This vintage work contains a comprehensive guide to catching bass, pike, perch, and other game fishes of America. Within this volume are included all of the game-fishes of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains - except the salmons and trouts, and the tarpon, jewfish, and other fishes of large size, which are described in other volumes of this series. For each type of fish included in this guide, information is given concerning its identification, the type of rod needed, special methods and techniques required, and any other information that may be conducive to successfully catching it. The chapters of this book include: 'The Sunfish Family (Centrarchidæ)', 'The Bass Family (Serranidæ)', 'The Bass Family (Serranidæ)', 'The Pike Family (Esocidæ)', 'The Perch Family (Percidæ)', 'The Grayling Family (Thymallidæ)', et cetera. This book is being republished with a new prefatory introduction on the history of fishing.

Reproduction of the original: Bass, Pike, Perch and Others by James A. Henshall

Devastated by disease in the early 1970s, perch are becoming more widespread--recolonizing their former domains--and an interest in perch fishing has re-kindled. Inspired by this new enthusiasm, John Bailey and Roger Miller have produced this, the first major study of the species. The bulk of the book comprises tales of successful perch fishing trips of the 1980s, but there is also a brief history of Perch Disease, advice on choice of rigs and tackles, and information on the use of fish-recorders in perch fishing.