He had seen huge pickerel and giant perch which neighbours had exhibited as spoils from this wonderful stream, and in night visions he had walked along its banks and pulled out fish of enormous size and brilliant colouring.
Mr. Louis Rhead, in his book on "Fish and Fishing," says that neither the great northern pike nor the pickerel has ever been known to rise above the surface of the water after being hooked.
And he seized the string of pickerel and waddled into the bushes, where he ate every one of those seven fish.
And at last, to his great joy, a young pickerel nosed his way through the shallow water in front of him.
Any pickerel in this lake, I wonder," remarked John.
There ought to be some fine pickerel in this lake," said Snap, and he fixed his rod and line for that specimen of the finny tribe and Giant did the same.
Soon came a deft swing of the fishing rod and out on the grassy bank landed a lake pickerel of good size.
There was no more exciting moment in my boyhood than when a pickerel swallowed the frog's leg on my hook and began to retreat with it under the lily pads.
We went fishing, but the pickerel would not come from their hiding places.
White and yellow lilies and the pickerel weed almost choke its course in many places.
So, there now, take this pickerel to yer grandma, and tell her that ye took it out of the net yerself, and don't ferget to give her my compliments.
The captain had a pickerelnet to look after, which kept him busy for some time.
But while his nose was thus immersed Six inches in the stream, A very hungry pickerel Was attracted by the gleam, And darting up, it gave a snap, And Keyser gave a scream.
Tim Keyser then was well assured He had a famous bite; To pull that pickerel up he tried, And tugged with all his might; But the disgusting pickerel had The better of the fight.
His Christmas dinner on that day He tackled with a vim; And thanked his stars, as shuddering He thought upon his swim, That that wild pickerel had not Spent Christmas eating him.
And just as Mr. Keyser thought His nose would split in two, The pickerel gave his tail a twist, And pulled Tim Keyser through, And he was scudding through the waves The first thing that he knew.
From a hilltop you can see a fish leap in almost any part; for not a pickerel or shiner picks an insect from this smooth surface but it manifestly disturbs the equilibrium of the whole lake.
Reaching the farther end and looking down into the clear, green depths below, he saw watchful black bass skulking in the shadows, and lazy pickerel drifting hither and thither, in and out, among the great piles which supported the pier.
When the pickerel from the lakes, and the poultry and half-kept joints had had their share of attention, and a pair of fine wild ducks were set on the table, the tongues of the party found something to do besides eating.
The bait soon attracts a multitude of small fishes; these in turn attract the pickerel to the spot, and before many minutes the trap is sprung and may be raised from the water with its prisoner.
Pickerel fishing through the ice is a favorite winter sport in many localities.
Pickerel spearing is another successful mode of capture during the winter months.
I have seen a pickerel dodge as quickly at a sudden cloud-shadow as at the motion of a man wielding a fish pole.
He made a morsel so fat, sweet, and juicy that the pickerel lingered close for a week, waiting to see if there would be any more accidents.
He would not again try swimming in a water which pickerel inhabited.
In a half-panic he stared about, almost ready to dare the pickerel and make a try for shore, rather than be carried through those rapids.
But the hungry pickerel had captured nearly half his tail.
Then he was off up the bank as if hawk and pickerel and rapids were all after him together.
The perch swallows the grubworm, the pickerel swallows the perch, and the fisherman swallows the pickerel; and so all the chinks in the scale of being are filled.
Here is one fishing for pickerel with grown perch for bait.
He and his mother went in the boat when the day was to be given to bass or pickerel fishing, and he learned great lessons of water-lore from the two men.
They basked in a boat near rushes, waiting for pickerel to strike, or waded a bog to a trout stream at the other end of the lake, hid in a forest full of windfalls and hoary moss and tropical growths of brake and fern.
Black Bass, Perch, Pickerel and Pike are in season from June 1st to December 1st.
Four fine pickerel lay on the ice, and a fifth (much the biggest ever seen in the pond, of course) had been lost by Ben in pulling him up.
I can't skate, but perhaps I can show you how we used to catch pickerel down there fifty years ago.
Illustration] And just as Mr. Keyser thought His nose was cut in two, The pickerel gave its tail a twist And pulled Tim Keyser through, And he was scudding through the waves The first thing that he knew.
Illustration] And thus he drifted slowly on Until he reached the shore; And creeping out all dripping wet, He very roundly swore To use that crimson nose as bait For pickerel no more.
Illustration] Just then his nose was tickled with A spear of grass close by; Then came an awful sneeze, which knocked The pickerel into pi, And blew its bones, the ice and waves Two hundred feet on high!
Illustration] And while his nose was thus immersed Six inches in the stream, A very hungrypickerel was Attracted by its gleam; And darting up, he gave a snap, And Keyser gave a scream.
Illustration] His Christmas turkey on that day He tackled with a vim, And thanked his stars as, shuddering, He thought upon his swim, That that wildpickerel had not Spent Christmas eating him!
To pull his victim up he jerked And tugged with all his might; But that disgusting pickerel had The better of the fight.
The common bullfrog and the pickerel frog doubtless pass the winter in the bed of ponds and streams.
He was an expert angler, and knew all the haunts of pickerel and trout for many miles around.
Jerking it up, I saw a fine pickerelwriggling in the sun.
I have killed many bass with this rod during the past two seasons, some weighing as high as four pounds, and have also caught pickerel weighing eight pounds with the same pole.
As to spoons, most people use far too large a spoon for bass, I am sure; even the dealers do not recognize this fact, and are continually pressing pickerel spoons upon their customers who do not happen to know better.
Then June came with its lily pads, and the pickerelgrass in the shallows along the edge, and the waters near shore were green like emerald.
Sometimes, it was a sucker, or chub, or if he had been unusually successful, it might be a pickerel or trout.
He scrambled quickly to the water and slipped under a friendly screen of pickerel weed where he lay watching and waiting.
It is but a few years since Wabashaw and his dusky ancestors trolled their lines by day and speared pickerel and pike by torchlight at night upon its placid bosom, but now it is the favorite resort of picnic-parties from St. Paul.
Early in the morning I can land pickerel and croppies where a minnow or a frog could sleep on the end of a six pounder's nose.
But to make up for that, to-morrow I'm going to take you to the swellest pickerel lake you ever laid eyes on.
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