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By CHARLES BRADFORD
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" Our Saviour chose simple
fishermen * * * St. Peter, St. John,
St. Andrew and St. James, whom he
inspired. * * * He never reproved
these for their employment or
calling as he did scribes and money-
changers."— IzAAK Walton.
The Com pleat Angler, 1653.
"I am the wiser in respect to all
knowledge and the better qualified,
for all fortunes for knowing that
there is a minnow in that brook."
— Thoreau.
"Let us make the best of the
time yet allotted to us and regain
what of youth is possible— let us
go a-fishing," — Andrew Lang.
THE
ANGLER'S GUIDE
A HANDBOOK OF THE HAUNTS AND HABITS
OF THE POPULAR GAME FISHES,
INLAND AND MARINE
WITH THEIR PORTRAITS AND AN
ALPHABETICAL INDEX. OF OVER
FOURTEEN HUNDRED
LOCAL NAMES
A RECORD OF THE FAVORITE BAITS, RODS AND TACKLE
OF THE EXPERT ANGLER
AND A SUMMARY OF THE FISHING RESORTS
By
CHARLES BRADFORD
Author ot "The Determined Angler," "The Angler's Secret,"
"The Wildfowlers," Etc.
"•I may, peradventure, give you some
instructions that may be of use even in
your own rivers." — Charles Cotton.
The Compleat Angler, 1676.
The Nassau Press
Richmond Hill, L. I., N. Y.
Copyright
1908
Charles Bradford
THE ANGLER
"Anglers. * * * * men of mild, and sweet, and
peaceful spirits. Moses and the Prophet Amos were both
Anglers." Izaak Walton.
Trout Fishing in the Gunnison River, near Cebolla, Colorado.
" What a man
brings home in
his heart after
fishing is of
more account
than what he
brings in his
basket."
W. J. Long.
HE Angler represents the highest order of
fisherman.
All anglers are fishermen, but all fisher-
men are not anglers.
There is the same distinction in the an-
gler and the fisherman as there is in the
horseman and the jockey, and the yachts-
man and the sailor.
As some one has said before, there is no
commercial side to angling.
It is a noble, recreative pastime, indulged in by those
who value the pursuit as much as they value the game.
The angler never judges his day by the size of his creel,
while the mere fisherman always does so. It's quality
with the angler, quantity with the ordinary fisherman.
There are many kinds of anglers and many kinds of
angling; so are there many kinds of fishermen and many
ways to go fishing, but, setting aside the savage who fishes
with a spear and the Japanese who have birds (cormor-
ants ) fish for them, generally speaking, there are but two
common forms of fishing and three kinds of fishermen.
The two common forms of fishing are represented in
fishing with the hook and line, and fishing with the net,
and the three general classes of fishermen are represented
in the angler, the net fisherman and the hand- line fisher —
the angler, the fisherman and the fisher.
The angler fishes with gentle tackle — appropriate rod,
reel, line and hook — for the natural pleasure he finds in the
day and pursuit as well as in the capture of the fish; the
fisherman drags his net for his living, and the fisher plys
viii THE ANGLER'S GUIDE
his hand-line for the pure love of slaughter, or because he
imagines praise in fishing is acquired by the biggest basket.
The net fisherman is not as noble as the angler because
his present-day pursuit depletes the waters, while the
angler, though he, too, takes fishes, protects and multiplies
the finny tribes; but this same net fisherman is no worse
than the ungentle hand-line fisher, who brags of his tubful
and barrelful, and, in the opinion of many wise judges, of
the two, the fisher is the more destructive.
Net fishing and the net fisherman have not always been
in contempt. It is only in these days of glory in the greed
for gold that the pursuit has been degraded, and, with
the fast-multiplying laws of restriction and man's awaken-
ing to the necessity of protecting and propagating our food
fishes, it is quite probable that net fishing will be so reg-
ulated as to command praise in place of reproof for the
netter.
There are many net fishermen and market-fish dealers
who are foremost in the effort to mend the ways and means
of the trade — highly respected gentlemen and honest busi-
ness men whose voices are as loud against destructive
methods and whose assistance toward protection and pro-
pagation is as great as any anti-netting class in the world.
Remember ye :
The Old Testament teaches fishing with both seine and
line.
Another View of the Gunnison River, near Cebolla, Colorado.
THE ANGLER'S GUIDE
Fly Fishing for Trout in the Lake Fork of the Gunnison River, near Lake City,
Colorado.
The best of the Apostles — Peter, Andrew, James and
John — were fishermen.
And Jesus loved fishermen, and associated with them
more than with any other class of men.
"He began to teach by the seaside."
"He entered into a boat."
"He was in the stern of the boat, asleep."
**His disciples were fishermen."
"His best friends were fishermen."
"His pulpit was a fishing boat, or the shore of a lake."
"He fed the people on fish when they were hungry."
"He was always near the water to cheer and com-
fort those who followed it."
The first authentic mention of the angler is in the book
of Job, B. C. 1520 (xii, 1 and 2).
Archimedes built a house boat or fallery for Hiero of
Syracuse which had a fish pond in the bow, from which the
owner and his guests could take live fishes.
Izaak Walton tells of the angling exploits of Marc
Antony and Cleopatra, and Sir Humphrey Davy declares
Trojan was an angler. Plutarch's account of Anthony's
fishing and description of the numerous paintings on the
walls of the houses of Pompeii, and Oppian's book on fish-
ing attest the antiquity of the angle.
X THE ANGLER'S GUIDE
Fly-fishing was first mentioned by Aelian,who flourished
A.D. 225. He describes a species of trout and the dressing
of an artificial fly.
In 1496, Wynkyn de Worde, assistant to William Cax-
ton, the first printer of a book in England, added the
printed treatise on "Fysshinge with an Angle" to the
second edition of "The Book of St. Albans" by Dame
Juliana Barnes, who is by many writers credited with
the authorship, but the writer of this treatise is really
unknown.
Since these days of old the angler and angling have been
favorite subjects of the most famous of poets, painters
and philosophers, and the world's greatest men have been
proud to be numbered among the craft.
Frank Forester declared the angler "could not possibly
be of an unkind, ungentle, or unmanly nature," and years
and men have proven this to be true.
Shakespeare, our greatest poet, was an angler.
Izaak Walton, one orthe world's most religious thinkers,
wrote ''The Compleat Angler," a single first-edition volume
of which was sold recently for six thousands of dollars !
Daniel Webster, John James Audubon, Henry D.
Thoreau, Alexander Wilson, Henry William Herbert, and
thousands of other noble men, including George Washing-
ton, the father of oiir country, gently "dropped their lines
in pleasant places," and, and — "go thou and do likewise,"
brother.
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Photo, by L. F. Brown
ANGLING FOR BROOK TROUT
FRESH WATER FISHES— THEIR
APPELLATIONS
Alewife: See Branch Herring and Inland Herring
All wife: See Branch Herring
Atlantic Salmon
Bachelor: See Crappie
Bank Lick Bass: See Strawberry Bass
Barbel: See Chub Sucker
Bar Fish : See Strawberry Bass and Yellow Bass
Bass, Bank Lick: See Strawberry Bass
Bass, Big Black: See Big-Mouth Black Bass
Bass, Big Fin: See Strawberry Bass
Bass, Big-Mouth: See Big-Mouth Black Bass
Bass, Big-Mouth Black
Bass, Black: See Big-Mouth and Small-Mouth Black Bass
Bass, Calico: See Strawberry Bass
Bass, Grass: See Strawberry Bass
Bass, Green: See Black Bass
Bass, Jumping: See Black Bass
Bass, Lake: See White Bass
Bass, Large: See Big-Mouth Black Bass
Bass, Large Black: See Big-Mouth Black Bass
Bass, Large-Mouth: See Big-Mouth Black Bass
Bass, Large-Mouth Black: See Big-Mouth Black Bass
Bass, Leaping: See Black Bass
Bass, Little: See Small-Mouth Black Bass
Bass, Little-Mouth: See Small-Mouth Black Bass
Bass, Marsh: See Black Bass
Bass, Moss: See Black Bass
Bass, Night : See Black Bass
Bass, Oswego: See Big-Mouth Black Bass
Bass, River: See Black Bass
Bass Rock: See Rock Bass and Black Bass
Bass, Silver: See Strawberry Bass
Bass, Slough: See Black Bass
Bass, Small-Mouth: See Small-Mouth Black Bass
Bass, Small-Mouth Black
Bass, Spotted: See Black Bass
Bass, Strawberry
Bass, Striped Lake: See White Bass
Bass, White : See White Bass and Black Bass
Bass, Yellow
Bear Trout : See Lake Trout
Big-eyed Herring: See Branch Herring
Big-fin Bass: See Strawberry Bass
Big-Mouth: See Big-Mouth Black Bass, Sunfish, and
Rock Bass
Big-Mouth Bass: See Big-Mouth Black Bass
Big-Moutli Black Bass
Big-Mouth Buffalo: See Sucker
Big-Mouth Buffalo-Fish: See Sucker
Bitterhead: See Strawberry Bass
Black Bass
Black Bass, Big: See Big-Mouth Black Bass
Black Bass, Big-Mouth
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FRESH WATER FISHES
Black Bass, Large: See Big-Mouth Black Bass
Black Bass, Large-Mouth: See Big-Mouth Black Bass
Black Bass, Leaping: See Black Bass
Black Bass, Little: See Small-Mouth Black Bass
Black Bass, Little-Mouth: See Small-Mouth Black Bass
Black Bass, Small-Mouth
Black-Fin: See Blue-Fin Whitefish
Black-Fin Whitefish: See Blue-Fin Whitefish
Black Horse: See Sucker
Black Perch: See Black Bass
Black-spotted Salmon Trout: See Salmon Trout
Black-spotted Trout: See Black-spotted Salmon Trout
Black-striped Minnow
Black Trout : See Black-spotted Salmon Trout and Lake
Tahoe Salmon Trout
Black War-Mouth: See Sunfish
Blue-Back Salmon: See Pacific Salmon
Blue-Back Trout : See Oquassa Trout
Blue Bream: See Sunfish
Blue Cat: See Catfish
Blue-Fin Whitefish: See W^hitefish
Blue Pike: See Pike-Perch
Blue Sunfish: See Sunfish
Branch Herring: See Herring
Bream: See Bream and Sunfish
Bridge Perch: See Crappie
Brim: See Sunfish
Bronze-Backer: See Small-Mouth Black Bass
Brook Mullet: See Red Horse Sucker
Brook Pickerel: See Long Island Pickerel
Brook Sucker: See Sucker
Brook Trout : See Brook Trout and Rainbow Salmon
Trout
Brown Salmon Trout
Brown Trout: See Brown Salmon Trout
Buffalo: See Sucker
Buffalo, Big-Mouth: See Sucker ?
Buffalo-Fish: See Sucker '
Buffalo Sucker: See Sucker
Bullhead: See Catfish
Bull Trout: See Malma Trout
Calico Bass: See Strawberry Bass
Campbellite: See Crappie
Canada Sea Trout: See Greenland Trout
Carp : See Carp and Carp-Sucker
Carp, Gold
Carp. King
Carp, Leather
Carp, Mattapony: See Carp-Sucker
Carp, Mirrow: See King Carp
Carp, Saddle : See King Carp
Carp, Scale
Carp-Sucker, Ohio
Carp-Sucker, Susquehanna
Cat: See Catfish
Catfish
Chain Pickerel: See Pickerel
Channel Cat: See Catfish
Chewagh: See Malma Trout
Chinquapin Perch: See Strawberry Bass and Crappie
Chiven: See Roach
Chovicha: See Pacific Salmon
Chub, River
Chub: See Chub, Black Bass, Dace, Roach, and Sucker
Chub Sucker: See Sucker
Cisco: See Lake Whitefish
Cod: See Lake Trout
FRESH WATER FISHES
Coho: See Pacific Salmon
Common Pickerel: See Pickerel
Common Shad: See Shad
Copper-Nosed Bream: See Sunfish
Corporaalen: See Dace
Corporal: See Dace
Cousin Trout: See Roach
Crappie: See Crappie and Strawberry Bass
Creek-Fish : See Chub Sucker
Croaker: See Lake Drum
Crocus: See Lake Drum
Croppie: See Crappie
Cut-lip Chub: See Chub
Dace : See Dace and Roach
