| 单词 | pickerel |
| 例句 | That night the Nurmis were having fresh pickerel, cooked in the old-country way with the head still on and surrounded by potatoes. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Case in point: In the first and best essay in this collection, he vividly introduces the latest thing-you-didn’t-know-you-cared-about: the chain pickerel, a fish with a “culinary quality … in inverse proportion to its size.” In These New Essays, John McPhee Finds Poetry in the Material at Hand 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z Along with bass, the lakes are home to catfish, crappie, bluegill, longnose gar and the occasional chain pickerel. Some day my largemouth bass will come 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z Fishing is another option, and the stocked lake is full of bass, walleye, crappie and pickerel. A visitor’s guide to Deep Creek Lake, Smith Mountain Lake and Lake Anna 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z The list includes two fish: the endangered redfin pickerel and the threatened swamp darter. Groups urge state to protect last wild Atlantic salmon in US 2021-07-24T04:00:00Z Chain pickerel are good with chartreuse spoons and jigs. Texas Fishing Report 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z Chain pickerel are slow, small spoons and jigs. Texas Fishing Report 2021-01-13T05:00:00Z Chain pickerel are fair small spoons and jigs. Texas Fishing Report 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z Rice plants are also squeezed by competing species like pickerel weed, which absorbs sunlight and essential nutrients. Climate Change Threatens the Ancient Wild Rice Traditions of the Ojibwe 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife said anglers are likely to find good numbers of bass, pickerel and perch. Maine gives residents a chance to try free ice fishing 2020-02-15T05:00:00Z Schuylkill saw its first action on the Ides of March, when 30 American toads and an unusual number of pickerel frogs made a showing. Roadblock ahead: Amphibian crossing 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z It has also decimated the local populations of salmon, trout, pike and pickerel, Greene said. While Nestlé extracts millions of litres from their land, residents have no drinking water 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z “The rush and pickerel plants, in particular, are phosphorous-eating machines,” Park said. Missouri parks try artificial wetlands to combat algae 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z Fishing for walleye, northern pike, tiger muskellunge, and pickerel begins Saturday. Fishing season for warm-water fish opens in New York 2018-05-05T04:00:00Z Four Hole Swamp - No eating mudfish, largemouth bass or chain pickerel. South Carolina editorial roundup 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z “Pickerel that have been found in the stomachs of pickerel,” McPhee writes, “have in turn contained pickerel in their stomachs.” The Mind of John McPhee 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z “Not a pickerel or shiner picks an insect from this smooth surface but it manifestly disturbs the equilibrium of the whole lake,” he wrote in Walden. Natural history: Thoreau's debt to Darwin : Nature : Nature Research 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z The Michigan Natural Resources Commission agreed last week to place the mudpuppy, Fowler’s toad, pickerel frog, Butler’s garter snake and smooth green snake on the list. 5 reptiles, amphibians get ‘special concern’ designation 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z Instead, he sneaked away to Mason Creek and taught himself to catch smallmouth bass, chain pickerel and sunfish. Botetourt County teacher writes about locavore life 2016-07-23T04:00:00Z In past excursions, Bright photographed bristly crayfish eating a salamander, dining on a dead bat and even devouring a pickerel frog. Researchers catch elusive crustacean inside Missouri cave 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z McPhee doesn’t know what to do, and so he begins, spontaneously, to talk about fish, particularly a species that he had recently been out catching in New Hampshire: the aggressively ravenous pickerel. The Mind of John McPhee 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z The pond, home to other species such as largemouth bass, chain pickerel and yellow perch, is open to fishermen with valid Massachusetts fishing licenses. Gov. Baker helps stock Boston pond with trout 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z So do such nonnative trout predators as pike and pickerel. The One About the Invading Perch Turns Out to Be a Fish Tale 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z No more than one meal per month of chain pickerel or largemouth bass. South Carolina editorial roundup 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z It is filled," said he, "with pickerel and perch—both very delicious fish, and they are taken with the utmost ease. The Frontiersmen 2012-04-10T02:00:18.933Z If the pickerel bursts forth to go after prey, it returns to the place it started from, with or without the prey. The Mind of John McPhee 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z Later, Aleck came back, reporting no birds, but bringing a small pickerel. The Ice Queen 2012-03-22T02:00:40.843Z There were two kinds,—one rather like a Yankee smelt, only more slender, and the other somewhat like a Lake Erie pickerel. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z From that time on the luck was good, and before long they had a number of perch and pickerel, together with enough bass to supply all they needed for an abundant dinner. The Motor Girls in the Mountains or, The Gypsy Girl's Secret 2012-03-07T03:00:15.897Z In this portion of the pond," said he, "the pickerel are most abundant. The Frontiersmen 2012-04-10T02:00:18.933Z If a pickerel swirls for your fly and misses, it goes back to the exact spot from which it struck. The Mind of John McPhee 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z No bread, no butter, no potatoes, no green relish, no hot cakes, no anything except pickerel and weak coffee. The Ice Queen 2012-03-22T02:00:40.843Z Old Pete was a huge pickerel who was sly and wary beyond the general run of fishes. Bert Wilson's Fadeaway Ball 2012-03-02T03:00:09.747Z But the laugh was on him a moment later, when a voracious pickerel made off with his hook and sinker, and he ruefully pulled up his broken line. The Motor Girls in the Mountains or, The Gypsy Girl's Secret 2012-03-07T03:00:15.897Z How now, Ichabod—did that pickerel run away with your spirits? The Frontiersmen 2012-04-10T02:00:18.933Z With those minutely oscillating fins, a pickerel treads water in much the way that a hummingbird treads air. The Mind of John McPhee 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z With the toothsome pickerel they had better luck, and several were taken on this first and on following days, so that Jim did not lose all the fun by his unlucky engagement in the kitchen. The Ice Queen 2012-03-22T02:00:40.843Z Yes, but the fellows say that the big pickerel is further down the stream. Bert Wilson's Fadeaway Ball 2012-03-02T03:00:09.747Z They have what they call tip-ups, I believe, that let them know every time a pickerel takes a bait.” Phil Bradley's Snow-shoe Trail The Mountain Boys in the Canada Wilds 2012-02-27T03:00:13.497Z At its end was a big pickerel—the biggest pickerel the visitors had ever seen. The Corner House Girls Snowbound 2011-12-30T03:00:22.827Z In a moment the boy felt something tug at his line, and as he jerked it up, he saw a fine pickerel wriggling in the sun. Business English A Practice Book 2011-11-19T03:00:25.507Z "You'll find my line and pickerel spoon in that little box of things in our chest," he said. The Ice Queen 2012-03-22T02:00:40.843Z And there, at their feet, was the largest pickerel they had ever seen—old Pete. Bert Wilson's Fadeaway Ball 2012-03-02T03:00:09.747Z Shall I tempt the unsophisticated pickerel of the lake under the shadow of yonder frowning precipice, with glittering bait? The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z I never allow the pickerel or the black bass to swallow the bait; I hook them in the lip as I hook my trout—on the wing, as it were. The Determined Angler and the Brook Trout an anthological volume of trout fishing, trout histories, trout lore, trout resorts, and trout tackle 2011-10-28T02:00:26.687Z In uncontrollable