Vulgo, Wall-eyed Pike, Glass-eyed Pike, -Pike, Pickerel. Correctly, Yellow Pike-Perch. A true Perch. Usual weight from five to ten pounds. Inhabits all the Great Lakes, the smaller lakes of New York and Pennsylvania, the Mohawk and other rivers of Western New York and Pennsylvania, the Ohio River, Maumee River, etc. They often lie at the foot of rapids, beneath mill-dams, hid under the shade of weeds and grass, in ambush for prey.Pike-Perch bite ravenously, particularly so during thunder-showers. Are favorite game with anglers. In deep waters their range is from thirty to fifty feet below the surface.

For tackle use strong line, two hundred to three hundred feet, kept taut and gently in motion; rod same as for Striped Bass; >hook, Limerick Salmon, Nos. 4 and 5; bait, squids, or small live fish, crawfish,live frog, etc.