Day Chub: See Chub
Dog Salmon: See Pacific Salmon
DoUardee: See Sunfish
Dolly Varden Trout: See Malma Trout
Doree: See Pike-Perch
Dory See Pike- Perch
Drum: See Lake Drum
Eel
Ellwhoop: See Branch Herring
Ellwife: See Branch Herring
Fall Fish : See Roach
Fontinalis: See Brook Trout
Fresh -Water Cod: See Lake Trout
Fresh-Water Drum: See Lake Drum
Frost-Fish: See Geneva Lake Whitefish
Gaspereau: See Branch Herring
Gaspergou: See Lake Drum and Big-Mouth Buffalo
Sucker
Gasperot: See Branch Herring
Geneva Lake Whitefish: See Whitefish
Gizzard Shad: See Mud Shad
Goggle-Eye: See Rock Bass, Strawberry Bass, Crappie,
and Sunfish
Goggle-Eyed Perch: See Strawberry Bass
Glass-Eye: See Pike-Perch
Gold Carp: See Carp
Golden Salmon: See Rainbow Salmon Trout
Golden Shiner: See Bream
Golden Trout: See Rainbow Salmon Trout
Gold Fish: See Gold Carp
Gorbuscha Salmon: See Pacific Salmon
Gourd-Seed: See Sucker
Grass Bass: See Strawberry Bass
Grass Pike: See Pike-Perch
Grayling, Michigan
Grayling, Montana
Gray Perch: See Lake Drum
Gray Pike: See Pike-Perch
Green Bass: See Small-Mouth Black Bass
Greenland Trout
Green Perch: See Black Bass
Green Pike: See Pike-Perch
Grey Perch: See Lake Drum
Grey Pike: See Pike-Perch
Ground Pike: See Pike Perch
Haddock: See Pacific Salmon
Hair-Lip Sucker: See Rabbit-Mouth Sucker
Hairy-Back Shad: See Mud Shad
Halibut-Steak: See Catfish
FRESH Vv^ATER FISHES
Hammer-Head Sucker: See Sucker
Hard-Head Salmon Trout : See Steel-Head Salmon Trout
Hard-Mouth Chub
Herring, Big-Eyed: See Branch Herring
Herring, Branch
Herring, Inland
Herring, Michigan: See Lake Whitefish
Herring, Moon-E_ye: See Moon-Eye
Herring, Mountain: See Rocky Mountain Whitefish
Herring: See Herring, Moon-Eye, Mud Shad, and Lake
Whitefish
Hickory Shad: See Mud Shad
Hog Sucker: See Hammer-Head Sucker
Holia Salmon: See Pacific Salmon
Hone Salmon: See Pacific Salmon
Hoopid: See Pacific Salmon
Homed Dace: See Dace
Homy-Head Chub: See Chub
Horse-Fish: See Pike-Perch
Humpback Pickerel: See Pickerel
Humpback Salmon: See Pacific Salmon
Inconnu: See Whitefish
Inland Herring: See Herring
Jack: See Pike, Pickerel, and Pike-Perch
Jack Salmon: See Pike-Perch
Jewel Head. See Lake Drum
John Demon: See Crappie
Jumper: See Black Bass
Jumping Bass: See Black Bass
Kansas River Salmon: See Kansas River Salmon Trout
Kansas River Salmon Trout: See Salmon Trout
Kansas River Trout: See Kansas River Salmon Trout
Kay-ko: See Pacific Salmon
Keta Salmon: See Pacific Salmon
King Carp: See Carp
Kisutch Salmon: See Pacific Salmon
Ktla-why: See Pacific Salmon
Lake Bass: See White Bass
Lake Drum: See Drum
Lake Herring: See Lake Whitefish
Lake Salmon: See Mackinaw Lake Trout
Lake Shad: See Mud Shad and Red Horse Sucker
Lake Tahoe Salmon: See Lake Tahoe Salmon Trout
Lake Tahoe Salmon Trout: See Salmon Trout
Lake Tahoe Trout: See Lake Tahoe Salmon Trout
Lake Trout, Bear Trout
Lake Trout, Fresh-Water Cod
Lake Trout, Lake Salmon
Lake Trout, Lunge
Lake Trout, Mackinaw
Lake Trout, Mucqua
Lake Trout, Namaycush
Lake Trout, Salmon Trout
Lake Trout : See Malma Trout
Lake Trout, Siscowet
Lake Trout, Siskawitz
Lake Trout, Toque
Lake Trout, Tuladi
Lake Trout, Winnipiseogee
Lake Whitefish: See Whitefish
Lamplighter: See Strawberry Bass
Landlocked Salmon: See Atlantic Salmon
Large-Mouth Bass: See Big-Mouth Black Bass
FRESH WATER FISHES
Large-Mouth Black Bass: See Big-Mouth Black Bass
Leather Carp : See Carp
Leather-sided Minnow: See Chub
Le Kai: See Pacific Salmon
Loch Leven Salmon Trout: See Salmon Trout
Loch Leven Trout: See Loch Leven Salmon Trout
Long Island Pickerel: See Pickerel
Lost Salmon: See Pacific Salmon
Lunge: See Lake Trout
Mackinaw Lake Trout: See Lake Trout
Mackinaw Trout: See Mackinaw Lake Trout
Maleshaganoy : See Lake Drum
Malma Trout: See Trout
Marsh Bass: See Black Bass
Mascalonge: See Muskellunge
Maskalonge: See Muskellunge
Maskinonge: See Muskellunge
Mattapony Carp: See Carp-Sucker
May Sucker: See Rabbit-Mouth Sucker
Menawe: See Minnow
Menomonee Whitefish: See Whitefish
Michigan Herring: See Lake Whitefish
Minnie: See Minnow and Shiner
Minnow, Leather-sided: See Chub
Minnow: See Minnow, Chub, and Shiner
Mirrow Carp : See King Carp
Missouri Sucker: See Black Horse Sucker
Mongrel Whitefish: See Whitefish
Moon -Eye
Moon-Eye Herring: See Moon-Eye
Moss Bass: See Black Bass
Mountain Herring: See Rocky Mountain Whitefish
Mountain Trout: See Small-Mouth Black Bass, Brook
Trout, and Rainbow Salmon Trout
Mucqua: See Lake Trout
Mud Shad: See Shad
Mud Sucker: See Hammer-Head Sucker
Mullet: See Chub and Red Horse Sucker
Muskellunge
Musquaw: See Pacific Salmon
Namaycush: See Lake Trout
Negro Chub: See Chub
Nerka Salmon: See Pacific Salmon
New Light: See Crappie
Nisqually: See Pacific Salmon
Northern Crappie : See Strawberry Bass
Okow: See Pike-Perch
Oquassa Trout: See Trout
Oswego: See Big-Mouth Black Bass
Oswego Bass: See Big-Mouth Black Bass
Ouininnish: See Landlocked Salmon
Pacific Salmon: See Salmon
Pearch : See Small-Mouth Black Bass, Sunfish, and Lake
Drum
Pearch, White: See Lake Drum
Penk: See Minnow
Perch, Black: See Black Bass
Perch, Bridge; See Crappie
Perch, Goggle-eyed: See Strawberry Bass
Perch, Gray; See Lake Drum
Perch, Green: See Black Bass
Perch, Greyt See Lake Drum
Perch, Pike: See Pike-Perch
FRESH WATER FISHES
Perch: See Perch (White and Yellow), Black Bass, Lake
Drum, Pike-Perch, and Sunfish
Perch, Speckled: See Crappie
Perch, White: See Perch
Perch, Yellow: See Perch and Black Bass
Pescadito: See Chub
Pickerel, Brook: See Long Island Pickerel
Pickerel, Chain
Pickerel, Common: See Chain Pickerel
Pickerel, Humpback
Pickerel, Jack: See Chain Pickerel
Pickerel, Long Island
Pickerel Trout: See Long Island Pickerel
Pickerel, Trout: See Long Island Pickerel
Pike, Grass: See Pike-Perch
Pike, Gray: See Pike-Perch
Pike, Green: See Pike-Perch
Pike, Ground: See Pike-Perch
Pike-Perch
Pike, Pond: See Long Island Pickerel
Pike: See Pike, Chub, and Pike-Perch
Pike, Trout: See Long Island Pickerel
Pike Trout: See Long Island Pickerel
Pike, Wail-Eyed: See Pike-Perch
Pond Pike: See Long Island Pickerel
Preestl: See Black-spotted Salmon Trout
Pumpkin-Seed: See Sunfish
Qualoch: See Pacific Salmon
Quill-back: See Carp-Sucker
Quinnat Salmon: See Pacific Salmon
Rabbit-Mouth Sucker
Rainbow Salmon Trout
Rainbow Trout : See Rainbow Salmon Trout
Razor Back: See Strawberry Bass
Red-bellied Bream: See Sunfish
Red-bellied Perch: See Sunfish
Red Breast: See Sunfish
Red Dace: See Shiner
Red Eye: See Rock Bass
Red Fin: See Shiner
Red Fish: See Gold Carp and Pacific Salmon
Red-headed Bream: See Sunfish
Red Horse: See Red Horse Sucker
Red Horse Sucker
Red-sided Shiner: See Chub
Red-spotted Trout: See Malma Trout
Rio Grande Salmon Trout
Rio Grand Trout: See Rio Grande Salmon Trout
River Bass: See Black Bass
River Chub
Roach: See Roach and Bream
Rock Bass: See Rock Bass and Black Bass
Rock Sunfish: See Rock Bass
Rocky Mountain Whitefish
Roundfish: See Rocky Mountain Whitefish
Sac-a-lait: See Crappie
Saddle Carp : See King Carp
Saibling: See Trout
Sail-Fish: See Carp-Sucker
Salmon, Atlantic
Salmon, Golden: See Rainbow Salmon Trout
Salmon, Holia: See Pacific Salmon
Salmon, Hone: See Pacific Salmon
Salmon, Hoopid: See Pacific Salmon
FRESH WATER FISHES
Salmon, Hump-back: See Pacific Salmon
Salmon, Jack: See Pike-Perch
Salmon, Kansas River: See Kansas River Salmon Trout
Salmon, Kay-ko: See Pacific Salmon
Salmon, Keta: See Pacific Salmon
Salmon, Kisutch: See Pacific Salmon
Salmon, Ktla-why: See Pacific Salmon
Salmon, Lake: See Mackinaw Lake Trout
Salmon, Lake Tahoe : See Lake Tahoe Salmon Trout
Salmon, Landlocked: See Atlantic Salmon
Salmon, Le Kai: See Pacific Salmon
Salmon, Lost: See Pacific Salmon
Salmon, Musquaw: See Pacific Salmon
Salmon, Nerka: See Pacific Salmon
Salmon, Nisqually: See Pacific Salmon
Salmon, Pacific
Salmon, Qualoch: See Pacific Salmon
Salmon, Quinnat: See Pacific Salmon
Salmon, Saw-quai: See Pacific Salmon
Salmon, Silver: See Pacific Salmon
Salmon, Skowitz: See Pacific Salmon
Salmon Trout, Black-spotted
Salmon Trout, Kansas River
Salmon Trout, Loch Leven
Salmon Trout, Rainbow-
Salmon Trout, Rio Grande
Sauger: See Pike-Perch
Saw-quai: See Pacific Salmon
Scale Carp
Scarlet Fish : See Gold Carp
Sea Cat: See Catfish
Sea Trout : See Greenland Trout
Sebago Trout: See Landlocked Salmon
Shad, Common
Shad, Gizzard: See Mud Shad
Shad, Hairy-Back: See Mud Shad
Shad, Hickory: See Mud Shad
Shad, Lake: See Mud Shad and Red Horse Sucker
Shad, Mud
Shad: See Shad, Crappie, and Inland Herring
Shad, Waiter: See Rocky Mountain Whitefish
Shad, Winter: See Mud Shad
Sheepshead: See Lake Drum
Shepawl: See Chub
Shiner
Shiner: See Bream, Chub, and Minnow
Shiner, Golden: See Bream
Shoemaker: See Black Horse Sucker
Silver Bass: See Strawberry Bass
Silver Fish: See Gold Carp
Silver Salmon: See Pacific Salmon
Silver Trout : See Black-spotted Salmon Trout and Lake
Tahoe Salmon Trout
Sisckawitz: See Lake Trout
Siscowet: See Lake Trout
Skimback: See Carp-Sucker
Skipjack: See Inland Herring
Skowitz: See Pacific Salmon
Slough Bass: See Black Bass
Small-Mouth: See Small-Mouth Black Bass
Small-Mouth Bass: See Small-Mouth Black Bass
Small-Mouth Black Bass
Spear- Fish: See Carp-Sucker
Speckled Beauty: See Brook Trout
Speckled Hen: See Black Bass
Speckled Perch: See Crappie
Speckled Trout: See Brook Trout, Rainbow Salmon
Trout, Malma Trout, etc.
FRESH WATER FISHES
Split-Mouth Sucker: See Rabbit-Mouth Sucker
Split-Tail: See Chub
Spotted Bass: See Black Bass
Spotted Beauty: See Brook Trout
Spotted Trout : See Brook Trout, etc.
Sprat: See Branch Herring
Steel-Head Salmon Trout: See Salmon Trout
Steel-Head Trout: See Steel-Head Salmon Trout
Stone-Roller: See Hammer-Head Sucker
Stone-Toter: See Hammerhead Sucker
Strawberry Bass
Strawberry Perch: See Strawberry Bass
Striped Lake Bass: See White Bass
Sturgeon
Sucker, Big-Mouth Buffalo
Sucker, Black Horse
Sucker, Hammer-Head
Sucker, Hair-Lip: See Rabbit-Mouth Sucker
Sucker, Hog: See Hammerhead Sucker
Sucker, May: See Rabbit-Mouth Sucker
Sucker, Missouri: See Black Horse Sucker
Sucker, Mud: See Hammerhead Sucker
Sucker, Rabbit-Mouth
Sucker, Red Horse
Suckerel: See Black Horse Sucker
Suck-Eye: See Pacific Salmon
Suk-kegh: See Pacific Salmon
Sunfish
Sun Perch: See Sunfish
Sunny: See Sunfish
Susquehanna Carp: See Carp-Sucker
Sweet Sucker: See Chub Sucker
Tench
Thread Herring: See Mud Shad
Thunder- Pumper: See Lake Drum
Tin Mouth: See Crappie
Togue: See Lake Trout
Trout, Bear: See Lake Trout
Trout, Black-spotted Salmon
Trout, Blue-Back: See Oquassa Trout
Trout, Brook
Trout, Canada : See Greenland Trout
Trout, Canada Sea: See Greenland Trout
Trout, Cousin: See Roach
Trout, Dolly Varden: See Malma Trout
Trout, Fresh-Water Cod: See Lake Trout
Trout, Golden : See Rainbow Salmon Trout
Trout, Greenland
Trout, Hard-Head: See Steel-Head Salmon Trout
Trout, Kansas River: See Kansas River Salmon Trout
Trout, Lake
Trout, Lake Salmon: See Lake Trout
Trout, Lake Tahoe : See Lake Tahoe Salmon Tj out
Trout, Loch Leven
Trout, Lunge: See Lake Trout
Trout, Mackinaw: See Mackinaw Lake Trout
Trout, Mackinaw Lake
Trout, Malma
Trout, Mountain: See Brook Trout, Small-Mouth Black
Bass, and Rainbow Salmon Trout
Trout, Mucqua Lake: See Lake Trout
Trout, Namaycush : See Lake Trout
Trout, Namaycush Lake
Trout: See Trout, Black Bass, Squeateague (Weakfish),
Roach, Landlocked Salmon, etc.