excitement he called out to his uncle, telling him to look at the big pickerel. Business English A Practice Book 2011-11-19T03:00:25.507Z This was compensated for, however, by their taking the largest pickerel yet. The Ice Queen 2012-03-22T02:00:40.843Z So it was no wonder that our fellows were excited at the prospect of a game of hide-and-seek with the biggest and most cunning of the pickerel family. Bert Wilson's Fadeaway Ball 2012-03-02T03:00:09.747Z As I did so, a large pickerel ploughed a furrow out through the spatter-docks, and in his wake rose the head of an enormous turtle. Atlantic Classics 2011-10-16T02:00:18.497Z There may have been lake trout, but our trolling produced only pike and pickerel. Hunting in Many Lands The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club 2011-08-20T02:00:11.973Z The pickerel weeds have struck their blue banners to the conquering frost, and the marshes are sere, and silent, and desolate. In New England Fields and Woods 2011-07-27T02:00:26.953Z "That'll bring a bass, pickerel, or something," said he, as it struck the water. The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West 2011-07-12T02:00:33.027Z Isn’t this the pickerel stream?” he asked, a minute later. Bert Wilson's Fadeaway Ball 2012-03-02T03:00:09.747Z What forest lore; what ways of cunning from the shy forest dwellers; what tricks of line and bait for the capricious trout, the pugnacious ouananiche, the lazy pickerel! A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z Nay, there was nothing so decorous as a walk possible down the slippery, stony descent which led to the haunts of the pickerel. Rosemary and Rue 2011-05-21T02:00:11.483Z Lazily, unexpectantly, the angler casts his line, to be only a convenient perch for the dragonflies; for the fish, save the affrighted minnows and the hungry pickerel, are as lazy as he. In New England Fields and Woods 2011-07-27T02:00:26.953Z After a while, it became exhausted, and Venison slowly drew him into the boat, all breathless and panting; a famous pickerel, four feet long and "well proportioned." The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West 2011-07-12T02:00:33.027Z But the great pickerel seemed farther from showing himself than ever. Bert Wilson's Fadeaway Ball 2012-03-02T03:00:09.747Z They know where to lie hidden at half past three in the morning on the chance of seeing a deer, and under which stretch of lily-pads is the best chance for a pickerel. A Northern Countryside 2011-04-27T02:00:22.523Z After breakfast each day I used to walk down the hill and fish for pickerel in a river that had no current, and looked discouraged. Rosemary and Rue 2011-05-21T02:00:11.483Z They were only pickerel at best, though some of them, bearing their spots on a green ground, are honored with the name of "maskalonge" by our fishermen. In New England Fields and Woods 2011-07-27T02:00:26.953Z Venison knocked over a gray duck on the lake with his rifle, and it was not long before we had four feet of pickerel and that self-same duck sprawled out on the hot stone, frying. The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West 2011-07-12T02:00:33.027Z Here’s old Pete, the biggest pickerel in the world, the wary old codger that has defied every fisherman for miles around, and has even eluded the deadly machinations of Si Perkins. Bert Wilson's Fadeaway Ball 2012-03-02T03:00:09.747Z This sauce is excellent with any kind of boiled fish, but especially with trout, pike, and pickerel. Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks 2011-03-23T02:00:22.007Z Here were to be purchased in quantities, salmon, pickerel, masquelonge, whitefish and herrings; with the smaller fry of perch, bass and sunfish. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z Now and then a white gull flew from side to side, and a sportive pickerel splashed the water as he rose above the surface. In the Van; or, The Builders 2011-02-09T03:00:42.387Z It hardly seemed to cost him an effort to bring a great three-pound pickerel through the hole, and sling him out upon the ice. Winter Fun 2011-01-25T03:00:22.297Z I am a poor pickerel floundering here on dry land. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z Fry the following as above: carp, tench, frost, bass, perch, black and blue fish, gold, loach, mullet, porgy, weak, flounder, pike, pickerel, smelt, sun, herring, and white-fish of the lakes. Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks 2011-03-23T02:00:22.007Z One more desperate pull on the pickerel's fin-shaped oars and the bird went under water for the third time, but with his wicked claws as firmly clamped into the quivering body as ever. Fish Stories 2010-12-20T17:12:23.577Z They say they are full of fish; and through holes in the ice, our men this morning caught a lot of pickerel and bass for breakfast. In the Van; or, The Builders 2011-02-09T03:00:42.387Z Ain't I glad it wasn't a pickerel!—Penelope, you can ketch the rest of my fish for me. Winter Fun 2011-01-25T03:00:22.297Z One day they drove to a wood-bordered pond far up the valley, fished a few hours for pickerel and perch, and had a fish fry and picnic dinner. The Girl From Tim's Place The Indians sometimes smoke-cure salmon, pickerel, or white fish, for marten bait, and other trappers use putrefied salmon roe, but the majority prefer to use fresh bait. Science of Trapping Describes the Fur Bearing Animals, Their Nature, Habits And Distribution, With Practical Methods For Their Capture Then with his hooked beak he carved up that pickerel for his strenuously acquired meal. Fish Stories 2010-12-20T17:12:23.577Z There's whitefish an' salmon trout, an' bass, an' pickerel, an' sturgeon, an' muskilonge, 'an goodness knows how many others. In the Van; or, The Builders 2011-02-09T03:00:42.387Z He had to hitch up the sorrel, and drive to the houses of half a dozen neighbors with presents of bass and pickerel and perch from Mink Lake. Winter Fun 2011-01-25T03:00:22.297Z In my opinion the very best bait is fish; trout, pickerel, shiner or any other fresh fish, being all about equally good. Mink Trapping A Book of Instruction Giving Many Methods of Trapping—A Valuable Book for Trappers. They crossed a low, marshy place where pickerel split the trashy water in the spring of the year, and strolled up a slope into the woods. A Yankee from the West A Novel Perchy immediately gave chase, while the alarmed minnow swiftly darted toward safety in his birthplace under a clump of pickerel grass near the shore. Fish Stories 2010-12-20T17:12:23.577Z If it had not been for the game shot in the woods and the abundance of bass and pickerel caught in the bay, provisions would have been scarce at the new fort before summer opened. In the Van; or, The Builders 2011-02-09T03:00:42.387Z She was quite willing to pick up her muff, and slip them into it while Vosh pulled in her pickerel for her. Winter Fun 2011-01-25T03:00:22.297Z The peril was perhaps averted by the saving grace of that pickerel. A Top-Floor Idyl Mr. Blackwood sprang at the idea, like a half-famished pickerel at a frog. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 The mere fact of killing his near relative was not in itself reprehensible, since, if all pickerel were not cannibals they would soon exterminate from streams, ponds, and lakes, fishes of all other species. Fish Stories 2010-12-20T17:12:23.577Z 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. The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life Yes, there's trout, but there's more bass and pickerel and perch. Winter Fun 2011-01-25T03:00:22.297Z "It's a beaut!" he panted as he rejoined them, holding out a handsome pickerel. The Boy Scouts in A Trapper's Camp William King, in his Art of Cookery, says that "heresy and hops came in together"; while an old popular rhyme records that:— "Hops, carp, pickerel, and beer, Came into England all in one year." A Week's Tramp in Dickens-Land A few hours after the occurrence mentioned above, the elder pickerel, at one end of a trolling line, climbed into our boat; Bige, who had the other end of the line, assisting him aboard. Fish Stories 2010-12-20T17:12:23.577Z Then he was off up the bank as if hawk and pickerel and rapids were all after him together. The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life So it was; and a proud boy was Porter Hudson when Deacon Farnham declared that the great fish he had fought so hard with was a seven-pound pickerel. Winter Fun 2011-01-25T03:00:22.297Z The pickerel had been split and, broiled in halves pinned to pieces of hemlock bark, stood before the fire and basted with bacon drippings. The Boy Scouts in A Trapper's Camp Two varieties of pickerel commonly inhabit our ponds. Old Plymouth Trails I have heard and read many tales, illustrating the voracious appetite of pickerel. Fish Stories 2010-12-20T17:12:23.577Z But he trusted him more than he did the rapids ahead, and feared him less than he feared the pickerel. The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life Port's blood was up, now he had seen that other pickerel landed, and he pulled with all his might. Winter Fun 2011-01-25T03:00:22.297Z Gladly will they make me think, They who of the Danube drink; That in its tide the pickerel swims, And maidens bathe their snowy limbs. