Edward Knobel

“ The Yellow Perch is found in all lakes, ponds, and slow-flowing streams, and when taken from springy water is an excellent foodfish, but often has a muddy taste when found in swampy ponds.
Bites readily, even on hot days, taking worms, grasshoppers, and live bait, and sometimes rising to the artificial fly. ”

“ 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 ”

“ 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. ”