Trout, Oquassa
Trout, Pickerel: See Long Island Pickerel
FRESH WATER FISHES
Trout Pickerel: See Long Island Pickerel
Trout, Pike: See Long Island Pickerel
Trout Pike: See Long Island Pickerel
Trout, Rainbow: See Rainbow Salmon Trout
Trout, Rainbow Lake: See Rainbow Salmon Trout
Trout, Red-spotted: See Malma Trout
Trout, Rio Grande: See Rio Grande Salmon Trout
Trout, Rio Grande Salmon
Trout, Saibling
Trout, Salmon
Trout, Sea: See Greenland Trout
Trout, Silver: See Black-spotted Salmon Trout and
Lake Tahoe Salmon Trout
Trout, Sisckwitz: See Lake Trout
Trout, Siscowet : See Lake Trout
Trout, Togue: See Lake Trout
Trout, Tuladi : See Lake Trout
Trout, Waha Lake : See Waha Lake Salmon Trout
Trout, Waha Lake Salmon
Trout, Winnipiseogee : See Lake Trout
Waha Lake Salmon Trout
Wall-Eye: See Pike-Perch
Wall-eyed Pike: See Pike-Perch
War-Mouth : See Rock Bass and Sunfish
Welshman: See Black Bass
Whitebait: See Branch Herring
White Bass: See White Bass and Small-Mouth Black
Bass
White Cat: See Catfish
White Catfish : See Catfish
White-eyed Shad: See Mud Shad
Whitefish: See Whitefish and Pacific Salmon
Whitefish, Geneva Lake
Whitefish, Inconnu
Whitefish, Lake
Whitefish, Mongrel
Whitefish, Rocky Mountain
White Perch: See White Perch and Lake Drum
White Salmon: See Pike-Perch and Pacific Salmon
White Shad: See Shad
White Sucker: See Brook Sucker
Wininnish: See Landlocked Salmon
Winnipiseogee Trout: See Lake Trout
Winter Shad: See Mud Shad
Yellow Bass
Yellow Perch: See Yellow Perch and Black Bass
Yellow Pike: See Pike-Perch
SALT WATER FISHES— THEIR
APPELLATIONS
Alaska Pollock
Albicore: See Albicore, Striped Bonito, and Long-finned
^ Tunny-
African Pompano
Alewife: See Branch Herring, Glut Herring, Pogy Her-
ring, Round Pompano
AUwife: See Branch Herring
Amber-Fish
American Club-Fish: See Pogy Herring
American Sardine: See Pogy Herring
American Sole
Anchovy
Angel-Fish: See Moon-Fish
Atka Mackerel: See Yellow-Fish
Atlantic Herring
Banded Drum
Banded Rudder-Fish
Bank Cod: See Cod
Banner Pompano
Barb: See Kingfish
Barrel-Fish : See Black Rudder-Fish
Bass! Black: See Black Rockfish, Spotted Black Rock-
fish, Sea Bass, and Cabrilla
Bass, Channel: See Red Drum
Bass, Little: See Little Croaker
Bass, Rock: See Sea Bass, Johnny Cabrilla, and Spotted
Cabrilla
Bass, Sea : See Sea Bass and Squeteague
Bass, Streaked: See Striped Bass
Bass, Striped
Bass, White Sea: See Squeteague
Bastard Cod: See Cultus Cod
Bastard Snapper: See Mangrove Snapper
Bat, Sea: See Sea Robin
Bay Alewife : See Pogy Herring
Bergall: See Chogset
Beshow: See Beshow and Alaska Pollock
Big-Eye: See Chub Mackerel
Big-Eyed Herring: See Big-Eyed Herring a»d Branch
Herring
Big-eyed Mullet: See Striped Mullet
Biggey-Head: See Drummer
Bill-Fish
Black and Yellow Garrupa
Black-banded Rockfish
Black Bass: See Black Rockfish, Spotted Black Rock-
fish, and Sea Bass
Black Biter: See Cod
Black Cod: See Beshow
Black Drum
Blackfish : See Tautog and Sea Bass
Blackfish, Rock
XX
SALT WATER FISHES
Black Grouper
Black Grunt
Black Harry: See Sea Bass
Black Mullet: See Kingfish
Black Perch: See Flasher
Black Rockfish: See Black Rockfish and Spotted Black
Rockfish
Black Roncador: See Red Croaker
Black Rudder-Fish
Black Sea Bass
Black Snapper: See Cod and Gray Snapper
Blacksmith
Black Tripple-Tail : See Flasher
Black Will: See Sea Bass
Blow-Fish: See Puff-Fish
Blue-Back: See Glut Herring
Blue Cod: See Cultus Cod
Bluefish: See Bluefish, Sea Bass, and Squeteague
Bluefish Mummichog: See Striped Mullet
Bluefish, Young
Blue Parrot-Fish
Blunt-nosed Shiner: See Horse-Fish
Boccac: See Boccacio
Boccacio
Boccalao: See Scamp Grouper
Bone-Fish: See Lady-Fish
Bonito: See Bonito, Albicore, Cobia, and Medregal
Bonito, Pacific
Bonito, Striped
Bony-Fish: See Pogy Herring
Boregat : See Rock Trout
Borgata : See Rock Trout
Brackish Water Catfish: See Gaff -Topsail Catfish
Brail: See Summer Flounder
Branch Herring
Bream: See Rosefish
Bream, Sea: See Sheepshead
Brill: See Summer Flounder
Brown Cod: See Cod
Brown Rockfish
Brown Snapper: See Red Grouper
Buffalo Cod: See Cultus Cod
Buffalo Jack: See Jurel
Bug-Fish : See Pogy Herring
Bughead: See Pogy Herring
Bug-Shad: See Pogy Herring
Bull Mackerel: See Chub Mackerel
Bunker: See Pogy Herring
Butter-Fish
Butterfish, Humpbacked: See Horse-Fish
Cabezon: See Drummer
Cabrilla
Cabrilla, Johnny
Cabrilla, Spotted
California Hake
California Pompano
California Sardine
Cat: See Catfish
Catfish
Catfish, Brackish Water: See Gaff -Topsail Catfish
Catfish, Gaff-Topsail
Cat, Sea : See Catfish
Cat Thrasher: See Glut Herring
Candle-Fish : See Beshow
Carcane: See Albicore
Cavally
Cavally, Goggle-eyed
SALT WATER FISHES
Cavasina: See Amber-Fish
Cero: See Mackerel
Channel Bass: See Red Drum
Checutts: See Squeteague
Chema : See Red Grouper
Chickwick: See Squeteague
Christmas Fish: See Smooth Flounder
Christmas Flounder: See Smooth Floimder
Chogset
Chopa Blanca: See Spot
Chub: See Spot
Chub Croaker
Chub-Fish, American: See Pogy Herring
Chub Mackerel
Cicharra : See Goggle-eyed Cavally
Cigar-Fish : See Round Robin
Clam Cod: See Cod
Coal-Fish: See Cobiaand Pollock
Cobia
Cod
Cod, Bank: See Cod
Cod, Bastard: See Cultus Cod
Cod, Black: See Beshow
Cod, Blue: See Cultus Cod
Cod, Brown: See Cod
Cod, Buffalo : See Cultus Cod
Cod, Clam: See Cod
Cod, Cultus
Cod, Deep- Water: See Cod
Cod, George's: See Cod
Cod, Herring: See Cod
Cod, Inshore: See Cod
Cod, Jack Tom : See Boccacio
Cod, Lockee : See Cabrilla
Cod, Night : See Cod
Cod, Pasture School: See Cod
Cod, Pine-Tree : See Cod
Cod, Red: See Cod
Cod, Red Rock: See Orange Rockfish
Cod, Rock: See Cod, Garrupa, Garruta, Yellow-Taal
Rockfish, and Rock Trout
Cod, School: See Cod
Cod, Shad School: See Cod
Cod, Shoal- Water: See Cod
Cod, Shore: See Cod
Cod, Squid School: See Cod
Cod, Worm: See Cod
Codfish: See Cod and Black and Yellow Garrupa
Cognard: See Little Croaker
Cojinua: See Jurel
Common Flounder
Common Mackerel ,
Common Shad
Coney Grouper
Corsair
Corsair, Spotted
Cow-Pilot: See Sergeant-Major
Crab-Eater: See Cobia
Croaker
Croaker, Chub
Croaker, Little
Croaker, Red
Croaker, Snorer
Croaker, Yellow-tailed
Crocus: See Croaker
Cuba Jurel
Cubby- Yew: See Cobia
Cultus Cod
SALT WATER FISHES
Gunner: See Chogset
Cusk
Cutlass-Fish
Dab, Mud: See Common Flounder
Dab, Rough: See Rusty Flounder
Dab, Sand: See Rusty Flounder
Daddy Sculpin: See Sea Robin
Daylight: See Spotted Sand Flounder
Deep-Sea Flounder : See Pole Flounder and Halibut
Deep-Water Cod: See Cod
Deep- Water Sculpin : See Sea Raven
Dial: See Spotted Sand Flounder
Dollar Fish: See Butter-Fish
Dolphin
Drum, Banded
Drum, Black
Drum, Little: See Banded Drum
Drum, Red
Drum, Sea: See Black Drum
Drum, Young: See Banded Drum
Drummer
Easter Mackerel : See Tinker Mackerel
Eel
Eel, Silver: See Cutlass Fish
Eel-Back: See Smooth Flounder
Ellwhoop: See Branch Herring
EUwife: See Branch Herring
English Herring: See Glut Herring
Fair Maid: See Scuppaug
Fat-Back: See Pogy Herring and Striped Mullet
Fat-Head: See Red-Fish
Finnan Haddies: See Haddock
Flannel Mouth: See Red-Mouth Grunt
Flasher
Flat-Fish: See Common Flounder and Halibut
Flesh-colored Garrupa
Fliaum: See Orange Rockfish
Flag, Spanish
Flounder, Christmas: See Smooth Flounder
Flounder, Common
Flounder, Deep-Sea: See Pole Flotmder, and Halibut
Flounder, Four-spotted
Flounder, Pole
Flounder, Rusty
Flounder, Smooth
Flounder, Spotted Sand
Flounder, Summer
Flounder, Water: See Spotted Sand Flounder
Flounder, Winter: See Common Floimder
Fluke : See Summer Flounder
Fly-Fish
Flying Gurnard: See Sea Robin
Fool Fish: See Smooth Flounder
Forerunner Shad: See Hickory Shad
Four-spotted Flounder
Fresh Water Tailor: See Hickory Shad
Frigate Mackerel
Gaff -Topsail Catfish
Gall-Topsail: See Banner Pompano
Garibaldi
Garrupa: See Grass Rockfish
Garrupa, Black and Yellow
Garrupa, Flesh-Colored
Garrupa, Green
SALT WATER FISHES
Garrupa, Red
Garruta, Speckled
Gasperat: See Branch Herring
Gaspereau: See Branch Herring
George's Cod: See Cod
George's Fish: See Cod
Giant Herring: See Tarpum
Gizzard Shad: See Mud Shad
Glut Herring
Goggle-eyed Cavally
Goggle-eyed Jack: See Goggle-eyed Cavally
Goggler: See Goggle-eyed Cavally
Gold-Fish: See Garibaldi
Goody: See Spot
Grand Ecaille: See Tarpum
Grandykye: See Tarptun
Grass Rockfish
Gray Snapper
Greenfish: See Bluefish
Green Garrupa
Green-Head: See Striped Bass
Greenland Turbot
Green Rockfish: See Green Garrupa and Yellow-Tail
Rockfish
Green-Tail: See Pogy Herring
Ground Tender: See Cod
Groundkeeper: See Cod
Grouper, Black
Grouper, Coney
Grouper, Red
Grouper, Scamp
Grouper, Spotted
Grouper: See also Grouper, Flasher, and Cod
Grubber: See Lady-Fish
Grubby: See Sea Robin
Grunt, Black
Grunt, Red-Mouth .
Grunter: See Sea Robin !
Gudgeon: See Killyfish
Gurnard, Flying: See Sea Robin
Haddock
Hairy-Back Shad: See Mud Shad
Hake : See Hake and Kingfish
Hake, California
Hake, Old English: See Hake
Hake, Silver
Hake, Squirrel: See Hake
Hake, White: See Hake
Halibut
Hannahills: See Sea Bass
Hard-Head: See Pogy Herring
Hard-Head Shad: See Pogy Herring
Hard-Tail: See Jurel
Harvest-Fish : See Harvest-Fish and Butter-Fish
Hemdurgan: See Rosefish
Herring, Atlantic
Herring, Big-Eyed
Herring, Branch
Herring Cod: See Cod
Herring, English: See Glut Herring
Herring Fish : See Cod
Herring, Giant: See Tarpum
Herring, Glut
Herring, Long Island: See Hickory Shad
Herring, Pacific
Herring, Pogy
Herring, Staten Island: See Hickory Shad
SALT WATER FISHES xxv
Herring, Thread: See Mud Shad
Herring, Wall-eyed: See Branch Herring
Hickory Shad : See Hickory Shad and Mud Shad
Hicks: See Hickory Shad
Hind: See Spotted Grouper
Hog Choker: See American Sole
Hog-Fish : See Hog-Fish and Grunt
Horse Crevall^ : See Cavally and Jurel
Horse-eyed Jack: See Goggle-eyed Cavally
Horse-Fish
Horse-Head: See Silver Moon-Fish
Horse Mackerel: See Horse Mackerel, Beshow, Bluefish,
California Hake, Big-Eyed Herring, and Scad
Humpbacked Butterfish: See Horse-Fish
Inshore Cod: See Cod
Jack: See Jurel
Jack-Fish: See Amber-Fish, and Jurel
Jack, Goggle-eyed: See Goggle-Eyed Cavally
Jack, Horse-eyed: See Cavally
Tack Tom Cod: See Boccacio
Jew-Fish: See Black Sea Bass and Tarpum
Jew-Fish, Warsaw: See Black Grouper
John Davy: See Rosefish
Johnny: See Drummer
ohnny Cabrilla
brobado: See Horse-Fish
umping Mullet : See Striped Mullet
urel
urel, Cuba
Kelp-Fish
Kelp Salmon: See Cabrilla
Killie: See Killyfish
Killyfish
King Cero : See Spotted Cero Mackerel
Kingfish
Kyauk: See Glut Herring
Lady-Fish
Lafayette: See Spot
Lake Shad: See Mud Shad
Lawyer, Sea: See Gray Snapper
Leather- Jacket
Ling : See Cultus Cod and Hake
Little Bass: See Little Croaker
Little Croaker
Little Drum: See Banded Drum
Lockee Cod: See Cabrilla
Log-Fish: See Black Rudder-Fish
Long-Finned Tunny
Long Island Herring: See Hickory Shad
Look-Down: See Silver Moon-Fish
Mackerel: See Mackerel, Albicore, Bluefish, and Young
Bluefish
Mackerel, Atka : See Yellow-Fish
Mackerel, Bull: See Chub Mackerel
Mackerel, Chub
Mackerel, Common
Mackerel, Easter: See Tinker Mackerel
Mackerel, Frigate
Mackerel, Horse : See Horse Mackerel, Beshow, Bluefish,
and California Hake
Mackerel, Silver Cero
Mackerel, Skip: See Young Bluefish
Mackerel, Snapping: See Young Bluefish
xxvi SALT WATER FISHES
Mackerel, Spanish: See Spanish Mackerel and Bonito
Mackerel, Spanish Monterey
Mackerel, Spike: See Common Mackerel
Mackerel, Spotted Cero
Mackerel, Tinker: See Tinker Mackerel and Common
Mackerel
Mackerel, Yellow: See Jurel
Mademoiselle: See Yellow-Tail
Mangrove Snapper: See Mangrove Snapper and Pensa-
cola Snapper
Margate-Fish: See Red-Mouth Gnint
Marshbunker: See Pogy Herring
Masooka: See Spot
Matlowacca: See Hickory Shad
Medregal
Menhaden: See Pogy Herring
Merluccio: See California Hake
Merou: See Boccacio
Minny: See Surf-Fish
Mink, Sea: See Kingfish
Moharra: See Surf-Fish
Moon-Fish : See Moon-Fish and Horse-Fish
Moon-Fish, Silver
Mossbunker: See Pogy Herring
Mud Dab: See Common Flounder
Mud Shad
Mullet : See Mullet and Kingfish
Mullet, Big-eyed: See Striped Mullet
Mullet, Jumping: See Striped Mullet
Mullet, Sand: See Striped Mullet
Mullet, Silver
Mullet, Snip-nosed: See Black Rudder-Fish
Mullet, Striped
Mummichog: See Killyfish
Mummichog, Bluefish: See Striped Mullet
Mummie: See Killyfish
Negro-Fish: See Common Flounder
Night Cod: See Cod
Ocean Trout : See Pogy Herring
Old English Hake: See Hake
Orange Rockfish
Pacific Bonito
Pacific Herring
Parrot-Fish, Blue
Pasture School Cod: See Cod
Pensacola Snapper
Perch: See Surf -Fish
Perch, Black: See Flasher
Perch, Red : See Garibaldi and Rosefish
Perch, Silver: See Yellow-Tail
Perch, White
Permit: See African Pompano
Pesce Pretre: See Black Rockfish and Spotted Black
Rockfish
Pesce -Vermiglia : See Vermilion Fish
Pescerey: See Senorita-Fish
Pig-Fish: See Red-Mouth Grunt
Piker: See Cod
Pilcher: See Pogy Herring
Pilot-Fish
Pine-Tree Cod: See Cod
Plaice: See Summer Flounder
Poghaden: See Pogy Herring
Pogie: See Pogy Herring
Pogy: See Pogy Herring
SALT WATER FISHES
Fogy Herring
Pole Flounder
Pollock
Pollock, Alaska
Pompano
Pompano, African
Pompano, Banner
Pompano, California
Pompano, Round
Pompano, Shore: See Round Pompano
Pookagan: See Pogy Herring
Porgee: See Moon-Fish and Surf -Fish
Porgee, Three-tailed: See Moon-Fish
Porgy: See Scuppaug, Moon-Fish, and Surf- Fish
Priest-Fish: See Black Rockfish
Puckermouth : See Stmimer Flounder
Puff-Fish
Pug-nosed Shiner: See Horse-Fish
Pumpkin-Seed: See Butter-Fish
Quaddy Salmon: See Pollock
Queennsh: See Kingfish
Queen Rockfish
Rabbit-Fish: See Puff-Fish
Rasher
Ravaljo: See Revallia
Ravallia
Red Alaska Rockfish
Red-bellied Snapper: See Red Grouper
Red Cod: See Cod
Red Croaker
Red Drum
Red-Fish
Red Garrupa
Red Grouper
Red-Mouth Grunt
Red Perch: See Garibaldi and Rosefish
Red Rock-Cod: See Orange Rockfish
Red Rockfish: See Red Rockfish and Orange Rockfish
Red Snapper
Reina: See Queen Rockfish
Revallie: See Revallia
