Also known as Common Cat-fish. Inhabits all the Great Lakes ; also the inland waters of New England and all the Middle, Southern, and Central-western States, far as the Mississippi River. Usual weight from half to three pounds. A mud-bottom fish ; abundant and easily captured. They bite freely, but faintly. Are frequent above mill-dams. Taken from April until November. Fish with rod or hand-line; use Limerick Salmon-hooks, Nos.1 to 5 ; bait with