White perch is a
fish plentiful in the
Harlem River[?],
New York City, and is also taken in some of the
Long Island ponds, as well as in the
Hudson River, in the
Schuylkill[?], and in many of the streams of
Connecticut. The fish moves in schools, at times darting at bait or even leaping out of the water when seeing it. The tackle to be used for this fish is about the same as that used for the yellow perch, and the bait is the small minnow, or the Killy, or shiner, though worms are sometimes used. The hooks should be Nos. 1 to 3 trout. They bite most readily early in the morning in shallow water near the shore, but are often taken at mid day on bars near to deep water. At sundown the white perch may be found on the sunny side of the stream, or lake, and will then bite with the same eagerness as in the morning. The white perch's bite is different from that of the ordinary yellow perch, as when he gets hold of the bait he drags the float under and keeps it there. When fishing from a boat, the best way is to drift along down the stream, throwing the hook in every nook and corner, then ancoring and fishing where the perch bite. This fish prefers sunshine to shade.