Roach: See Spot
Robalo: See Ravallia
Rock: See Striped Bass
Rock Bass: See Sea Bass, Johnny Cabrilla, and Spotted
Cabrilla
Rock Blackfish
Rock Cod: See Cod, Garrupa, Garruta, Yellow-Tail
Rockfish, and Rock Trout
Rock-Fish: See Rockfish, Striped Bass, Garrupa, and
Grouper
Rockfish, Black: See Black Rockfish and Spotted Black
Rockfish
Rockfish, Black-banded
Rockfish, Brown
Rockfish, Grass
Rockfish, Green: See Yellow-Tail Rockfish, and Green
Garrupa
Rockfish, Orange
Rockfish, Queen
Rockfish, Red: See Red Rockfish and Orange Rockfish
Rockfish, Red Alaska
Rockfish, Spotted Black
Rockfish, Widow
Rockfish, Yellow-backed
Rockfish, Yellow. Tail
xxviii SALT Wx\TER FISHES
Rockling: See Cod
Rock Salmon: See Amber Fish
Rock Toad-Fish: See Sea Raven
Rock Trout
Roncador: See Croaker
Roncador, Black: See Red Croaker
Ronco: See Croaker
Ronco Grande: See Black Grunt
Rose fish
Rough Dab: See Rusty Flounder
Round Pompano
Round Robin
Rudder-Fish, Banded
Rudder-Fish, Black
Runner
Rusty Flounder
Sabre-Fish: See Cutlass-Fish
Sail-Fish
Sailor's Choice: See Red-Mouth Grunt and Scuppaug
Salmon, Kelp: See Cabrilla
Salmon, Ouaddy: See Pollock
Salmon, Sea: See Pollock
Salmon: See Squeteague
Salmon Trout: See Squeteague
Salmon, White: See Amber-Fish
Salpa: See Drummer
Sand Dab: See Rusty Flovmder
Sand Mullet : See Striped Mullet
Salt Water Tailor: See Bluefish
Sardine: See Sardine and Anchovy
Sardine, American: See Pogy Herring
Sardine, California
Sardina: See California Sardine
Sa vanilla : See Tarpum
Savega: See Pogy Herring
Saw-Belly See Glut Herring |
Scabbard-Fish: See Cutlass-Fish
Scad
Scamp Grouper
School Cod: See Cod
Scoodled Skulljoe : See Haddock
Scorpene
Scorpion: See Scorpene
Scrod: See Cod
Scrode: See Cod
Sciilpin: See Scorpene
Sculpin, Daddy: See Sea Robin
Sculpin, Deep-Water: See Sea Raven
Scup: See Scuppaug
Scuppaug
Sea Bass: See Sea Bass and Squeteague
Sea Bat: See Sea Robin
Sea Bream: See Sheepshead
Sea Cat: See Gaff-Topsail Catfish
Sea Drum: See Black Drum
Sea Lawyer: See Gray Snapper
Sea Mink: See Kingfish
Sea Porgy: See Scuppaug
Sea Rabbit: See Puff -Fish
Sea Raven
Sea Robin
Sea Salmon: See Pollock
Sea Trout : See Squeteague
Senorita-Fish
Sergeant-Fish: See Cobia
Sergeant-Ma.ior
Shad, Bug: See Pogy Herring
SALT WATER FISHES
Shad, Common
Shad, Forerunner: See Hickory Shad
Shad, Gizzard: See Mud Shad
Shad, Hairy-Back: See Mud Shad
Shad, Hard-Head: See Pogy Herring
Shad, Hickory: See Hickory Shad and Mud Shad
Shad, Lake: See Mud Shad
Shad, Mud
Shad-School Cod: See Cod
Shad, Tailor: See Hickory Shad
Shad, White: See Common Shad
Shad, White-eved: See Mud Shad
Shad, Winter -"See Mud Shad
Shad, Yellow-Tail: See Pogy Herring
Shadine: See Pogy Herring
Shark's Valet : See Pilot Fish
She Cults: See Squeteague
Sheepshead: See Sheepshead, Butterfish, and Red-Fish
Sheepshead, Three-Tail: See Moon-Fish
Shiner: See Pogy Herring
Shiner, Blunt-nosed: See Horse-Fish
Shiner, Pug-nosed: See Horse-Fish
Shoal-Water Cod: See Cod
Shoemaker: See Runner
Shore Cod: See Cod
Shore Pompano: See Round Pompano
Silver Cero : See Mackerel
Silver Eel: See Cutlass Fish
Silver-Fish: See Tarpum
Silver Hake
Silver King: See Tarpum
Silver Moon-Fish
Silver Mullet
Silver Perch : See Yellow-Tail
Silver Sides: See Tarpum
Silver-spotted Tunny
Skipjack: See Bluefish, Bonito, Butter-Fish, Runner,
Jurel, and Leather- Jacket
Skip Mackerel: See Young Bluefish
Skull joe: See Haddock
Slippery Dick: See Blue Parrot-Fish
Smelt
Smooth Flounder
Snapper, Bastard: See Mangrove Snapper
Snapper, Black: See Cod and Gray Snapper
Snapper, Brown: See Red Grouper
Snapper, Gray
Snapper, Mangrove: See Mangrove Snapper and Pensa-
cola Snapper
Snapper, Pensacola
Snapper, Red
Snapper, Red-bellied: See Red Grouper
Snapper: See Young Bluefish and Rosefish
Snapping Mackerel: See Young Bluefish
Snip-nosed Mullet : See Black Rudder-Fish
Snook: See Cobia and Ravallia
Snorer Croaker
Sole, American
Spade-Fish: See Moon-Fish
Spanish Flag
Spanish Mackerel: See Spanish Mackerel and Bonito
Spanish Monterey Mackerel
Sporada: See Surf -Fish
Spear-Fish: See Bill-Fish
Spearing: See Anchovy
Speckled Garruta
Spike Mackerel : See Common Mackerel
Spot
SALT WATER FISHES
Spotted Black Rockfish
Spotted Cabrilla
Spotted Cero : See Mackerel
Spotted Corsair
Spotted Grouper
Spotted Sand Flounder
Spotted Trout : See Squeteague
Sprat: See Glut Herring
Sprat Whitebait: See Branch Herring
Squeteague
Squid Hound: See Striped Bass
Squid School Cod: See Cod
Squirrel -Fish: See Squirrel Fish and Red-Mouth Grrunt
Squirrel Hake: See Hake
Squit: See Squeateague
Star-Fish: See Butter-Fish
Starling: See Rock Trout
Staten Island Herring: See Hickory Shad
Streaked Bass: See Striped Bass
Striped Bass
Striped Bonito
Striped Fish: See Yellow-Fish
Striped Mullet
Sturgeon
Suckermang: See Squeteague
Surf-Fish
Summer Flounder
Sunfish: See Horse-Fish
Sun Dial : See Spotted Sand Flounder
Sword-Fish
Tailor: See Hickory Shad
Tailor Shad: See Hickory Shad
Tambor: See Red Rockfish
Tarpon: See Tarpum
Tarpum
Tautog !
Tauna: See Albicore
Ten-Pounder: See Big-eyed Herring
Thimble-Eye : See Chub Mackerel
Thread Herring: See Mud Shad
Three-tailed Porgie: See Moon-Fish
Three-Tail Sheepshead: See Moon-Fish
Tinker Mackerel: See Tinker Mackerel and Common
Mackerel
Toad-Fish
Toad-Fish, Rock: See Sea Raven
Tom Cod: See Tom Cod and Kingfish
Ton: See Horse Mackerel
Tripple-Tail : See Flasher
Treefish
Trout, Ocean: See Pogy Herring
Trout, Rock
Trout, Salmon: See Squeteague
Trout, Sea: See Squeteague
Trout, Spotted: See Squeteague
Tuna : See Pacific Bonito and Horse Mackerel
Tunnina: See Albicore
Tunny: See Tunny, Striped Bonito, and Horse Mackerel
Tunny, Long-finned
Tunny, Silver-spotted
Turbot : See Summer Flounder
Turbot, Greenland
Tusk: See Cusk
Vermilion Fish
Viuva: See Widow Rockfish
Wall-eyed Herring: See Branch Herring
SALT WATER FISHES
Warsaw Jew-Fish : See Black Grouper
Water Flounder: See Spotted Sand Flounder
Weakfish: See Squeteague .
Whitebait : See Anchovy and Glut Hemng
Whitebait, Sprat: See Branch Herring
White-eyed Shad: See Mud Shad
White-Fish: See Pogy Herring
White Hake: See Hake
White Salmon: See Amber-Fish
White Sea Bass: See Squeteague
White Shad: See Common Shad , ,,. ^ ,
Whiting: See Silver Hake, Harvest-Fish, and Kingfish
Widow Rockfish
Window-Pane : See Spotted Sand Flounder
Winter Flounder: See Common Flounder
Winter Shad: See Mud Shad
Woho: See Bill-Fish
Worm-Cod: See Cod
Yellow-backed Rockfish ^ ^
Yellow-Fin: See Yellow-tailed Croaker and Squeteague
Yellow-Fish
Yellow Mackerel: See Jurel „. , ,^
Yellow-Tail: See Yellow-Tail, Amber-Fish, Pogy Her-
ring, and Runner
Yellow-Tail Rockfish
Yellow-tailed Croaker
Yellow-Tail Shad: See Pogy Herring
Young Bluefish
Young Drum: See Banded Drum
Popular Fresh-Water Fishes
How the Angler Takes Them
You've weak-fish, carp and turbot, pike and plaice;
There 's not a pool or tiny water-trace
Where swam not myriads of the finny race
Easily taken.
Jacob Steendam:
Praise of New Netherland, 1661.
POPULAR FRESH- WATER FISHES
Bass, Big-Mouth Black (Large-Mouth Black
Bass, Oswego Bass, Jumper, Jumping Bass,
Leaper, Leaping Bass, Night Bass, Moss Bass,
Trout, Chub, Welshman, Marsh Bass, River
Bass, Rock Bass, Slough Bass, White Bass,
Green Bass, Spotted Bass, Green Perch, Yel-
low Perch, Black Perch, Speckled Hen, etc.) :
Caught with a four-ounce or six-ounce fly rod
in fly-fishing and a six- ounce or eight-ounce
bait rod in bait-fishing. My line for fly-fish-
ing is a fine one of enamelled silk; for bait
fishing I use a fine, plain, black raw-silk line.
My leader is a fine, round, brown-stained,
single gut of twelve feet in length; my reel, a
li^ht-weight rubber-and-german-silver multi-
plier for bait-fishing and an ordinary common-
click rubber reel for fly-fishing. Range: At-
lantic slope of the continent east of the Rocky
Mountains, occurring in the Great Lakes, the
upper part of the St. Lawrence and Missis-
sippi basins, the Red River of the North as
far as Manitoba, in latitude 50°, all the rivers
of the Southern States, from the James to the
St. John, and in the lower streams and bayous
connected with the Gulf of Mexico, to Texas,
latitude 27°. Weighs up to eight pounds.
One weighing twenty pounds is said to have
been taken in Florida. The appropriate flies
and other lures are the same as those enu-
merated for the Small-Mouth Black Bass.
Bass, Small-Mouth Black (Jumper, Jumping
Bass, Leaper, Leaping Bass, Perch, Trout,
Mountain Trout, Bronze- Backer, Marsh Bass,
Night Bass, River Bass, Rock Bass, Slough
Bass, Little Bass, Little-Mouth Bass, White
Bass, Green Bass, Spotted Bass, Green Perch,
Yellow Perch, Black Perch, Speckled Hen,
etc.) : Caught in ponds, lakes, and rivers with
the artificial fly and helgramite, crawfish,
cricket, shrimp, grasshopper, worm, and
small fish, on a four-ounce or six-oimce fly
4 THE ANGLER'S ANNUAL
rod for fly-fishing, and a six-ounce or eight-
ounce bait rod for bait-fishing. Weighs in
the average two and a half pounds. Speci-
mens of seven pounds have been reported.
Range: Atlantic slope of the continent east
of the Rocky Mountains, occurring in the
Great Lakes, the upper parts of the St. Law-
rence and Mississippi basins, and in the waters
north to latitude 47°, west to Wisconsin, and
southward to latitude 33°. Abundant in the
rivers and lakes of Michigan, Wisconsin, Min-
nesota, New York, New Jersey, and Canada,
and the lakes and ponds of Maine. Successful
flies: La Belle, Cheney, Shad-Fly, White
Miller, Scarlet Ibis, Gray Hackle, Brown
Pennel, Professor, and all of the sober-hued
patterns. For fly-fishing use a silk enamelled
line ; for bait-fishing a black raw-silk line.
Leaders: Single, long, and fine. For stream
fly-fishing use flies a trifle smaller than the
ordinary Bass fly and a trifle larger than the
Brook Trout fly. The northern season be-
gins in early July and lasts up to cool weather.
Bass, Rock (Rock Sunfish, Goggle-Eye, Red
Eye, War-Mouth, etc.) : Caught during the
summer and autumn in clear waters of lakes,
ponds, and rivers, in the Great Lakes region
and the Mississippi Valley, with worm and
small-fish bait, on the smallest Black Bass
rod and tackle. Weighs up to one and a half
pounds.
Bass, Strawberry (Northern Crappie, Calico
Bass, Strawberry Perch, Grass Bass, Bitter-
head, Lamplighter, Bank Lick Bass, Bar
Fish, Razor Back, Chinquapin Perch, Silver
Bass, Big Fin Bass, Goggle Eye, Goggle-Eyed
Perch, etc.) : Caught with light Black Bass
rod and tackle and baits in clear, quiet waters
abundantly in the Great Lakes region and the
upper Mississippi, and is diffused throughout
the Mississippi Valley and the streams of the
Carolinas and Georgia east of the mountains.
Weighs up to three pounds; common weight,
one pound.
Bass, White (Striped Lake Bass) : Caught
on a four-ounce or six-ounce Brook Trout fly
rod or light Black Bass bait rod and delicate
tackle, with worm and minnow bait, abun-
POPULAR FRESH-WATER FISHES 5
dantly in the Great Lakes region, and in fair
numbers in the Ohio, the upper tributaries of
the Mississippi, and many of the streams
farther south. Inhabits lakes and ponds and
deep parts of rivers. Averages in weight
from one to three pounds. Is often con-
founded with and closely resembles the
Striped Bass of salt water.
Bass, Yellow (Bar Fish, etc.) : Caught on a
light Brook Trout rod or a small Black Bass
bait rod, and a light reel, line, and leader, with
minnow bait, in the lower Mississippi and its
deep and sluggish tributaries. This species
also resembles the Striped Bass (salt water),
and is graded with the White Bass. Aver-
ages in weight from one to three pounds.
Bream (Golden Shiner, Roach, etc.) : Caught
on the artificial fly, the same as used for Brook
Trout, and with small bits of worm, in
streams, rivers, ponds, canals, and bayous
where the bottoms are carpeted with aquatic
plants. Common in the Middle States and
the South. Weighs up to one pound and a
half.
Carp, Gold (Gold Fish, Red Fish, Silver Fish,
Scarlet Fish, etc.): Caught with Hght Brook
Trout tackle and worm, fish-roe, or dough-
paste bait, in ponds, where it has been intro-
duced from Japan by the Fish Commission.
Carp, King (Mirror Carp, Saddle Carp, etc.) :
Caught in the summer at the pond bottom on
any light fresh- water rod with worm, fish-roe
or dough-paste bait. The line should be en-
tirely of gut — fine, round, and clouded. To
this attach a No. 4 quill float and a single split
shot six inches from the hook. This species
has large scales that run along the sides of the
body in rows, the rest of the body being bare.
Carp, Leather: Caught with the same bait
and tackle as used for the King Carp. This
species has only a few scales, — some specimens
none at all, — and its skin is thick and soft.
Carp, Scale: Caught with King Carp bait
and tackle. This species has regular, concen-
trically arranged scales.
6 THE ANGLER'S ANNUAL
Carp-Sucker (Carp, Spear-Fish, Sail-Fish,
Quill- Back, Skim- Back, etc.): Caught on
Brook Trout tackle and worm bait in the
Ohio River.
Carp-Sucker (Carp, Susquehanna Carp,
Mattapony Carp, etc.) : Caught on Brook
Trout tackle and worm bait east of the Alle-
ghanies, from New York to Alabama. Com-
mon in Pennsylvania and in the Mattapony
and Pamunky rivers of Virginia. Attains a
weight of three pounds.
Catfish (Cat, White Cat, Sea Cat, White
Catfish, Halibut-Steak, Bullhead, Channel Cat,
Blue Cat, etc.): Caught in bottom-fishing in
rivers, lakes, and ponds; the common one-
pound to four-pound Bullhead of the North
and East, and the two-pound to five-pound
White Catfish of the Potomac and Susque-
hanna, on light tackle; the four-pound to ten-
pound Blue Catfish of the West and South, on
medium tackle, and the one-hundred-pound
Catfish of the Great Lakes, and the one-hun-
dred-and-fifty-pound Channel Cat of the
Mississippi, on heavy tackle. Baits: Worm
and small fish.