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 This fish is very like the pond pickerel in appearance and he sometimes grows to weigh forty pounds or more and to a length of four feet. Old Plymouth Trails Several days later, he caught a big pickerel and in dressing it found his watch inside, still running. Fish Stories 2010-12-20T17:12:23.577Z But the hungry pickerel had captured nearly half his tail. The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life The finest maskelonge and pickerel I ever see was hooked out of it.' Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement At dusk the call of the whippoorwill mingles with the chorus of the pickerel frogs, and in the morning I hear through the robins' cheerful burst the sombre plaint of the mourning-dove. Whitman A Study It is quite possible that one of these Jonah-swallowing leviathans rules the pickerel in each pond kingdom; like a Morgan among millionaires. Old Plymouth Trails The pickerel has a large mouth and a multitude of teeth on both upper and lower jaws, in the roof of his mouth, also on tongue and palate. Fish Stories 2010-12-20T17:12:23.577Z He would not again try swimming in a water which pickerel inhabited. The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life When fishing in still waiters with the Floating Bugs, whether it be for bass, pickerel, trout or pan fish I use a light leader, treated so that it will sink. How to Tie Flies The larger one, overlooked by the stone castle on top of a great hill embowered in trees, is Kenoza—a name signifying pickerel. Whittier-land A Handbook of North Essex, Containing Many Anecdotes of and Poems by John Greenleaf Whittier Never Before Collected. Surely the pike is the king of fishes when he is cooked in that fashion, and I doubt not a pond pickerel thus served becomes at least a prince. Old Plymouth Trails In doing so, we also released a shiner which had been swallowed with Bige's trolling hook and was wedged in the throat alongside the smaller pickerel. Fish Stories 2010-12-20T17:12:23.577Z In this extremity of terror he saw what, at other times, would have frightened him almost as much as hawk or pickerel. The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life This is an excellent pickerel and bass fly. How to Tie Flies Such fish as pickerel, trout, shad, and white fish may be used moderately; while oysters, especially when raw, are easily digested. Treatise on the Diseases of Women I am sure it is none too good for pickerel fishermen, and when I think of it I do not wonder that they are fat. Old Plymouth Trails This was the most amazing part of the incident, and proves the gluttonous character of the pickerel and his complete inability to appreciate the limits of his own capacity. Fish Stories 2010-12-20T17:12:23.577Z Its shores were lined with lily pads under which the pickerel lay in wait for their prey, motionless as sticks, which they resemble. Rodney, the Ranger With Daniel Morgan on Trail and Battlefield In fact, most any of these Feather Streamers and Bucktail Streamers tied on larger hooks, and used with or without a spinner, are excellent lures for both bass and pickerel. How to Tie Flies Catch and name ten different species of fish: salmon or trout to be taken with flies; bass, pickerel, or pike to be caught with rod or reel, muskallonge to be caught by trolling. Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 Minnows, perch, bream and mullet alike are busy assimilating vegetable matter, mussels, worms, insects and small crustacae, merely to form themselves either directly or in their children ultimately into titbits for the nourishing of pickerel. Old Plymouth Trails We found upon examination that the process of digestion was operating, and that the head of the smaller pickerel was nearly dissolved in the stomach of the larger fish. Fish Stories 2010-12-20T17:12:23.577Z They have horses they procure from Red River from the Indians; they raise plenty of potatoes, catch pike, suckers, pickerel, and white fish in abundance. Little Masterpieces of Science: Explorers When is coffee coffee, and the despised pickerel, fresh from the cold water of the shaded lake, a glorious brown food, fit for the gods? A Breath of Prairie and other stories Perch and cat-fish swarmed all around the island; and large pickerel, some of them weighing six or eight pounds, could be caught by trolling. Harper's Young People, September 7, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly He is a big green fish, a golden lustre on his reticulated sides and in colonial times he was known as chain pickerel from this dark linking on his golden green surface. Old Plymouth Trails Our pickerel was digesting his food Indian fashion, or, so to speak, on the installment plan. Fish Stories 2010-12-20T17:12:23.577Z 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. Black Bass Where to catch them in quantity within an hour's ride from New York "No; but he says he's seen that pickerel smell of his bait, and then swim up to the top of the water and wink at him." Harper's Young People, August 10, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly In fact, they lived principally upon fish, and became so dainty that they would not condescend to cook any but the choicest trout and the plumpest cat-fish and pickerel. Harper's Young People, September 7, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Every pond contains him and every pickerel fisherman who aspires to dignity in his class has hooked this big fellow and lost, him and is able to tell you circumstantially at much length just how. Old Plymouth Trails As they walked more towers, dust colored, and domes and the spire of a cathedral, greenish, spiky like the tail of a pickerel, jutted to the right of the citadel. Rosinante to the Road Again There are plenty of good pickerel, and anglers are but little annoyed by sun-fish or eels. Black Bass Where to catch them in quantity within an hour's ride from New York The pickerel had felt the sharp point of that small hook, and he was now darting off toward the mouth of the creek. Harper's Young People, August 10, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly The lake swarmed with trout and pickerel, which they could catch through the ice, and the woods were full of bears and deer. Harper's Young People, August 3, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Such a one might well be too large to come up through the hole which the fishermen have cut for his little cousins, the brook pickerel. Old Plymouth Trails There is a brook near here, where I have caught a good many nice pickerel. Harper's Young People, April 13, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly The hunting is said to be very good around there, and you will find excellent pickerel fishing through the ice in Lake Tokala. The Banner Boy Scouts Snowbound A Tour on Skates and Iceboats But at last the pickerel himself began to get a little tired of pulling and being pulled, and was reeled in closer and closer to the boat, while the trout rod bent nearly double. Harper's Young People, August 10, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly He came in fighting and tumbling, making the worst of his struggle—after the manner of pickerel—when he was fairly aboard. The Rival Campers Ashore The Mystery of the Mill Yet for pickerel fishing through the ice the shiner is the king of bait and fortunate indeed are those fishermen who can obtain enough shiners to afford to use them lavishly. Old Plymouth Trails The bony fishes—salmon, pickerel, mackerel, cod, halibut, etc. Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts “Remember, you two fishermen,” warned Paul, “we’ll all have our mouths set for pickerel to-night, 120 so don’t dare disappoint us, or there will be a riot in the camp.” The Banner Boy Scouts Snowbound A Tour on Skates and Iceboats Half an hour later they were all standing on the hotel steps, and Black Dan was holding up the pickerel. Harper's Young People, August 10, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly You might troll by the edges of the lily pads for half an hour, and the pickerel that made his haunt there would scarce wink a sleepy eye, or flicker a fin. The Rival Campers Ashore The Mystery of the Mill And not all his catch are sure to be pickerel. Old Plymouth Trails The forms -rel, as in cockerel, pickerel, and -let, as in streamlet, require a separate consideration. A Handbook of the English Language Dry salmon from the Danube, sturgeon, Venetian and Turkish caviare, pikes and pickerel a cubit long, flounders, and capon carp, and noble carp! Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 Now and then some poet or philosopher went musing by, fishing for facts or fictions, where other men catch pickerel or perch. Moods Tied about him was a piece of tarred rope, from which there dangled the luckless victims of his skill, three pickerel. The Rival Campers Ashore The Mystery of the Mill I rarely know where the pickerel fishermen come from. Old Plymouth Trails By this time they had caught half a dozen fine pickerel, and, disembarking, soon had their fire built, tents pitched and hammocks swung. Sword and Pen Ventures and Adventures of Willard Glazier Such plants include eelgrass, pickerel weed, water plantain, and "duckmeat"—all of which have roots and produce flowers. The Home Medical Library, Volume V (of VI) On the second day out, Martin shot a deer, so that we had plenty of fresh meat; and we cut holes in the ice on the pond and caught pickerel. Ben Comee A Tale of Rogers's Rangers, 1758-59 A splash out yonder, just beside the clump of arrow-shaped pickerel weed! The Rival Campers Ashore The Mystery of the Mill Properly hooked, just under the after back fin, they survive fairly well and their silver wrigglings are hard for a pickerel to resist. Old Plymouth Trails The penalty for introducing trout-destroying pickerel into waters inhabited by trout was a heavy fine. A Young Man in a Hurry and Other Short Stories Nobody else who fished there had caught anything weighing more than half a pound; and in the lake, at that time, there was nothing except pickerel. When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine It was very likely that Bone was, as usual in winter, up beyond Big Bend, fishing for pickerel with tip-ups. The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life He slung the pickerel on the line, and whistled gleefully. The Rival Campers Ashore The Mystery of the Mill But to step into that of the pickerel fishermen of a midwinter day adds zest to the excursion. Old Plymouth Trails He held up a slim, gold-and-green pickerel, then flung the fish on the ground with the laugh of a boy. A Young Man in a Hurry and Other Short Stories In the afternoon we talked of going down to the lake to fish for pickerel. When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine Another, venturing too far beyond the protection of the lily stems and grass tangle of the shallows, fell victim to a voracious pickerel. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year Dangling the pickerel by the gills, and shouldering his gun, he pushed on upstream through the alders, leaving Little Tim angry and smarting. The Rival Campers Ashore The Mystery of the Mill For in my pond the pickerel are surely the prominent citizens, the aristocracy, for they are the largest and strongest and they live directly off their fellow fishes, which constitutes an aristocracy in any community. Old Plymouth Trails “Our Thanksgiving dinner would horrify you,” she said—“a pickerel taken on a gang-hook, woodcock shot in Brier Brook swales, and this partridge—” She hesitated. A Young Man in a Hurry and Other Short Stories I have heard, too, that you be a good shot, and that you know the ways of outwitting the trout and the pickerel. The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories I have seen a pickerel dodge as quickly at a sudden cloud-shadow as at the motion of a man wielding a fish pole. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year That his shot had told was evidenced by another pickerel which he carried, hung by the gills on the crotch of an alder branch, together with the big fellow that Little Tim had caught. The Rival Campers Ashore The Mystery of the Mill The fishermen understand well the ways of the aristocrat pickerel when he swallows a proletariat minnow. Old Plymouth Trails Farther out, the rotting tops of the piles of the old foot-bridge had been his seat from which he caught the crafty pickerel. Nancy McVeigh of the Monk Road He caught the pickerel, while the latter was preoccupied with his meal, bit clean through the back of his neck, and then and there devoured nearly half of him. The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life Mine the sand-rimmed pickerel pond, Mine the walnut slopes beyond, Mine on bending orchard trees, Apples of Hesperides. Graded Memory Selections And, stooping and picking up Benny Ellison's pickerel, he hurled the dead fish far out into the stream. The Rival Campers Ashore The Mystery of the Mill The pickerel has the minnow, but his grip is not what he wants. Old Plymouth Trails It is well known that pickerel bite best in the dark of the moon, and it is barely possible that sinners "catch on" better at that time. Peck's Sunshine Being a Collection of Articles Written for Peck's Sun, Milwaukee, Wis. - 1882 As for the remaining seven, they proceeded to grow up as rapidly as possible, and soon ceased to stand in any danger of pickerel or mallard. The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life For a huge pickerel came nosing among the lily pads. The Tale of Master Meadow Mouse Tim Reardon, unstringing two of the pickerel from the rope, transferred them to a twig of alder that he cut from a near by bush, and handed them to her. The Rival Campers Ashore The Mystery of the Mill One, technically known as Esox reticulatus, is the Eastern pickerel, known sometimes as green pike or jack, but more often as pond pickerel. Old Plymouth Trails But he remarked to himself with a grin, as he hurried along, that he had never yet seen the pickerel that was quick enough to catch him, and furthermore, he never expected to. The Tale of Ferdinand Frog With it I could handle a large bass or pickerel; it was a capital bait-rod for brook trout; as fly-rod it has pleased me well enough. Woodcraft When he pulled his bill out of the creek a pickerel came with it. The Tale of Master Meadow Mouse They turned in at the path leading to the girl's home presently, and she went in with the pickerel. The Rival Campers Ashore The Mystery of the Mill But the brook pickerel frequents the ponds as well, loving best those of weedy bottoms and shores and slight depth. Old Plymouth Trails After dinner Brick and Hamp chopped holes through the ice, and caught a number of fat pickerel. The Camp in the Snow, or, Besieged by Danger The large-mouthed bass and pickerel are usually ranked about with the yellow perch, I don't know why: they are certainly gamy enough. Woodcraft And the pickerel vanished very quickly down Mr. Heron's long neck. The Tale of Master Meadow Mouse Two hours later, Benny Ellison, strolling homeward, with gun over shoulder, and two pickerel dangling from a crotched stick, espied something gleaming in the grass by the roadside. The Rival Campers Ashore The Mystery of the Mill The brook pickerel is found only east of the Allegheny Mountains, from Massachusetts to Florida while the pond pickerel is found from middle Maine to Florida, and west to Louisiana and Arkansas. Old Plymouth Trails Again, Herbert writing of the great northern pickerel, calls it "Esox lucioides, Agassiz;" the fact being that Professor Agassiz describes it in his Lake Superior as Esox boreas. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873 For in many waters there comes a time—in late August and September when neither bass nor pickerel will notice the spoon, be it handled never so wisely. Woodcraft The Pickerel family were nosing about among the pickerel weeds around the bend of the creek. The Tale of Master Meadow Mouse The pickerel in the stream and the trout in the brook sought deeper waters, in anticipation of winter. The Rival Campers Ashore The Mystery of the Mill I’ve got too much self-respect to jump at an invitation, like a pickerel at a frog. Jewel Weed We see now; it is a fairy fawn, looking innocent as a baby; and its round sides are dappled as the trout and pickerel in the lake. Summerfield or, Life on a Farm Frank Forester thinks it probable that the former attains to the weight of sixty to eighty pounds, while he only accords the pickerel a weight of seventeen to eighteen pounds. Woodcraft This lake was full of fish, such as perch, bass, pickerel, mullet, and catfish. The Mormon Menace The Confessions of John Doyle Lee, Danite Nobody else thought of trying for the pickerel now. The Rival Campers Ashore The Mystery of the Mill 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. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7 I do not allude to the perch and pickerel in Ponk-apog Pond. Our New Neighbors At Ponkapog Fishing for mascalonge, pickerel and bass, is quite another thing, though by many valued as a sport scarcely inferior to fly-fishing for trout. Woodcraft The New Yorkers, I found, also fish the Mohawk, where there are plenty of pike, pickerel, and perch, pike being most abundant. Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler It was, in truth, an ideal day for fishing, and the first clump of lily pads they passed yielded them a big pickerel. The Rival Campers Ashore The Mystery of the Mill 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. The Cursed Patois From "Mackinac And Lake Stories", 1899 This was great sport, and they had the satisfaction of adding a number of pickerel and perch to their bill of fare. The Rover Boys on Snowshoe Island or, The Old Lumberman's Treasure Box I have spoken only of brass or copper wire for snells, and for pickerel or mascalonge of large size nothing else is to be depended on. Woodcraft This is the fish we often read of as the pickerel, and it is taken with a local minnow some 3 in. long, or one of the spoons, of which America is the cradle. Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler One might, if he were a lucky and persevering fisherman, take a trout in the swift waters of the brook; but for the pickerel, theirs was not the joy of such exertion. The Rival Campers Ashore The Mystery of the Mill Brook-trout, bass, pike, pickerel, and perch, are caught at the entrance of the river. Old Mackinaw The Fortress of the Lakes and its Surroundings Now the stream overflowed its low banks, making a deep pond, soon to become the home of pickerel and trout and of a great colony of water-lilies, a delicacy for the beaver larder. Followers of the Trail The possibilities as to size of the mascalonge and Northern pickerel no man knows. Woodcraft His brother Enoch speared an eel that weighed four pounds, and a pickerel of the same weight. Charles Carleton Coffin War Correspondent, Traveller, Author, and Statesman Just at that moment too, it seemed the fish had tired; for, as Tim strained, the big pickerel came out of water as with a leap. The Rival Campers Ashore The Mystery of the Mill Whitefish are taken both spring and fall, chiefly the latter; spring is the season for pickerel; trout are taken at all seasons. Old Mackinaw The Fortress of the Lakes and its Surroundings He had also caught and salted several hundred pounds of bass, pike and pickerel. Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History I have seen several pickerel of over forty pounds and one that turned the scale at fifty-three. Woodcraft Daddy was putting the pickerel and numerous eels in the blind fish cars until they could be cleaned. Tess of the Storm Country But Benny Ellison, holding the big pickerel away from Tim, showed no intention of giving it up. The Rival Campers Ashore The Mystery of the Mill Quite a collection too—black bass, perch, 'slickers,' as we used to call the pickerel, and even some big fat sunfish. The Airplane Boys among the Clouds or, Young Aviators in a Wreck The pickerel proved to be both hungry and accommodating, for they soon began to take hold savagely. Chums of the Camp Fire Everybody knew that there were bullheads, suckers, perch, and "pumpkin-seeds" in the mill-pond, and eels, with now and then a pickerel, but the trout were a profound secret. Crowded Out o' Crofield or, The Boy who made his Way He slowly closed the scarlet lids over his crossed eyes, suspending the pickerel in his hand the while. Tess of the Storm Country Almost within the shadow of it, he stopped and laughed heartily, as he glanced down at the big pickerel. The Rival Campers Ashore The Mystery of the Mill The day after, morning and afternoon, the Grammar School boys fished through the ice on the pond, catching enough pickerel and trout to last famished boys for two meals. The Grammar School Boys Snowbound or, Dick & Co. at Winter Sports The string of pickerel and perch they carried back to camp aroused the others to enthusiastically admit that Steve and Toby certainly took the premium for catching the wary denizens of the pond. Chums of the Camp Fire Special emphasis is laid on outfitting for fly fishing, but full instruction is also given to the man who wants to catch pickerel, pike, muskellunge, lake-trout, bass and other fresh-water game fishes. Apple Growing This was the way it happened: Johnnie Green had come to Black Creek to fish for pickerel. The Tale of Timothy Turtle This female party that I finds bulgin' Old Hickory's swing desk chair has got any Jonah fish I ever saw pictured out lookin' like a pickerel. Torchy and Vee Worse than pickerel, according to my mind, and that's saying a lot. Afloat or, Adventures on Watery Trails You know they're built on the order of a pirate, and that's what a pickerel or a pike is, a regular buccaneer. Chums of the Camp Fire But the Squire's skiff was clean built as a pickerel, and his old arms iron-strong. Old Man Savarin and Other Stories And at last, to his great joy, a young pickerel nosed his way through the shallow water in front of him.p. The Tale of Timothy Turtle Below, it curved204 away between low banks, with bushes growing to the water's edge, where the pickerel lay. Wayside Courtships He saw a large pickerel lying perfectly still over a certain spot near the shore. Queer Stories for Boys and Girls Oh! guess I've eaten pickerel lots of times," retorted the other, indignantly; "I always go slow when I'm on a fish diet, and don't you forget it. Chums of the Camp Fire Cadillac overlooks picturesque lake scenery, and the good fishing for pike, pickerel and perch in the lake, and for brook trout in streams near by, attracts many visitors. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" But what should he see, lying on the bank right before him, but a string of seven pickerel! The Tale of Timothy Turtle This was a sight of some men fishing through the ice for pickerel, and the girls at once evinced an appetite for fresh fish. The Outdoor Girls in a Winter Camp Glorious Days on Skates and Ice Boats The others were rowing about, trolling for pickerel, and he sat down on a point of land called "Duck Point," and went to fishing. Queer Stories for Boys and Girls Have you ever fished for pickerel through a hole in the ice? The Opinions of a Philosopher White and yellow lilies and the pickerel weed almost choke its course in many places. Confessions of Boyhood And he seized the string of pickerel and waddled into the bushes, where he ate every one of those seven fish. The Tale of Timothy Turtle See the pickerel weed growing out in the water with its arrow-shaped leaves, and its spikes of purple flowers. The Insect Folk Then he noticed that their coats were beautifully mottled, like the sides of the pickerel, and their feet flattened out, like a fish's tail. Queer Stories for Boys and Girls I do not allude to the perch and pickerel in Ponkapog Pond. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume III. (of X.) Under the leaves of these hides himself that fish which old anglers named the water-wolf, the pickerel, who preys upon his smaller brothers and sisters. Confessions of Boyhood "I hope you will catch some pickerel," said Daisy, steadily. Melbourne House Fall's setting in early," Mrs. McAdam went on; "pickerel come; whitefish go. The Place Beyond the Winds When other fish came near the pickerel, it darted out and drove them off, and then paddled back to the same place again. Queer Stories for Boys and Girls The fishermen who were catching pickerel said that they had no luck when this roaring was going on above the fish. The Story of My Boyhood and Youth 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. Confessions of Boyhood A pickerel leaps, a bow of light, The minnows shine from side to side. The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar "White fish go: pickerel come"—but always there is fish through summer days and winter's ice. The Place Beyond the Winds Formerly an abundance of trout was found here, and shad and herring were among the annual visitors; but the lake is now filled with the black or Oswego bass, pickerel, muscalonge and perch. Saratoga and How to See It Some of our neighbors fished for pickerel through the ice in midwinter. The Story of My Boyhood and Youth He was a masterful trailer for pickerel; he put into it the same energy as into his axe and scythe. Confessions of Boyhood Let one of us fish from the shore for bass, while the two others in the canoe troll for pickerel. Bert Wilson in the Rockies Yes; old Isaac says that it's produced from the pickerel weed, the Pontederia, that should be coming into flower about now. Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life The captain had a pickerel net to look after, which kept him busy for some time. Rod of the Lone Patrol Large quantities of pickerel were often caught in this cruel way. The Story of My Boyhood and Youth We went fishing, but the pickerel would not come from their hiding places. Confessions of Boyhood The spoon at the end of his line dipped violently, and, hauling it in rapidly, he yanked in a big pickerel. Bert Wilson in the Rockies It was another salmon trout, or pickerel, or some such fish, and he deposited it gleefully in the bottom of the canoe with the others, which had not escaped in the tip-over. Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life It may be set for suckers, pickerel, and fish of like size, the bait stick being inserted with sufficient firmness to withstand the attacks of smaller fish. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making Therefore we gradually learned something about its inhabitants,—pickerel, sunfish, black bass, perch, shiners, pumpkin-seeds, ducks, loons, turtles, muskrats, etc. The Story of My Boyhood and Youth He solemnly pulled in his line, and when it was almost in, a good-sized pickerel squirmed off the hook, and flopped back into the water. Injun and Whitey to the Rescue The pike and pickerel will bite at the spoon, and we can get plenty of bait for the bass right out here in the garden. Bert Wilson in the Rockies If it is a pickerel, look out for his needle-like teeth. Outdoor Sports and Games The pickerel leaped and danced along; The frog-fish puffed and blew; The herring in a countless throng Swam by, a merry crew. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, May, 1878, No. 7. Scribner's Illustrated In the spring great pickerel came up, too, from the deep waters, miles away, to spawn and, sometimes, to be speared. A Man and a Woman I was neither dangerous, like Jim Cringle, nor good to eat, like a muskrat or a pickerel. Children of the Wild I'll get out the spoon bait and try for pike and pickerel. Bert Wilson in the Rockies They saw where the beaver burrowed in his dams, and in the golden shallows and emerald deeps of the lake caught glimpses of trout, bass, salmon and pickerel. The Grey Cloak She was very short and straight and thin, and so quick that she darted like a pickerel when she moved about. Deephaven and Selected Stories & Sketches As for the minnows in the creek, had he not caught one with a dipper once, and had he not almost hit a big pickerel with a stone? A Man and a Woman But he's a very savage and hungry fish, some three or four feet long, with tremendous jaws like a pickerel's. Children of the Wild Fish for Frying.—Brook trout, black bass, cod steaks, flounder fillet, perch, pickerel, pompano, smelts, whitefish steak, pike, weakfish, tilefish. Foods That Will Win The War And How To Cook Them (1918) Trout, pickerel, &c., eight minutes to a pound. The Easiest Way in Housekeeping and Cooking Adapted to Domestic Use or Study in Classes Game, bass, trout, pickerel, grew for us in abundance. Lazarre She sent him a hail across the water, and he held up a string of pickerel invitingly. Kit of Greenacre Farm The snares had strangled three hares; the steel traps had caught five muskrats, which are very good eating in spite of their appearance; the net had intercepted a number of pickerel, suckers, and river whitefish. The Silent Places Fish for Boiling.—Cod, fresh herring, weakfish, tilefish, sea bass, pickerel, red snapper, salt and fresh mackerel, haddock, halibut, salmon, sheepshead. Foods That Will Win The War And How To Cook Them (1918) Bass, fresh shad, blue-fish, pickerel, &c., can be cooked in this way:— See that the fish has been properly cleaned. The Easiest Way in Housekeeping and Cooking Adapted to Domestic Use or Study in Classes It is well known that pickerel bite best in the dark of the moon, and it is barely possible that sinners “catch on” better at that time. Peck's Compendium of Fun The little old, red, flat-bottomed boat out in midstream, with Billie standing, barelegged to his knees, straddling from the stem seat to the rear middle one, while he strove persuasively with a big pickerel. Kit of Greenacre Farm Three days were used in getting down the lake, during which time but one fish, a pickerel, was caught, where they had expected to find an abundance. Bowdoin Boys in Labrador An Account of the Bowdoin College Scientific Expedition to Labrador led by Prof. Leslie A. Lee of the Biological Department Fish for Baking.—Black bass, bluefish, haddock, halibut, fresh mackerel, sea bass, weakfish, red snapper, fresh salmon, pickerel, shad, muskellunge. Foods That Will Win The War And How To Cook Them (1918) She had not wished it, but had been drawn to it, as a pickerel is drawn to the side of a boat when it has been caught on the line. Invisible Links Shad, pickerel and trout are good the same way. Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 Herring, salmon-trout, sturgeon, whitefish, pickerel, yellow perch, catfish, green turtle, terrapin, scallops, soft-shell clams, oysters, prawns, smoked salmon, smoked halibut, smoked haddock, salt codfish. The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) Cooking, Toilet and Household Recipes, Menus, Dinner-Giving, Table Etiquette, Care of the Sick, Health Suggestions, Facts Worth Knowing, Etc., Etc. The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home The second week of her sojourn she caught a small pickerel—the only fish she had ever caught in all her life. The Common Law I have seen lads, unimpregnate with the more sublimated punctiliousness of Walton, secure pickerel, taking their unwary siesta beneath the lily-pads too nigh the surface, with a gun and small shot. The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell "Why mamma," said Ransom, "pickerel fishing is splendid!" Melbourne House, Volume 2 "This is pickerel day," cried Whopper "Reckon I'll try my luck," and he did, and presently brought in a pickerel almost as large as the others. Out with Gun and Camera Soon came a deft swing of the fishing rod and out on the grassy bank landed a lake pickerel of good size. Young Hunters of the Lake One of the great-uncles was a sportsman, and snared rabbits and pickerel, thus extending our bill of fare. A Backward Glance at Eighty Recollections & comment The finny fellows bit greedily and in a short time they had enough black bass and pickerel to feed a party twice the size of theirs. The Radio Boys in the Thousand Islands "I hope you will catch some pickerel," said Daisy steadily. Melbourne House, Volume 2 While in the cove they had managed to catch a few perch and a pickerel, and starting a blaze, they cooked these. Out with Gun and Camera The two boys continued to fish, both before lunch and after, and when they finally wound up their lines they had nine perch, two chub and two pickerel—-certainly a very respectable haul. Young Hunters of the Lake Take pickerel, pike or any fish that is not fat, cut into two-inch slices, wash well, salt and set aside in a cool place for a few hours. The International Jewish Cook Book 1600 Recipes According to the Jewish Dietary Laws with the Rules for Kashering; the Favorite Recipes of America, Austria, Germany, Russia, France, Poland, Roumania, Etc., Etc. And she would show him Diamond Lake, and the speckled pickerel among the water-plants. The Mystery of Metropolisville My father and brothers tramped with snare and gun on snow-shoes through the woods, securing occasionally a partridge or squirrel, and semi-occasionally a deer, or pickerel from the lake. The Gentleman from Everywhere Soon he brought to light a fine pickerel, and dropped the fish in the bottom of the boat. Out with Gun and Camera "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. Young Hunters of the Lake Rapidly the boy increased the speed up to the third "forward," and the Flying Fish darted through the water like a pickerel after a fat frog. The Boy Scouts of the Eagle Patrol Most predatory fish are long and slim, like the alligator-gar and pickerel. Through the Brazilian Wilderness James made a rush down to the brook and came back with a leaf of the pickerel weed and they handed it about and compared it with the lily of the valley leaf. Ethel Morton's Enterprise It consisted of bread and butter and coffee and pickerel done to a turn, topped off with some crullers from a bagful donated by Mrs. Caslette. Out with Gun and Camera What matter, if the Governor removes you from office? he cannot remove you from the lake; and if readers or customers will not bite, the pickerel will. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 47, September, 1861 In these vases were some small bones of the pickerel's spine. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers In Ohio, it is called the salmon, and by the Canadians the pickerel, while, with singular perversity, they persist in calling our pickerel a pike. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 40, February, 1861 There are flags and pickerel weed and cardinals here already. Ethel Morton's Enterprise Snap caught the first fish—-a good-sized perch—-and the doctor's son followed with a fine pickerel. Out with Gun and Camera There! that sly little fish, like a salt water pickerel, nipped the tail of that great clumsy porpoise—porpus—so hard, I heard the big fish grunt. Lord Dolphin I was much pleased with the exterior appearance of Litchfield; saw at a distance Edwards's pickerel pond. Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals In Two Volumes, Volume I. Used to take me pickerel fishing, Billy did—one of my heroes. Joe Burke's Last Stand Now your Honors both know how a pickerel loves a red roach, and I have no doubt you will remember that he is a fish of a very low forehead and an unlimited appetite. Edison, His Life and Inventions "And if we can't get those we can get some pickerel and bass and perch," added Giant. Out with Gun and Camera The teeth of a pickerel are fearfully long and sharp. Lord Dolphin "I suppose you think that other boat was hiding behind the rock ready to jump out at you the way a pickerel starts for a minnow." Go Ahead Boys and the Racing Motorboat A big pickerel slashed around, breakfasting on minnows. The Song of the Cardinal When this pickerel saw the red roach through the glass, he made one of those awful dashes which is usually the ruin of whatever stands in its way; but he didn't reach the red roach. Edison, His Life and Inventions And on that pond he showed me how to catch pickerel even under a blaze of sunlight! Acres of Diamonds: our every-day opportunities The perch swallows the grub-worm, the pickerel swallows the perch, and the fisher-man swallows the pickerel; and so all the chinks in the scale of being are filled. Walden In the rivers and lakes pike, pickerel, white fish and sturgeon supply food for the natives, and the brook trout is found in the small mountain streams. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 He rolled down the river bank, splash! into the water; and a hungry old pickerel, sunning in the weeds, finished him at a snap. The Song of the Cardinal On the succeeding day the red roach was restored, and the pickerel had forgotten the impressions of the first day, and he repeated this again. Edison, His Life and Inventions I have cut some of the large pickerel open and found whole fish in them, five or six inches long. The Bark Covered House Between us we got seven fine bass, and a pickerel. The Banner Boy Scouts Afloat or, the Secret of Cedar Island One was a dream of a shady lane That led to the pickerel pond Where the willows and rushes bowed themselves To the brown old hills beyond. Songs and Other Verse 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. The Song of the Cardinal The pickerel doubtless attributed to the roach all this shaking, the rebuff which he had received. Edison, His Life and Inventions At such times it needed two, as the pickerel were fond of lying in shallow water or where there was old grass. The Bark Covered House Hear with what sincere deference and waving gesture in his tone, he speaks of the lake pickerel, which he has never seen, his primitive and ideal race of pickerel. Excursions Yesterday we were fishing for pickerel through the ice at Hayes's Pond--in a wilderness where fox abound--and where bear and deer make rare appearances--all within a few miles of Lenox and Stockbridge. A Writer's Recollections — Volume 2 Perhaps some of these other two-legged creatures that drew near, holding the funny sticks in their hands, might offer him another nice mess of pickerel fresh caught. With Trapper Jim in the North Woods It is the story of the pickerel and the roach. Edison, His Life and Inventions I knew the spot upon the hill Where checkerberries could be found, I knew the rushes near the mill Where pickerel lay that weighed a pound! A Little Book of Western Verse Our feet glide swiftly over unfathomed depths, where in summer our line tempted the pout and perch, and where the stately pickerel lurked in the long corridors formed by the bulrushes. Excursions We dropped out the smaller spoon and masterfully landed a five-pound pickerel. The Forest Owen found that he had wrenched his ankle, and had better take a day off, and Toby had arranged to try the pickerel with Bandy-legs, who had caught a few on the previous day. With Trapper Jim in the North Woods Among the rest he put a pickerel into a tank containing water, and separated across its middle by a transparent glass plate, and on the other side he put a red roach. Edison, His Life and Inventions The northern pike are by many people called pickerel and sometimes when in water with pickerel are mistaken for muscallonge. New York at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis 1904 Report of the New York State Commission The lines set to catch pickerel through the ice look like a larger culinary preparation, and the men stand about on the white ground like pieces of forest furniture. Excursions Up came his line with a rush, and out on the ice flopped a pickerel of fair size. Guns and Snowshoes Or, the Winter Outing of the Young Hunters One can tell at first sight that it is the place for pickerel and water-snakes. A Study of Hawthorne At the end of three-quarters of an hour he seemed a little shaken and discouraged, and stopped, and the red roach was taken out for that day and the pickerel left. Edison, His Life and Inventions This is the largest pike, sometimes erroneously called pickerel, within the knowledge of the Forest, Fish and Game Commission. New York at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis 1904 Report of the New York State Commission The fishes commonly taken in this way are pickerel, suckers, perch, eels, pouts, breams, and shiners,—from thirty to sixty weight in a night. Excursions They continued to fish and presently Whopper got another bite and brought up a good-sized pickerel, of a variety that is known to many as a lake trout. Guns and Snowshoes Or, the Winter Outing of the Young Hunters And the Toyman told them all about these fishes and the perch, too, and the long pickerel and the wicked carp, who hunts the other fish and kills them. Seven O'Clock Stories At the end of the three weeks, the time during which the pickerel persisted each day had been shortened and shortened, until it was at last discovered that he didn't try at all. Edison, His Life and Inventions "I pulled as if I was landing a ten pound pickerel," said Fred. Jack Ranger's Western Trip Or, from Boarding School to Ranch and Range How many pickerel are poised on easy fin fathoms below the loaded wain. Excursions The party counted on being able to supplement their supplies with trout, bass and pickerel from countless untouched streams. Darkness and Dawn They went deep into the cove, as Ben said the pickerel loved to lay in the grasses there. The Motor Girls on Cedar Lake Or the Hermit of Fern Island The plate glass was then removed, and the pickerel and the red roach sailed around together in perfect peace ever afterward. Edison, His Life and Inventions No," replied Mark, "the pickerel know me of old, and don't come about for fear that I have a hook and line in my pocket. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 10, August, 1858 "Yes," said Ford, "a bass for Mr. Fallow, a small pickerel for Mrs. Fallow, and a perch or a pumpkin-seed for each of the six little Fallows." Dab Kinzer A Story of a Growing Boy His bell jingled quite loudly, and when the string was pulled up through the hole there was a fine, large pickerel on the hook. Daddy Takes Us Skating There was quite a laugh when Jack, after a hard struggle, during which he protested that he must have the biggest pickerel in the lake, pulled in a large mud turtle. The Motor Girls on Cedar Lake Or the Hermit of Fern Island "I beg your Honors to read the testimony of Mr. Clarke in the light of the anecdote of the pickerel and the roach." Edison, His Life and Inventions "If I had my tackle here, and a frog's leg or a shiner, I would soon have a pickerel out from under those lilypads." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858 All right; and that big pickerel I caught, for Dr. Brandegee, and the biggest bass in the lot to keep it company. Dab Kinzer A Story of a Growing Boy The lunch things were packed in the basket, and then Hal and Mab went back to where the pickerel fish they had caught were left lying on the ice. Daddy Takes Us Skating Think of reeling in a twenty-pound pickerel, or a forty-pound muscalunge, on a line three hundred feet in length, playing him for half an hour, and landing him safely in your boat at last! Wild Northern Scenes Sporting Adventures with the Rifle and the Rod 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. Boy Scouts of the Air on Lost Island This was really enjoyable sport, and generally resulted in a good catch of pike, pickerel, and, very often, a maskelonge or two. Country Life in Canada Fifty Years Ago Personal recollections and reminiscences of a sexagenarian Near to its surface, so close that the angler may reach out his hand and stroke them, schools of pike, pickerel, mackerel, doggerel, and chickerel jostle one another in the water. Literary Lapses FROGS, if not too large, are a standard bait for pike, salmon, pickerel, and bass. Healthful Sports for Boys Look at him, Mr. Calvert, and say whether it's book or fiddle that's likely to make him as lean as a March pickerel in the short space of three months. Charlemont; Or, the Pride of the Village. a Tale of Kentucky It was like casting a fly directly at the head of a hungry pickerel. The Day of the Dog Just then he had a bite, and drew out a good-sized pickerel. Do and Dare — a Brave Boy's Fight for Fortune Trout eat trout, and pickerel eat pickerel, and among the insects young spiders eat one another, and the female spider eats her mate, if she can get him. Time and Change Not exactly; I doubt if he was as good in the kitchen as by the brookside; but to give me his famous receipt for cooking pickerel. Hildegarde's Neighbors Herring The plural is herrings, but shad, trout, bass, pike, pickerel, grayling, have no plural form. Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking They represented the sport to be capital, and said that plenty of superb lake trout and pickerel could be taken every day, and urged me to go with them. Seven Wives and Seven Prisons; Or, Experiences in the Life of a Matrimonial Monomaniac. a True Story The young man, some ten minutes later, succeeded in catching a smaller pickerel, perhaps half the size of Herbert's. Do and Dare — a Brave Boy's Fight for Fortune When the ice breaks up in the spring, immense shoals of pickerel commence running up the Moira river, at Belleville, to spawn in the interior. Roughing It in the Bush "Oh, pickerel! how delightful!" cried Bell, as she took the beauties from her brother's hands. Hildegarde's Neighbors "I caught three bass and seven fine pickerel this morning." Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking Already the kingfisher sat upon a pine over the water, and the bream and pickerel swam below. A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers Near us a wooden bridge led across a shallow cove passing between myriads of pickerel weed whose light purple spathes formed a striking mass of color. See America First In the bigger waters, maskalonge and, of course, any amount of pike and pickerel. The Man from Glengarry; a tale of the Ottawa Bell came in triumphantly, bearing the mighty pickerel in their glory, on a huge platter decorated with green leaves and golden-rod. Hildegarde's Neighbors I lit the fire and, going over to the bushes, selected two of the fish, a bass and a pickerel. The Rise of Roscoe Paine The Apostles, though they were fishers too, were of the solemn race of sea-fishers, and never trolled for pickerel on inland streams. A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers Trout, salmon, pickerel and perch abound in great numbers. See America First The presence in the pool of a slimy eel or a blundering bullhead or a lethargic sucker is bad enough, but the rush in of the pickerel is the advent of the devil himself. That Fortune While the fishermen are here, it would seem that the long, snaky pickerel is the chief game pursued and caught. Their Pilgrimage By and by, however, I hooked a four-pound pickerel and he stirred my lagging ambition. The Rise of Roscoe Paine I have caught one which had swallowed a brother pickerel half as large as itself, with the tail still visible in its mouth, while the head was already digested in its stomach. A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers Ponds and streams have an unpleasant habit of drying up in summer, and often the pickerel weed looks as brown as a bulrush where it is stranded in the baked mud in August. Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors A net with small meshes is used for catching the young fry of a silvery kind like pickerel, when they are about two inches long; thousands are often taken in a single haul. A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and its tributaries And of the Discovery of Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa, 1858-1864 Concerning pike, he quotes the theory that they are bred by pickerel weed, only as what ‘some think.’ Introduction to the Compleat Angler When at half-past eleven the sun came out and I knew my sport was over, for the time at least, I had four bass—two of them fine ones—and two, pickerel. The Rise of Roscoe Paine Fishermen also distinguish the brook pickerel, a shorter and thicker fish than the former. A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers On page 5, the method by which the pickerel weed, another flower whose stamens and pistil occur in three different lengths, should be read to avoid much repetition. Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors Better," quoth he, "a pike than a pickerel,* *young pike And better than old beef is tender veal. The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems As Gesner was his authority for pickerel weed begetting pike, so the Anglican bishops were security for Walton’s creed. Introduction to the Compleat Angler It served the angler to go in quest of pickerel, or the sportsman to pick up his wild ducks. The Blithedale Romance The least minnow that lies on the ice as bait for pickerel, looks like a huge sea-fish cast up on the shore. A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers I tried grubs, which bass like, and a frog's leg, which no pickerel can resist, and little frogs, such as big trout hunt among the lily pads in the twilight,—all without pleasing him. Secret of the Woods The pickerel and trout are so ravenous that I believe they would swallow your hook with a Montana copper-mine prospectus fastened on it. Options No, you have allowed them all to go, even the pickerel which I think ought to be killed. Betty Zane Some solace may be found, on a day of crisp, wintry weather, in the childish diversion of catching pickerel through the ice. Fisherman's Luck and Some Other Uncertain Things The minnows are used as bait for pickerel in the winter. A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers They do not know at this moment whether the next turn of Fortune's reel will bring up a perch or a pickerel, a sunfish or a black bass. Fisherman's Luck and Some Other Uncertain Things One pickerel in the pond carries a flag. Fisherman's Luck and Some Other Uncertain Things |
| 随便看 |
英语例句辞典收录了117811条英语例句在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词及词组的例句翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。