Izaak Walton's description of the Perch

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Izaak Walton's description of the Perch

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The Pearch is a very good, and a very bold biting fish. He is one of the Fishes of prey, that like the Pike and Trout, carries his teeth in his mouth which is very large, and he dare venture to kill and devour several other kinds of fish, he has a hook’t or hog back, which is armed with sharp and stiff bristles, and all his skin armed or covered over with thick, dry, hard scales, and hath (which few other Fish have) two fins on his back. He is so bold, that he will invade one of his own kind, which the Pike will not do willingly, and you may therefore easily believe him to be a bold biter.
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Very well put. :hat:

Did you know they rate them better than Cod in Canada!!?? :think:
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What to eat or catch :think:
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Mark wrote:What to eat or catch :think:
To eat!!! :confused:
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I would say that sums up Perch Nicely. :)

Not the eating bit though! :(
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