Chub : Caught on light Brook Trout tackle
with worm bait. There are about fifty species
in the West, Far West, and the South known
as Chub and Mullet. They average from two
to eighteen inches. Some forms attain a
length of six feet. These are caught on heavy
tackle. Utah Lake has two species. Numer-
ous other species abound between the Rocky
Mountains and the Sierra Nevada. Among
these are the Pescadito of the Rio Grande
region, the Leather-Sided Minnow of the Provo
River and Salt Lake Basin, and the Red-
Sided Shiner of the upper Missouri and the
Great Lakes. California, Washington, Ore-
gon, Idaho, Arizona, and New Mexico have
several species of Chub known generally as
Chub and Mullet. The Columbia and Sacra-
mento rivers have a species referred to as
Pike and Shepawl that attains a length of four
feet. Another species, found in the lower
course of the Rio Colorado, attains a length of
five feet. The Split-Tail, eighteen inches in
length, is common in the Sacramento. The
POPULAR FRESH- WATER FISHES 7
Cut- Lip Chub, Day Chub, or Negro Chub of
eight inches is abundant in the basin of the
Susquehanna. The Hard-Mouth Chub, found
in the rivers of Oregon and Washington, at-
tains a length of one foot. The River Chub or
Horny-Head Chub, attaining a length of
twelve inches, is found from New York to
Utah and Alabama.
Grapple (Croppie, Bachelor, New Light,
Campbellite, Sac-a-lait, Chinquapin Perch,
Bridge Perch, Goggle-Eye, Tin Mouth,
Speckled Perch, Shad, John Demon, etc.):
Caught on light Black Bass tackle in the
Southern States, with worm and minnow bait.
Weighs up to three pounds ; one-pound speci-
mens are more common. This fish to the
Southern angler is what the Strawberry Bass
(Northern Crappie) is to the rodman of the
North and West.
Dace, Horned (Chub, Corporal, Corporaalen,
etc.): Caught on the artificial fly with Brook
Trout tackle and flies in all the small streams
and ponds from western Massachusetts to
Nebraska and southward. It is a handsome,
lively game-fish that attains a length of one
foot.
Drum, Lake (Sheepshead, Perch, Gray
Perch, White Perch, Croaker, Crocus, Thun-
der-Pumper, Gaspergou, Jewel Head, Males-
hoganay, etc.) : Caught abundantly in large
bodies of water throughout the Western States
from the Great Lakes to the Rio Grande.
Weighs up to sixty pounds.
Eel : Caught on any sort of tackle in bottom-
fishing with any sort of bait, worms in par-
ticular, in almost any water. A short and stiff
but light rod and a short, stout leader are best
for special service.
Grayling : Caught during the autumn season
in the stirring edge-waters of pools below
rapids in clear and cold streams in Michigan
and Montana and British America and Alaska,
on a light Brook Trout fly rod and Brook
Trout tackle. Is the most beautiful and
graceful of American fresh- water fishes. Has
a smaller and more delicate mouth than the
8 THE ANGLER'S ANNUAL
Brook Trout, and takes the artificial fly more
quietly, but is none the less a fine game-fish.
Weighs up to less than two pounds. Brook
Trout flies of subdued color are best for the
Grayling — Oak, Queen of the Water, Brown
Hackle, Professor, etc.
Herring, Branch (Alewife, Allwife, Ellwife,
Ellwhoop, Big-Eyed Herring, Gaspereau, Gas-
perot, Sprat, Whitebait, etc.): Caught on the
artificial fly in Lake Ontario, the large lakes of
New York, and the salt rivers of the Atlantic
coast. Is common in the Albemarle, Con-
necticut, and Potomac rivers and off the
coasts of Maine and Massachusetts.
Herring, Inland (Alewife, Skipjack, Shad,
Herring, etc.) : Caught throughout the Mis-
sissippi Valley in all the larger streams,
and Lake Michigan and Lake Erie. In the
neighborhood of the ocean it descends to the
Gulf. Attains a length of one foot. Feeds
on crustaceans and worms.
Minnow (Shiner, Minnie, Menawe, Penk,
etc.): Caught with bits of worm and a silk
thread and needle-hook. There are four
species — one in Tennessee, one in the Beaver
River, Utah, one in the upper Missouri, and
one in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Iowa. The
Black-Striped Minnow is abundant in clear
streams from Ohio and Virginia to New Eng-
land. Measures a few inches in length.
Moon-Eye (Moon-Eye Herring, etc.):
Caught on the artificial fly and with Minnow
bait in Lake Pepin and other waters. Is a
handsome fish. Attains a weight of two
pounds. Often takes the fly and discards it
before the angler can hook the fish.
Muskellunge (Mascalonge, Maskalonge,
Maskinongd, etc.) : Caught with small-fish
and large-frog bait, on the stoutest bait-cast-
ing rod, and the same reel, line, leader, etc.,
used in ocean surf-fishing for Striped Bass and
Red Drum. Found in the Great Lakes, the
St. Lawrence River, and other rivers of our
northern boundary. Is a member of the Pike
family. Resembles the Pike and the Pick-
POPULAR FRESH- WATER FISHES 9
erels (same family) in form. Weighs up to
eighty pounds.
Perch, White: Caught on Brook Trout
tackle with the artificial fly and with worm,
shrimp, and small-fish bait in brackish and
fresh waters — mostly on the flat clay and
muddy bottoms of shallow places in tidal
rivers. Is abundant in the Chesapeake and
its tributaries, the lakes and streams of the
St. John River, New Brunswick, in the Tar
and Neuse rivers of North Carolina, and the
creeks that flow into the Delaware River.
Weighs up to two pounds; averages seven to
nine ounces. In fly-fishing, use small bright-
colored flies of the Brook Trout patterns.
Perch, Yellow: Caught with Brook Trout
tackle in nearly all ponds, rivers, and lakes of
the Atlantic Slope on the artificial fly and
with worm and minnow bait. A six-ounce
bait rod for bait-fishing ; a four-ounce fly rod
for fly-fishing. Flies: Those of red, gray,
brown, and white. Haunts: Sandy and
pebbly bottoms partially covered with vegeta-
tion in quiet waters. Averages a half-pound
in weight ; specimens weighing one, two, three,
and even four pounds have been taken.
Pickerel, Chain (Common Pickerel, Jack,
etc.) : Caught on an eight-ounce bait rod and
a bait reel with minnow and frog bait in rivers,
lakes, and ponds of the United States. Weighs
up to eight pounds. The Pickerel is a member
of the Pike family.
Pickerel, Humpback: Caught with the
same bait and tackle as the Chain Pickerel.
Common in the Mississippi Valley. Is a
diminutive member of the Pike family.
Pickerel, Long Island (Brook Pickerel, Pond
Pike, Trout Pickerel, Trout Pike, etc.) : Caught
with Hght Brook Trout tackle, in the ponds
and streams of Long Island, New York. Is a
diminutive Pike ; does not grow much over ten
inches in length. Favors worm and minnow
bait and the artificial fly (Scarlet Ibis, etc.),
which it will gamily rise to in the shallow
streams
lo THE ANGLER'S ANNUAL
Pike (Jack): Caught with Muskellunge
tackle and bait commonly in the Great North-
ern Lakes region — the same waters frequented
here by Muskellunge. Rivals the Muskellunge
in size and cogency. In Eastern America, the
Pike ranges south to Ohio, and north to
British America. The large specimens are
often confounded with the Muskellunge.
Pike-Perch (Blue Pike, Salmon, White Sal-
mon, Jack Salmon, Jack, Sauger, Yellow Pike,
Gray Pike, Green Pike, Grass Pike, Okow,
Doree, Dory, Glass-Eye, Wall-Eye, Wall-Eyed
Pike, Pickerel, Horse-Fish, Ground Pike, etc) :
Caught in the summer and autumn on
medium Black Bass bait tackle and (stream
fish) on Brook Trout fly tackle, with crawfish,
frog, minnow, and worm bait in bait-fishing;
and a large, dark-colored Bass fly for morning
and a lighter fly for evening in fly-fishing. It
is not a Pike or a Perch ; it is a distinct species
that resembles both the Pike and the Perch,
hence its name. Is found in Michigan, New
York, North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee,
West Virginia, Ohio, Georgia, and Arkansas.
Inhabits, deep places in lakes, and rapids and
pools in the smaller waters. Averages in
weight from one to four pounds; seldom ex-
ceeds ten pounds, but there are records of
specimens weighing twenty and thirty pounds.
Roach (Dace, Chub, Fall Fish, Chiven,
Cousin Trout, etc.) : Caught with light Brook
Trout tackle on the artificial fly and with
worm bait in the streams of the Eastern and
Middle States east of the Alleghanies. Is a
fine game-fish weighing up to four pounds.
It is common in the Delaware Basin, the
Susquehanna, and the headwaters of the
Atlantic-flowing streams of Virginia and the
Carolinas.
Salmon, Atlantic : Caught in the spring and
early summer, June being a favorite month,
on the artificial fly with a fifteen-and-a-half-
foot salmon rod, a salmon click reel, holding
one hundred feet of water-proofed tapered
silk salmon line and a fine long salmon-leader.
The season lasts from May i to August 15.
Found mostly in Canada, in the Restigouche,
the Cascapedia, the St. John, the York, the
POPULAR FRESH- WATER FISHES ii
Godbout, the Mingan, the Mosit, and the
Natisquan rivers. Is angled for with much
the same method as employed in Brook
Trout fly-fishing. Leaps from the water
when hooked. The tails of swift rapids, the
pools between two cascades, and still, deep
reaches are likely spots. Flies: Jock Scott,
Fairy, Dusty Miller, Fiery Brown, Black
Ranger, Dark Admiral, Silver Gray, and
Silver Doctor. Weighs up to fifty pounds;
averages, in the rivers, fifteen pounds.
Salmon, Landlocked (Wininnish, Ouinin-
nish, Sebago Trout, etc.) : Caught with Sal-
mon or medium Brook Trout tackle on the
artificial fly in swift currents below dams and
rapids. Leaps two and three feet clear of the
water when hooked. Is identical with the
Atlantic Salmon — same species — and exhibits
no radical differences excepting that it does
not go to salt water. Abundant in Maine
and Canada. Weighs up to twenty pounds.
Averages two to five pounds. Flies: Yellow,
yellow and black, gray, red and gray, and
brown and black.
Salmon, Pacific : There are four well-known
species of Pacific Salmon — the Gorbuscha
(Humpback Salmon, Dog Salmon, Holia, Hone,
Haddoh, Lost Salmon, etc.), of five pounds,
ranging from the Sacramento River to Alaska-
Behring Island, and Kamtchatka; the Nerka
(Blue-Back Salmon, Red- Fish, Suk-Kegh, Saw,
Quai, Suck-Eye, etc.), of fifteen pounds, rang-
ing from the Columbia River, the Yukon, and
Behring Island to Japan and Kamtchatka;
the Kisutch (Silver Salmon, White- Fish, White
Salmon, Coho, Skowitz, Hoopid, etc.), of
twenty pounds, ranging from Sacramento to
Behring Island and Kamtchatka; the Keta
(Dog Salmon, Kayko, Musquaw, Qualoch,
Nisqually, Ktla-why, Le Kai, etc.) of twelve
pounds, ranging from San Francisco north-
ward to Hotham Inlet, Alaska, and the Quin-
nat (Chouicha, etc.) of one hundred pounds,
ascending the large rivers of California, and
occurring northward to the Yukon in Alaska.
All of these Salmon are taken in nets, and the
last species, the largest and most important
of the genus, is caught by the angler with me-
dium tackle and salmon-roe bait, and, it is
12 THE ANGLER'S ANNUAL
claimed, with the artificial fly. The Quinnat
Salmon resembles the Atlantic Salmon, the
king of game-fishes, if we ignore the dark spots
the Quinnat has on its back and sides.
Salmon Trout, Black-Spotted (Silver Trout,
Black Trout, Black-Spotted Trout, Preestl,
etc.) : caught on the artificial fly in the Rocky
Mountain region, the lakes of New Mexico,
Utah, Western Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho,
Montana, Oregon, and Washington. The
young are abundant in Puget Sound, and are
occasionally taken along the California coast.
Weighs up to thirty pounds.
Salmon Trout, Brown (Brown Trout, etc.) :
Caught on the artificial fly practically the
same as Brook Trout are taken. Same rods,
tackle, and flies. Introduced in this country
from Europe. Weighs up to twenty pounds.
Salmon Trout, Rainbow (Rainbow Trout,
Golden Trout, Golden Salmon, Brook Trout,
Speckled Trout, Mountain Trout, etc.) :
Caught with the artificial fly in fresh streams
and salt rivers. Occurs from near the Mexican
line to Oregon and has been successfully intro-
duced in the Eastern and Northern States,
where it is taken upon ordinary Brook
Trout tackle — light fly rod, fine leader, click
reel, etc. Flies, same as those flailed for
Brook Trout. Season: Same as Brook
Trout. Weighs up to six pounds.
Salmon Trout, Steel-Head: (Hard-Head,
Steel-Head Trout, etc.): Caught mostly in
nets. Reaches a weight of twenty- two pounds.
Found along the Pacific coast from the Sacra-
mento River northward to Alaska. Abun-
dant in the Columbia and Frazer rivers in the
spring. Inhabits river-mouths.
Salmon Trout, Kansas River: Caught on
Brook Trout tackle from the Kansas River to
the upper Missouri. Reaches twenty-four
inches in length.
Salmon Trout, Loch Leven (Loch Leven
Trout, etc.) : Introduced to this country from
Europe, in streams in Michigan, Maine, and
other States. Is taken on the artificial fly
the same as Brook Trout.
POPULAR FRESH- WATER FISHES 13
Salmon Trout, Rio Grande : Abundant in the
headwaters of the Rio Grande, Rio Colorado,
and their tributaries; occurs in Bear River
and the streams of Utah.
Salmon Trout, Lake Tahoe (Lake Tahoe
Trout, Silver Trout, Black Trout, et .)•
Caught in Lake Tahoe, Pyramid Lake, and
the streams of the Sierra Nevada on Brook
Trout tackle. Weighs up to twenty pounds.
Salmon Trout, Waha Lake (Waha Lake
Trout, etc.) ; Caught on Brook Trout tackle.
A local form of the Black-Spotted Salmon
Trout, found in Waha Lake, a landlocked
mountain tarn in Washington.
Shad, Common (White Shad) : Caught with
Brook Trout tackle in the springtime at the
mouths of fresh rivers on the artificial fly, the
gaudy, Scarlet Ibis on a small hook being a
favorite pattern. Cast early in the morning
and from five o'clock to eight o'clock in the
evening. Is taken in nets in salt rivers along
the whole Atlantic coast of the United States.
Weighs up to eight pounds.
Shad, Mud (Winter Shad, Lake Shad,
Hairy-Back, Thread Herring, Gizzard Shad,
White-Eyed Shad, Hickory Shad, etc.) : Caught
in Lake Erie and Lake Michigan and in the sea
and brackish waters all along the Atlantic
coast from Delaware Bay southward to
Mexico. Is abundant in the reservoirs and
larger streams of the Mississippi Valley, the
Potomac, and St. John's rivers and other lo-
calities. Enters all streams after becoming
landlocked. Entered the Great Lakes through
the canals.
Shiner (Red Dace, Red Fin, Minnow, Min-
nie, etc.) : Caught in all the streams from New
England to Kansas and Alabama, on Brook
Trout tackle with bits of worm. Reaches a
length of ten inches.
Sturgeon: Caught with heavy tackle and
small-fish bait in bottom-fishii.g in the Great
Lakes, Lakes Pipen and St. Croix, the James,
Rappahannock, Mississippi, Susquehanna,
Potomac, and other large rivers. There are
14 THE ANGLER'S ANNUAL
two species on the Atlantic coast, one with a
shorter and blunter nose than the other. The
sturgeon attains a length of twelve feet, and a
weight of three or four hundred pounds, and
leaps entirely out of the water at dusk. Its
mouth is on the under surface of its head, it
has no teeth, and it grubs for its food in the
mud.
