled ; belly fins, red. Four spines in back fin and one in hind belly fin. ”

“ Both bite voraciously at worms, live bait, hellgramites and spoonhooks, and show gallant fight when hooked.
47. The Sunfish. Bream. Pumpkin Seed. Lepomis gibbosus. (See cut opposite.)
Length, eight inches. Color, back, olive green; sides, bluish; belly, yellow.
Common in quiet, shallow waters, where it occupies certain spots as a regular dwelling-place. Being very bony, it is of little account as a foodfish. The Sunfish bites readily at worms. ”

“ The Common Sucker has a toothless, sucking mouth, its food being chiefly vegetable.
In springtime the Sucker ascends the brooks to spawn, but lives generally in schools at the bottom of rivers and ponds. It rarely takes the hook. ”