Sucker, Buffalo (Buffalo- Fish, etc.): Caught
on Black Bass tackle and worm bait in the
Mississippi and its tributaries. Attains a
weight of fifteen pounds.
Sucker, Big-mouthed Buffalo (Gaspergou,
etc.): Caught on heavy tackle in the larger
streams of the Mississippi. Weighs up to fifty
poimds.
Sucker, Black Horse (Missouri Sucker,
Gourd-Seed Sucker, Suckerel, Shoenaher,
etc.) : Caught on Black Bass tackle and worm
and minnow bait in the river channels of the
Ohio and Mississippi. Attains a weight of
fifteen pounds.
Sucker, Brook (White Sucker, etc.) : Caught
on Brook Trout tackle and worm bait in all
bodies of water from New England to Colorado.
In the Great Lakes it attains a length of two
feet; in brooks, ten inches.
Sucker, Chub (Barbel, Sweet Sucker, Creek-
Fish, etc.) : Caught on Brook Trout tackle and
worm bait from Maine to Texas. Attains a
length of one foot.
Sucker, Hammer-Head (Stone- Roller, Hog
Sucker, Mud Sucker, Stone Toter, etc.):
Caught on Brook Trout tackle and worm bait
in rapids and shoals of cold and clear water
from the Great Lakes southward. It should
not be called Mud Sucker as it favors running
streams. Attains a length of two feet.
Sucker, Rabbit-Mouth (Hare-Lip, Split-
Mouth, May Sucker, etc.): Caught on Brook
Trout tackle and worm bait in Tennessee
rivers and some Ohio streams. Attains a
length of eighteen inches.
POPULAR FRESH- WATER FISHES 15
Sucker, Red Horse (Mullet, Brook Mullet,
Lake Shad, etc.): Caught on Black Bass
tackle and worm bait pretty generally east of
the Rocky Mountains excepting Eastern New
England. Attains a weight of four pounds.
Sunfish (Pumpkin Seed, Sunny, Brim, Perch,
Pearch, Red-Breast, Red-Headed Bream, Red-
Bellied Bream, Copper-Nosed Bream, Red-
Bellied Perch, Blue Sunfish, Blue Bream,
DoUardee, Black Warmouth, Goggle-Eye, War-
mouth, Big Mouth, Sun Perch, etc.): Caught
in the ponds and lakes in the Great Lake
region and the coastwise streams from Maine
to Georgia on the artificial fly and the angle-
worm with light Brook Trout fiv tackle.
Haunts quiet places in clear and still waters.
Weighs up to one and a half pounds in the
lakes ; averages smaller in the ponds.
Tench: Caught in weedy spots of muddy-
bottom places with worm bait and small Carp
tackle. Common in the Potomac and other
waters. Measures a few inches in length.
Trout, Brook (Speckled Trout, Mountain
Trout, Fontinalis, Speckled Beauty, Spotted
Trout, etc.) : Caught in the spring and summer
in clear streams, lakes, and ponds, on the arti-
ficial fly. Favors eddies, riffles, pools, and
deep spots under the banks of the stream and
near rocks and fallen trees. Feeds on small
fish, flies, and worms. Breeds in the autumn.
Weighs up to ten pounds in large waters.
There is a record of one weighing eleven
pounds. This specimen was taken in North-
western Maine. Averages three quarters of a
pound to one pound and a half in the streams,
and one pound to three pounds in the lakes
and ponds. Occurs between latitude 32^° and
55°, in the lakes and streams of the Atlantic
watershed, near the sources of a few rivers
flowing into the Mississippi and the Gulf of
Mexico, and some of the southern affluents of
Hudson Bay, its range being Hmited by the
western foothills of the Alleghanies, extending
about three hundred miles from the coast, ex-
cept about the Great Lakes, in the northern
tributaries of which it abounds. It also in-
habits the headwaters of the Chattahoochee, in
the southern spurs of the Georgia Alleghanies
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and tributaries of the Catawba in North
CaroHna, and clear waters of the great islands
of the Gulf of St, Lawrence — Anticosti, Cape
Breton, Prince Edward, and Newfoundland;
and abounds in New York, Michigan, Con-
necticut, Pennsylvania, Maine, Long Island,
Canada, Wisconsin, New Hampshire, and
Massachusetts. For the larger specimens use
a six-ounce fly rod; for the tiny mountain
specimens, a four-ounce fly rod. Leaders:
Single, fine, and long. Reel: Small click.
Flies: 6 to 14 on the streams and 4 to 6 on the
lakes and ponds. Patterns: Quaker, Oak,
Coachman, Dark Stone, Red Hackle, Blue
Bottle, Bradford, Wren, Cahil, Brown Drake,
Brandreth, Canada, Page, Professor, Codun,
Dark Coachman, and the Palmers — green,
gray, red, and brown. Use dark colors on
bright days and early in the season; lighter
shades on dark days, in the evening, and as
the season grows warmer.
Trout, Greenland (Canada Sea Trout):
Caught in midsummer on medium Brook
Trout tackle in Labrador, the rivers of con-
siderable size in Canada, and the lakes of
Greenland. Rivals the Atlantic Salmon in
size, and is a fine sporting species. Averages
two pounds in weight. It frequents the
sandy pits that are uncovered at half-tide.
Higher up the rivers it is found in the pools.
Trout, Lake (Togue, Fresh-Water Cod,
Tuladi, Lunge, etc.): Caught on medium
tackle with the troll and minnow bait in deep
water, and, early in the season, near the sur-
face, the young rising to artificial trout flies
in rapid water. Occurs in all the great lakes
of New Brunswick and in many similar waters
in Maine. Attains a weight of twenty-one
pounds. Haunts deep water as a rule, though
often steals to the shoals and shores in search
of food, small fish, early in the morning and at
twilight.
Trout, Lake (Siscowet, Siskawitz): Caught
on medium tackle and small-fish bait along the
north shores of Lake Superior. Haunts deep
water and feeds upon a species of sculpin.
Attains a weight of thirty pounds; averages
four pounds. Its habits closely resemble
those of the Mackinaw Lake Trout.
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Trout, Lake (Mucqua, Bear Trout, etc.):
Caught in deep water on medium tackle and
small-fish bait on the south shore of Lake
Superior. Closely resembles the Siscowet
Lake Trout of the same lake, if it is not, as
many think, merely a local variety of the
same form.
Trout, Lake (Winnipiseogee Trout) : Caught
on medium tackle and small-fish bait in Lake
Winnipiseogee and supposedly in Lake
George.
Trout, Lake (Mackinaw Trout, Namaycush,
Lake Salmon, Salmon Trout, etc.): Caught
with medium tackle on the troll and with
minnow bait in deep water in the chain of
Great Lakes from Superior to Ontario, also in
Lake Champlain, New York, and other lakes
of the United States and British America, oc-
curring also to the northeastward, in Macki-
naw River and in the Knowall River, Alaska.
Is known as Mackinaw Trout in Lakes Huron,
Michigan, and Superior, and as Lake Salmon
and Salmon Trout in the lakes of northern
New York. Is said to attain a weight of
nin ty pounds, and a length of six feet.
Trout, Malma (Bull Trout, Speckled Trout,
Lake Trout, Red-spotted Trout, Salmon
Trout, Dolly Varden Trout, Chewagh, etc.):
Caught on Brook Trout tackle in fresh water
and Black Bass tackle in the ocean. Occurs in
northern California, west of the Cascade
Range, throughout the Aleutian Islands, and
northward to Colville River in Alaska, and is
not unknown at Behring Island, and Plover
Bay, Siberia. Taken in the sea it is called
Salmon Trout; in the lakes it is called by all
the names apprenticized above. In salt-
water it feeds upon shrimp, smelt, young
trout, sand lance, anchovy, herring, etc. ; in
fresh water, small fish, worms, etc. Weighs up
to fourteen pounds in the ocean; averages
smaller in the lakes.
Trout, Oquassa (Blue Back Trout) : Caught
on Brook Trout tackle in the lakes of western
Maine, New York, and New Hampshire. At-
tains a length of ten inches.
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Trout, Saibling: Caught on Brook Trout
tackle in Massachusetts, New York, New
Hampshire, and Wisconsin. A native of
northwestern Europe, introduced in American
Brook Trout waters.
Whitefish: There are several species — the
Whitefish inhabiting the Great Lakes and
British America; the Lake Whitefish (Lake
Herring, Michigan Herring, Cisco, etc.) of one
foot length, ranging from the Great Lakes
northeastward to Labrador; the Geneva
Lai.e Whitefish (Frostfish, etc.) of Lakes
Michigan, Ontario, and western New York,
particularly Geneva Lake ; the Mongrel White-
fish occurring in the upper Great Lakes and
northward to Alaska; the Menomonee White-
fish, occurring in the lakes of New England,
the upper Great Lakes, and northwestward
to Alaska; the Rocky Mountain Whitefish
(Mountain Herring, Round-Fish, Shad Waiter,
etc.) of one pound, occurring in the upper
tributaries of the Missouri, the streams flow-
ing into the Columbia, and the clear lakes
from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific ; the
Blue- Fin Whitefish (Black-Fin, etc.) of the deep
parts of Lake Michigan, and deep lakes near
Madison, Wis., and the Whitefish (Inconnu)
of the Mackenzie River and its tributaries,
Yukon and Kowak rivers, Alaska, a species
said to attain a weight of forty pounds.
Popular Salt-Water Fishes
How the Angler Takes Them
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So gaat het hier: dat's Werelts overvloed,
(Waar mee de Mensch word koninglijk gevoed
Door guile gunst des milden gevers) doet
Hem vaak vergeeten.
Steenbrassem, Steur en Dartien en Knor-haan.
En Zee-Baars die geen vorst sal laten slaan
En Kabellan: en Salm, die (wel gebraan).
Is vet, en voedig.
Jakob Steendam, VLouf van Niew Nederland, 1661.
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POPULAR SALT-WATER FISHES
Albicore (Carcane, Tunnina, Tauna, Mack-
erel, Bonito, etc.) : Caught on the troll in the
Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Is well-known in
the Gulf of Mexico. Attains a weight of forty-
pounds.
Amber-Fish (Jack-Fish etc.) : Caught abund-
antly on medium tackle with crab, clam,
worm, and small-fish bait just below the sur-
face off the West Florida coast and the
Carolina coast. Weighs up to fifteen pounds.
Amber-Fish (Rock Salmon, etc.): Caught
near Pensacola in company with the preced-
ing species, which it resembles in appearance
and habits, though growing to a greater
weight.
Amber-Fish (Yellow-Tail, White Salmon,
Cavasina, etc.): Caught by trolling along the
coast of California. Ranges from Cape San
Lucas northward to the Santa Barbara and
Coronados Islands. Weighs up to forty
pounds.
Anchovy (Sardine, Spearing, Whitebait,
etc.) : Caught on Brook Trout tackle, with bits
of clam and worm, abundantly in the Atlantic
waters about Ft. Macon, Ga., Woods Holl,
Mass., and New Jersey and New York; in the
Pacific abundantly in sheltered bays from
British Columbia to Chili. Attains a length
of six inches. Is the principal food of the
Bonito, Salmon, Mackerel, Sea Bass, Barra-
cuda, etc.
Bass, Sea (Blackfish, Black Will, Black
Harry, Hannahills, Bluefish, Rock Bass,
Black Bass, etc) : Caught on bottom places in
the summer and autumn, particularly July to
October, with shrimp, killy, and clam bait —
the large specimens in the ocean, and the small
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ones in the bays, near sod banks, wrecks, etc.,
during flood tide and the first and last of the
ebb tide. Weighs up to five pounds ; averages
one and a half pounds. Range: North of
Cape Cod to the sandy coast of Texas. Com-
mon about New York. Tackle: Medium
casting-rod in the ocean ; eight-ounce bait rod
in the bays; linen line, stout single leader,
multiplying reel, swivel sinker, and a No. 2 or
f sproat hook.
Bass, Black Sea (Jew-Fish) : Caught in deep
water about the islands of the Pacific, from the
Farallones to below San Domingo ; weighs up
to five hundred pounds; small fish for bait;
heaviest rod and tackle.
Bass, Striped (Rock, Rock Fish, Squid-
Hound, Green-Head, Streaked Bass, etc.):
Caught in the surf from April to November;
August, September, and October best; in the
^ Hudson River in the spring and autumn ; high
and low tide, night and day; abounds in
waters where rocks prevail and near sod
banks in line with rocky shores. The bay and
river Striped Bass average in weight one to
ten pounds; those of the sod banks, two to
five pounds ; in the heavy surf and deep ocean,
three to sixty pounds. Range: The Gulf of
St. Lawrence to the Gulf of Mexico. Common
near New York. Bait: Small eel, shrimp,
crab, and worm. Tackle: For large surf fish,
a medium casting-rod, multiplying reel, linen
line, Salmon leader, swivel sinker, large sproat
hook, and a gaff. For bay and river: Eight-
ounce bait rod, multiplying reel, fine linen
line, or a fine braided, black, raw silk line, fine
leader, swivel sinker, No. § sproat hook, and
a landing net. For sod-bank fishing: The
same without sinker.
Beshow (Black Cod, Horse Mackerel,
Can die- Fish, etc.) : Caught on worm and
small-fish bait in rather deep water from
Monterey northward to Sitka. Abundant in
Seattle. Weighs up to five pounds.
Bill-Fish (Spear- Fish, Woho, etc.): Caught
on the heaviest tackle in the western Atlantic
from the West Indies to southern New Eng-
land. Resembles the Swordfish in move-
POPULAR SALT-WATER FISHES 23
ments, feeding, and size, though its bill is not
as long as that of the Swordfish, and it at-
tacks vessels the same as the Swordfish.
Leaps from the water when hooked.
Blackfish, Rock: Caught on small tackle
with clam bait near Charleston, S. C, and
Pensacola, Fla. Resembles the Sea. Bass,
though a smaller species. For Blackfish see
Tautog.
Blacksmith : Caught along reefs of rocks on
light tackle from Santa Barbara Islands south-
ward. Is of dusky color, and weighs up to
two pounds.
Bluefish (Horse Mackerel, Skipjack, Salt-
Water Tailor, Greenfish, etc.): Caught n ar
the surface by still-fishing with crab and small
fish bait, by trolling with a lead, cedar, bone,
or pearl imitation squid, in the ocean and its
surf and bays, on any tide from early summer
to November, and by still-fishing in deep chan-
nels, creeks, and rivers with crab and small-
fish bait — spearing, menhaden, etc. Weighs
from one to fifteen pounds. Range: Central
Brazil and the Guianas through the Gulf of
Mexico and north to Nova Scotia, though not
found in the Bay of Fundy. Common near
New York. Tackle: Heavy casting rod,
multiplying reel, stout linen line, f sproat
hook, snelled with wire.
Bluefish, Young (Snapper, Snapping Mack-
erel, Skip Mackerel, etc) : Caught near the sur-
face with crab, shrimp, worm, clam, or small
killyfish, spearing, etc., in bays, creeks, chan-
nels, rivers, and in the ocean near inlets and
breakwaters from August co early November.
Averages eight inches in length. Common near
New York. Tackle: A light Trout rod,
small hook, click reel, light linen line, and a
stout single leader; no sinker.
Boccacio (Boccac, Merou, Jack Tom Cod,
etc.): Caught (adult) about reefs in deep
water and the young nearer shore from Santa
Barbara Islands to Cape Mendocino, on crab,
clam, and small-fish bait. Weighs up to five
pounds.
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Bonito (Skipjack, Spanish Mackerel, etc.):
Caught on Bluefish bait and tackle on the sur-
face of deep waters in the open ocean. Occurs
on the Atlantic coast in the summer between
Cape May and Cape Sable; off Cape Hatteras,
off Block Island, off Long Island, the mouth
of the Chesapeake, and in the Gulf of Mexico.
Weighs up to ten pounds. Two species of
Bonito are common on the Pacific coast — one
closely related to that of the Atlantic, and an-
other known as the Striped Bonito, which see.
Bonito, Pacific (Spanish Mackerel, Skipjack,
Tuna, etc.) : Caught on the troll a half mile
from shore. Weighs up to twelve pounds.
Ranges from San Francisco southward to
Chili. Abundant in Monterey Bay and about
the Santa Barbara Islands in the summer and
autumn. Resembles the Bonito of the At-
lantic.
Bonito, Striped (Albicore, Tunny, etc.):
Caught with the troll on the Pacific coast. Is
occasionally observed in the Atlantic, speci-
mens being taken off Massachusetts.
Butter -Fish (Dollar -Fish, Sheepshead,
Pumpkin-Seed, Star-Fish, Harvest- Fish, Skip-
jack, etc.): Caught in the summer on light
tackle with bits of clam, crab, worm, and
shrimp bait south to South Carolina and north
to Maine. Measures up to eight inches in
length.
Cabrilla (Kelp Salmon, Black Bass, Lockee
Cod, etc.): Caught near rocks in deep waters
of the Pacific, with small-fish bait and Tautog
tackle. Weighs up to five pounds. Ranges
from San Francisco to Cerros Island, and is
abundant about Santa Barbara Islands.
Cabrilla, Johnny (Rock Bass) : Caught in the
same waters with the same bait and tackle
described for Cabrilla. Weighs up to five
pounds.
Cabrilla, Spotted (Rock Bass) : Caught in
the same waters with the same bait and tackle
as described for Cabrilla, though a smaller
species.
POPULAR SALT-WATER FISHES 25
Catfish: Caught on heavy tackle with
small-fish bait from Cape Hatteras to the Gulf
of Mexico Occurs near New York.
Catfish, Gaff-Topsail (Brackish Water Cat-
fish, Sea Cat) : Caught on heavy tackle with
small-fish bait from Cape Cod to Florida; oc-
casionally about New York.
Cavally (Horse Crevall^, etc.): Caught in
the bays and open sea on medium tackle with
crab and small-fish bait, on the Gulf coast and
in West Florida, from May until late fall.
Rare specimens have been taken as far north
as Massachusetts. Weighs up to twenty
pounds.
Cavally, Goggle-eyed (Horse-eyed Jack,
Goggler, Goggled-eyed Jack, Cicharra, etc.):
Caught in the West Indies, along the Atlantic
coast north to Vineyard Sound, and in the
Gulf of California. Resembles the Cavally in
weight and form.
Chogset (Bergall, Cunner): Caught with
bits of clam, worm, or crab on Trout tackle —
four-ounce rod, delicate line and leader, click
reel, split-shot sinker — in the same waters fre-
quented by small Blackfish, on any tide, from
April to late November. Averages a half-
pound to three quarters of a pound in weight.
Specimens weighing two pounds have been
taken. Range: Massachusetts to Delaware
Bay. Common about New York.
Cobia (Crab-Eater, Sergeant- Fish, Cubby-
Yew, Bonito, Coal- Fish, Snook, etc.): Caught
in deep, clear waters on heavy tackle with
small-fish bait, from the Gulf of Mexico to
Cape Cod. Is common in Florida. Weighs
up to twenty pounds.
Cod (Codfish, Piker, Scrod, Scrode, Rock
Cod, Rockling, Red Cod, Shoal- Water Cod,
Shore Cod, Inshore Cod, Worm-Cod, Clam-
Cod, Black Snapper, Black Biter, Brown Cod,
Groundkeeper, Ground Tender, Grouper,
Bank Cod, School Cod, Deep-Water Cod,
Herring Fish, Herring Cod, Squid School Cod,
Pasture School Cod, Shad School Cod, George's
Fish, George's Cod, Pine-Tree Cod, Night Cod,
26 THE ANGLER'S ANNUAL
etc.) : Caught near the bottom with clam and
skimmer bait in the open ocean in the day, and
in the surf at night, on any tide from October
to early April. Weighs from one to one hun-
dred and fifty pou ds. Found in the North
Atlantic, North Pacific and polar oceans.
Common near New York. Tackle: A stiff
casting-rod, a strong linen line, a multiplying
reel, and a Kirby- Limerick J hood close to a
swivel sinker.
Cod, Cultus (Codfish, Ling, Bastard Cod,
Buffalo Cod, Blue Cod, etc.): Caught on
small-fish bait in rocky places of considerable
depth from Santa Barbara to Alaska, Abun-
dant north of Point Con cep tion. Weighs up to
sixty pounds.
Corsair: Caught on clam, crab, worm, and
small- fish bait in deep water from Santa Bar-
bara to San Francisco. Weighs up to one
and a half pounds.
Corsair, Spotted: Same bait, weight, and
range as the Corsair.
Croaker (Crocus, Ronco, etc.) : Caught from
New York to the Gulf of Mexico on medium
tackle with shrimp bait in shoal water, grassy
bottoms. Measures up to eighteen inches.
Croaker, Chub : An allied species to the pre-
ceding. Same tackle. Common in Charles-
ton.
Croaker, Little (Little Bass, Cognard, etc.):
Caught from Tomales Bay to Santiago,
abundantly from Santa Barbara to San Fran-
cisco. Weighs up to one pound.
Croaker, Red (Roncador, Black Roncador,
etc.): Caught from Point Conception south-
ward. Weighs up to four pounds.
Croaker, Snorer (Roncador, etc.): Caught
from Santa Barbara southward. Weighs up
to eight pounds.
Croaker, Yellow-Tailed (Roncador, Yellow-
Fin, etc.) : Caught from Santa Barbara south-
ward. Weighs up to three pounds.
POPULAR SALT-WATER FISHES 27
Cusk (Tusk, etc.) : Caught on clam bait
along rocky ledges in deep water of the North
Atlantic from Cape Cod to Newfoundland and
Greenland. Curls its tail round the angles of
the rock when hooked and is difficult to cap-
ture. Its skin rises in great blisters when
taken irom the water.
Cutlass-Fish (Sabre- Fish, Scabbard- Fish,
Silver Eel, etc.): Caught on heavy tackle in
the tropical Atlantic, on the coast of Brazil, in
the Gulf of California, the West Indies, the
Gulf of Mexico, and north to Woods Holl,
Mass Is abundant in the St. John's River,
Florida, in the Indian River region, and in the
Gulf of Mexico. Reaches a length of five feet.
Often throws itself into the fisherman's boat.
Dolphin: Caught in the Atlantic mid-ocean,
and in the Gulf of Mexico. A beautifully
colored fish, often caught by sailors at sea.
There are two species.
Drum, Banded (Little Drum, Young Drum) :
Caught on medium Blackfish tackle with clam,
crab, and worm bait over oyster-beds during
high tide, from June to early November. Is
the young of the Black or Sea Drum. Occurs
near New York.
Drum, Black (Sea Drum): Caught in bot-
tom waters and the surf with surf clam (skim-
mer) and soft clam and crab bait on heavy
tackle, same as used for surf Striped Bass.
Most abundant in the Gulf of Mexico and the
Southern Atlantic States ; caught in the surf on
the New Jersey shore, particularly at Anglesea,
in the spring and summer; occasionally far-
ther north. Weighs up to eighty pounds. Is
the adult of the Banded Drum.
Drum, Red (Channel Bass) : Caught on the
bottom of the ocean and in the surf from July
to late October with menhaden or clam bait,
menhaden preferred. Weighs up to forty
pounds. Abundant in the Carolinas, in
Florida, and the Gulf of Mexico, and is taken
in the surf on the New Jersey coast. Tackle:
Stiff casting- rod, stout linen line, multiplying
reel, swivel, sinker, and No.4-a Virginia hook.
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Drummer (Salpa, Johnny, Biggy-Head,
Cabezon, etc.): Caught on the Pacific coast.
There are about eighteen species represented
by these appellations. They resemble the
Atlantic Sea Raven and Sea Robin in ap-
pearance and habits.
Eel: Caught on the bottom of most any
water, regardless of tide, with any sort of bait;
favors bits of clam, shrimp, and worms; is
more often taken in the spring and autumn
during flood tide on a small hook tied near
the sinker. Weighs up to four pounds.
Common near New York. Tackle: a stiff
bait-rod, short, stout leader, multiplying reel,
linen line.
Flasher (Triple-Tail, Black Perch, Grouper,
Black Triple-Tail, etc.): Caught on medium
tackle with clam and shrimp bait from the St.
John's River to Massachusetts. Is abundant
about Charleston, from June to September.
Occasionally small specimens are taken in the
lower part of Chesapeake Bay and off New
Jersey. Rare small individuals have been
taken off Long Island. Weighs up to ten
pounds.
Flounder, Common (Winter Flounder, Mud
Dab, Fiat-Fish, Negro- Fish, etc.): Caught on
sandy and soft black-mud bottoms of bays
and rivers during ebb tide in deep spots, and
flood tide in shallow places, in February,
March, April, October, and November, with
bits of clam and sand- worm bait. Weighs up
to three pounds. Ranges from Chesapeake
Bay to the Bay of Fundy, to the eastern shores
of Nova Scotia, the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and
the coast of Labrador. Common near New
York. Tackle: Light bait- rod, small multi-
plying reel, fine linen line, single leader, and a
small hook tied near a light swivel sinker.
Flounder, Four-spotted: Caught on Floun-
der bait and tackle from Cape Cod to New
York, and two other smaller species are taken
off the Southern States, one abundantly off the
coast of South Carolina, and the other from
Cedar Keys south to Key West. Weighs up to
one pound. Resembles the Summer Flounder
(Plaice, Fluke) in form.
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Flounder, Pole (Deep Sea Flounder, etc.):
Caught in the deep basins of Massachusetts
Bay and ranges nearly to Greenland. Is diffi-
cult to hook owing to its small mouth.
Flounder, Rusty (Sand Dab; Rough Dab,
etc.): Caught on Summer Flounder (Plaice,
Fluke) bait and tackle from Woods HoU, Mass.,
to Greenland. Weighs up to five pounds.
Flounder, Smooth (Fool Fish, Christmas
Flounder, Christmas Fish, Eel-Back, etc.) :
Caught on Flounder bait and tackle off Salem,
Mass., Portland and Belfast, Me. Is abun-
dant in Bluelight Cove, Casco Bay, about
Christmas time. Weighs up to one pound
and a half.
Flounder, Spotted Sand (Water Flounder,
Window-Pane, DayHght, etc.) : Caught on
Flounder bait and tackle from Bucksport, Me.,
to Fort Macon, N. C. Averages a half-
pound in weight. Is transparent.
Flounder, Summer (Plaice, Brail, Brill,
Puckermouth, Fluke, Turbot, etc.): Caught
on sandy bottoms of bays and channels and
in the surf and ocean proper, during both tides,
from June to early November, with crab and
small-fish bait. Weighs two to eight pounds.
Specimens of twenty pounds have been taken.
Abundant from Cape Cod to Florida. Com-
mon near New York. Tackle: An eight-
ounce bait rod, multiplying reel, linen line, a
three-foot salmon leader. No. 5 Carlisle hook,
and a swivel sinker.
Fly-Fish: Caught on bits of clam, crab,
worm, and small-fish bait in deep water about
Monterey and the Farallones. Weighs up to
one pound.
Garibaldi (Gold-Fish, Red Perch, etc.):
Caught in rocky places on light tackle about
the Santa Barbara Islands and southward to
Lower California. Is of brilliant orange tint.
Weighs up to three pounds
Garrupa, Black and Yellow (Codfish, etc.):
Caught with small-fish bait in water of
moderate depth from San Nicholas Island to
San Francisco. Weighs up to two pounds.
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Garrupa, Flesh-Colored : Caught with small-
fish bait from Santa Barbara to San Francisco.
Weighs up to three pounds.
Garrupa, Green (Green Rock-Fish, etc.):
Caught with small-fish bait in rocky places of
shallow water from San Diego to Monterey.
Common south of Point Conception. Weighs
up to three pounds.
Garrupa, Red (Rock-Fish, Rock Cod, etc.):
Caught with small-fish bait in water of
moderate depth from San Nicholas to Puget
Sound. Weighs up to six pounds.
Garruta, Speckled (Rock Cod, etc.) : Caught
on small-fish bait from Monterey to Puget
Sound, in water of moderate depth. Weighs
up to three and a half pounds.
Grouper, Black (Warsaw Jew-Fish) : Caught
on the heaviest rod and tackle, by bottom-
fishing with mullet and crab bait ; abounds in
the Gulf of Mexico; weighs up to three hun-
dred pounds.
Grouper, Coney: Caught on stout tackle in
the Florida reefs with small-fish and crab bait.
Grouper, Red (Brown Snapper, Red-
bellied Snapper, Cherna, etc.) : Caught by
bottom-fishing with stiff surf tackle with crab
and small-fish bait; abundant in the Gulf of
Mexico, particularly about Florida. Weighs
up to fifty pounds. Is called Red-bellied
Snapper and Brown Snapj^er in Florida, and
Groper and Red Groper in the New York
markets.
Grouper, Scamp (Rock- Fish, Baccalao):
Caught on ordinary Grouper and Snapper
tackle all the year round about Key West and
the Gulf of Mexico. Weighs up to thirty
pounds. Rock-Fish is the Florida name ap-
plied to several species of Grouper.
Grouper, Spotted (Hind) : Caught on heavy
rod and tackle with small-fish and crab bait in
deep-water bottoms. Abundant in the Gulf
of Mexico and the reefs of south Florida.
Weighs up to fifty pounds.
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Grunt, Black (Ronco Grande, Hogfish, etc.) :
Caught about P'lorida and in the Gulf waters
with shrimp and claim bait on light tackle.
One of a half dozen species of Grunt. See
Red-Mouth Grunt.
Grunt, Red-Mouth (Squirrel-Fish, Hogfish,
Pig-Fish, Flannel Mouth, Margate-Fish,
Sailor's Choice, etc.) : Caught in the Gulf
waters and about Florida with clam and
shrimp bait on light tackle. The various
species of Grunt are miniature counterparts of
the Red Snapper. See Black Grunt.
Haddock (Finnan Haddies, Skulljoe, Scoo-
dled Skull joe, etc.): Caught in bottom-fishing
on clam banks, only in the Atlantic, on Cod
bait and tackle. Found with the Cod on all
the northern fishing-grounds as far south as
the capes of Delaware. Taken in Fisher's
Island Sound in winter and spring. Abun-
dant on Nantucket Shoals, north of Cape Cod,
in the Gulf of Maine, in the Bay of Fundy, and
in the Basin of Minas, on the coast of Nova
Scotia, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and in the
Bay of Chaleur. Weighs up to seventeen
pounds ; averages three and four pounds.
Hake (Squirrel Hake, White Hake, Ling,
Old English Hake, etc.): Caught during the
winter in the ocean regardless of tide in the
day, and in the small surf at night at high tide ;
October to early June best. Abundant in
Massachusetts Bay, in the Bay of Fundy, and
in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Occurs near
New York. Tackle and bait: Same as for
Cod, though the Hake in weight averages less
than the Cod. Ranges our coast from New
York to the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Hake, California (Merluccio, Horse Mack-
erel, etc.) : Caught on heavy tackle with clam
and small-fish bait, from the Island of Santa
Cruz to Alaska. Weighs up to ten pounds.
Hake, Silver (Whiting, etc.): Caught on
Cod bait and tackle in the middle depths of
tlje Atlantic Ocean. Feeds on small fish.
Averages a foot in length.
Halibut (Fiat-Fish, Deep Sea Flounder,
etc.) : Caught on heavy tackle and fish bait in
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the North Pacific, the North Atlantic, and the
Western Atlantic south to the fortieth parallel
and north to Cumberland Gulf. Stragglers
have been taken off Sandy Hook, N; J.,
Block Island, N. Y., and Montauk Point, L. L,
N. Y. On the Pacific coast it ranges from the
Farallone Islands northward to Behring
Straits. Is a cold water species. Resembles
the Summer Flounder (Plaice, Fluke) and the
Common Flounder in form. Weighs up to
three hundred pounds. The small specimens
are called Chicken Halibut.
Harvest-Fish (Whiting, etc.): Caught on
light tackle with bits of clam, crab, etc., from
the Gulf of Mexico to New York in harvest
time. Is abundant at the mouth of the
Chesapeake and along the Southern coast.
Herring, Atlantic : Caught on the surface of
the ocean and its bays, inlets, etc., mostly in
October and November, during early morning
and evening at high tide, with shrimp and
killy bait. Averages three quarters of a
pound in weight. Distributed throughout the
whole of the North Atlantic. Common near
New York. Tackle : Light bait-rod or Trout
fly-rod, fine linen line, small reel, single leader,
No. I sproat hook. The young are sold in the
markets under the name of Whitebait.
Herring, Big-eyed (Ten- Pounder, Horse
Mackerel, etc.): Caught all along the coast
from Martha's Vineyard southward; also
throughout the West Indies, on the coast of
South America, on both coasts of Mexico, at
the Cape of Good Hope, in East Africa,
Arabia, and China.
Herring, Branch (Ale wife. All wife, Ell wife,
Ellwhoop, Big-eyed Herring, Wall-eyed
Herring, Gaspereau, Gasperat, Sprat, White-
bait, etc.) : Caught on the artificial fly in the
spring, in salt rivers of the Atlantic coast, and
also in Lake Ontario and the large lakes of
New York. Is common in the Albemarle,
Connecticut, and Potomac rivers, and off the
coasts of Maine and Massachusetts.
Herring, Glut (Ale wife, English Herring,
Blue-Back, Kyack, Kyauk, Saw-Belly, Cat-
POPULAR SALT-WATER FISHES S3
Thrasher, Sprat, Whitebait, etc.): Caught on
the artificial fly in the spring, in salt rivers of
the Atlantic coast. Is common in the Albe-
marle, Chesapeake, Ogeechee, and St. John's
rivers and off the coasts of Maine and Massa-
chusetts,
Herring, Pacific : Caught all along the coast
the same as the Atlantic Herring, which it re-
sembles in size, appearance, and quality. Is
abundant northward. Puget Sound and San
Francisco Bay are fairly alive with it in the
summer time. Attains a length of about a
foot.
Herring, Pogy (Menhaden, Pogie, Pogy,
Hard-Head, Pookagan, Poghaden, Hard-Head
Shad, Bony-Fish, White-Fish, Mossbunker,
Bunker, Marshbanker, Alewife, Bay Alewife,
Pilcher, Green-Tail, Bug-Fish, Bughead, Bug-
Shad, Fat-Back, Yellow-Tail, Yellow-Tail
Shad, Shiner, Herring, Savega, American Sar-
dine, American Club- Fish, Shadine, Ocean
Trout, etc.) : Caught in schools on the surface
in bays and inlets and in the open ocean during
the summer in the coastal waters of all the
Atlantic States from Maine to Florida, in
winter only south of Cape Hatteras. Has
mouth bristles instead of teeth. Feeds upon
vegetable matter, minute crustaceans, and the
sediment of bay bottoms, containing organic
matter. Is the most abundant species of fish
on the eastern coast of the United States, and
is the principal food of the larger salt water
fishes — striped bass, bluefish, squeteague, pol-
lock, cod, garfish, swordfish, whiting, horse
mackerel, shark, whale, dolphin, bayonet-fish,
bonito, etc. The Menhaden is phosphorescent
at night.
Hog-Fish: Caught on medium tackle
abundantly at Key West and along the
Florida coral reefs. Is a brilliant red in color.
Weighs up to fifteen pounds.
Horse-Fish (Moonfish, Humpbacked Butter-
fish, Sunfish, Jorobado, Blunt-nosed Shiner,
Pug-nosed Shiner, etc.): Caught on light
tackle with bits of clam, crab, and worm bait
in the Gulf of Mexico, the Gulf of California,
and southward along the coast of Panama.
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Abundant in the West Indies, and a frequent
summer visitor all along the Atlantic coast as
far north as Massachusetts. Measures up to
twelve inches. Often confounded with the
Moon-fish, which it resembles.
Jurel (Hard-Tail, Cojinua, Jack-Fish, Skip-
jack, Jack, Buffalo Jack, Horse Crevall^,
Yellow Mackerel, etc.) : Caught abundantly on
the Gulf coast of Florida, Alabama, and Missis-
sippi. Measures up to fifteen inches in length.
Jurel, Cuba: Caught abundantly in the
West Indies and along the Gulf coast of the
United States.
Kelp-Fish: Caught on light tackle about
Santa Catalina Island and southward. Weighs
up to one pound.
Killyfish (Killie, Mummie, Mummichog,
Gudgeon, etc.) : Caught with light Brook
Trout tackle and worm and clam bait. Com-
mon in the Southern and Middle States and
in New England. Is a popular bait fish,
especially in Plaice (Fluke) fishing.
Kingfish (Queenfish, Hake, Barb, Tom Cod,
Black Mullet, Sea Mink, Whiting, etc.):
Caught on an eight-ounce bait rod, fine linen
line, multiplying reel, long leader, No. i to
No. 3 sproat hook, and a swi^^el sinker, with
clam, crab, shrimp, or worm bait. Abounds
from New York to Florida. In the North is
best taken during the early flood tide from
June to November in the surf, and near hard,
sandy bottom places in deep, clean water at
the edge of channels, and again over oyster
beds. Weighs up to six pounds.
Lady-Fish (Bone- Fish, Grubber, etc.):
Caught on medium Striped Bass tackle with
crab, worm, and small-fish bait in the West
Indies, in the Gulf of Mexico, on the Atlantic
and Pacific coasts of North and South America,
and uncommonly along the Atlantic shores as
far north as Cape Cod. Is also found about
the Bermudas and Cape Verde Islands, in the
Indian Ocean, the Red Sea, and on the coast
of Japan. On the coast of California it is
taken with the Mullet in San Diego Bay. Is
POPULAR SALT-WATER FISHES 35
a slender, silvery fish that leaps from the water
when hooked and fights like the fresh-water
Black Bass. Averages two to three pounds in
weight.
Leather- Jacket (Skipjack, etc.): Caught
throughout the West Indies and south as far
as Bahia, and on the Pacific coast of Mexico
and Central America, on the troll and with
small-fish bait. Rarely observed between
Florida and Newport, R. I. A beautiful and
graceful fish that leaps from the water in pur-
suit of its prey — smaller fishes.
Mackerel, Chub (Thimble-Eye, Big-Eye,
Bull Mackerel, etc.) : Caught on the same gear
as Common Mackerel. Found at Pensacola,
Florida, Charleston, S. C, and off New Eng-
land. Occasionally visits the coast of New
York in great numbers in the autumn.
Mackerel, Common (Spike, Tinker) : Caught
on a white artificial fly or feathered squid, or
bits of menhaden and clam and a wire gimp
snood, with a light bait-rod. Inhabits the
North Atlantic Ocean; abounds in the Gulf of
St. Lawrence, along the coasts of New England
and the Middle States. Measures up to
eighteen inches and weighs up to three and a
half pounds.
Mackerel, Frigate: Caught the same as
Common Mackerel, which it resembles in size
and shape. Has been taken off Block Island,
N. Y., and in great abundance between Mon-
tauk Point and George's Bank. Is common
in the West Indies and other parts of the
tropical Atlantic.
Mackerel, Horse (Ton, Tuna, Tunny, etc.):
Caught with steel shark hooks with fish bait.
Occurs in the Western Atlantic, north to the
Gulf of St. Lawrence from June to October.
Weighs up to one thousand pounds. Thirty
taken off Gloucester, Mass., m 1878, weighed
in the aggregate, thirty thousand pounds.
Mackerel, Silver Cero: Caught on the
troll in the open sea, occasionally as far
north as Massachusetts. Is a West Indian
species, weighing up to twenty-five pounds.
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Resembles the Spanish Mackerel in appear-
ance and habits. Has been observed at
Santo Domingo, Jamaica, Cuba, Martinique,
Porto Rico, and Brazil, and, rarely, at Woods
Holl, Mass.
Mackerel, Spanish: Caught on the surface
of deep waters in the open ocean, like the
Bonito, on Bluefish bait and tackle. Weighs
up to nine pounds. Occurs in the Atlantic
from Cape Cod to the Gulf of Mexico. Also
abounds along the Pacific Coast of Mexico
and the Gulf of California. Off the coast of
New York and Southern New England is most
numerous in July and August. In the Gulf
States it is called King- Fish.
Mackerel, Spanish Monterey : Caught on the
troll. Occurs in Monterey Bay in September
and November. Weighs up to eight pounds.
Resembles the common Spanish Mackerel in
appearance and quality.
Mackerel, Spotted Cero (King Cero, etc.):
Caught in the West Indies on the troll in the
open sea. Weighs up to thirty pounds, and
reaches six feet in length. Has been observed
in Cuba, San Domingo, Jamaica, Barbadoes,
Key West, and Brazil.
Mackerel, Tinker (Easter Mackerel) : Caught
northward to Monterey Bay on Common
Mackerel gear. Measures up to fourteen
inches in length.
Medregal (Bonita, etc.): Caught in South
Florida and along the coasts of the Carolinas.
Common in Bermuda and Cuba. Measures up
to two feet in length.
Moon-Fish, Silver (Horse-Head, Look-
Down, etc.): Caught on light tackle with
clam, crab, and worm bait on the Atlantic
coast abundantly as far north as Massachu-
setts, and is found in the West Indies, in
Brazil, and the Gulf of Mexico. Same size and
form as the Horse- Fish with which it is often
confounded.
Moon-Fish (Spade-Fish, Angel-Fish, Porgee,
Porgy, Three-Tail Sheepshead, Three-Tailed
POPULAR SALT-WATER FISHES 37
Porgee, etc.); Caught on light tackle with
clam and worm bait about wharves, rock piles,
and old wrecks, occasionally about New York,
more commonly on the coasts of Alabama,
Louisiana, and West Florida, where it is found
throughout the summer and fall in the bays.
Occurs at Guatemala, Texas, North Carolina,
San Domingo, and Jamaica, the coasts of
South Carolina and California, and at the en-
trance to Chesapeake Bay. Measures up to
fifteen inches.
Mullet, Silver : Caught with the same tackle
and bait as that used for Striped Mullet; is
found in the same waters, and is of the same
habits, though not so large as the Striped
Mullet. There are seventy species of Mullet.
The Silver and Striped species are the most
common.
Mullet, Striped (Jumping Mullet, Sand Mul-
let, Fat-Back, Bluefish Mummichog, Big-
eyed Mullet, etc.): Caught on medium tackle
in bottom-fishing with a bait made of banana
fruit and cotton and flour. Occurs in the
West Indies, the Gulf, and from Lower Cali-
fornia to Peru. Is abundant in Florida and
the Gulf of Mexico. Small specimens are
taken off the New Jersey and Connecticut
coasts. Weighs up to six pounds. There are
fully seventy species of Mullet. This species
and the Silver Mullet are the most common.
Parrot-Fish, Blue (Slippery Dick, etc.):
Caught on light tackle in Florida and Ber-
muda. Is noted for its gorgeous colors.
Pilot-Fish (Shark's Vallet, etc.) : Caught in
the open sea, rarely about New York. Com-
mon in tropical seas, accompanying the
Shark. Measures up to twelve inches.
Pollock (Coal- Fish, Quaddy Salmon, Sea
Salmon, etc.): Caught near the surface on
medium tackle with the Cod and Haddock.
Favors clams and small-fish bait. Common in
the Eastern Atlantic. Often taken in May off
Cape Cod and in Massachusetts Bay in the
night time with a surface bait of small Her-
ring. Weighs up to ten pounds.
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Pollock, Alaska (Beshow, Coal-Fish, etc.):
Caught in deep water on Pollock bait and
tackle from Monterey to Behring's Straits.
Measures up to two feet in length.
Pompano : Caught but rarely with hook and
line, on clam bait with light rod and tackle.
Occurs in both Atlantic and Pacific waters,
ranging on our eastern coast north to Cape
Cod, south to Jamaica, east to the Bermudas
and west in the Gulf of Mexico, and appearing
in southern Massachusetts in June and July.
Is found on the South Florida coast all the
year. Four species occur in the Atlantic and
three in the Pacific waters.
Pompano, African (Permit) : Caught in the
Gulf of Mexico, mostly along the Florida
coast. Weighs up to twenty pounds.
Pompano, Banner (Gall-Topsail, etc.):
Caught in Florida, the Bahamas, the Bermu-
das, and the West Indies.
Pompano, California : Caught on light tackle
with worm, crab, and clam bait on the entire
coast of California and Oregon in the summer
and fall. Is abundant about Santa Barbara
and Soquel. Weighs up to half a pound.
Pompano, Round (Shore Pompano, Alewife,
etc.) : Caught in the North and South Atlantic
and various parts of the Indian Ocean. Small
'specimens have been taken about Vineyard
Haven, Mass., and Beaufort, S. C.
Puff-Fish (Sea Rabbitt, Rabbitt-Fish, Blow-
Fish, etc.) : Caught on light tackle and nearly
all bottom baits from Massachusetts south-
ward. Fills itself with air when taken out of
the water and swells to the size of a toy
balloon. Is of milk-white color.
Rasher: Caught on small-fish bait in water
of moderate depth from Santa Barbara to San
Francisco. Weighs up to ten pounds.
Ravallia (Snook, Robalo, Ravaljo, Ravallie,
etc.): Caught on medium tackle with small-
fish bait from Florida to Rio Janeiro in .the
Atlantic, and from the Gulf of California to at
POPULAR SALT-WATER FISHES 39
least Callao in the Pacific. Weighs up to
twenty pounds.
Red-Fish (Fat-Head, Sheepshead, etc.) :
Caught on medium tackle, principally in Cali-
fornia, with clam, crab, and small-fish bait.
Weighs up to fifteen pounds. Is found from
Point Conception southward to Cerros Island.
Rockfish, Black (Black Bass, Pesce Pr^tre,
Priest Fish, etc.): Caught on small-fish, crab,
and clam bait in water of moderate depth from
Santa Barbara to Vancouver Island. Abund-
ant in Tomales Bay, Monterey, and San Fran-
cisco. Weighs up to five pounds.
Rockfish, Black-banded: Caught on small-
fish bait in deep waters from Monterey north-
ward. Weighs up to four pounds.
Rockfish, Brown: Caught on worm, crab,
and small-fish bait from San Martin Island to
Puget Sound. Weighs up to four pounds.
Small specimens caught from all the wharves
in shallow water.
Rock-fish, Grass (Garrupa, etc.) : Caught on
crab, worm, and small-fish bait in water of
moderate depth from San Nicholas to Hum-
boldt Bay. Abundant south of Point Con-
ception. Weighs up to four pounds.
Rockfish, Orange (Red Rock-Cod, Red
Rockfish, Fliaum, etc.) : Caught on small-fish
bait in deep water from Monterey to Puget
Sound. Weighs up to ten pounds.
Rockfish, Red (Tambor, etc.): Caught on
small-fish bait in deep water from Santa
Barbara to Puget Sound. Weighs up to
twelve pounds.
Rockfish, Red Alaska : Caught on small-fish,
clam, and crab bait about the Aleutian Islands.
Weighs up to one pound.
Rockfish, Queen (Reina, etc.) : Caught on
clam, crab, and small-fish bait in deep water
about Monterey and the Farrallones. Weighs
up to two pounds.
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Rockfish, Spotted Black (Black Bass, Black
Rockfish, Pesce Pr^tre, etc.): Caught on
small-fish, clam, and crab bait from Monterey
to Puget Sound. Weighs up to five pounds.
Rockfish, Widow (Viuva, etc.) : Caught on
small-fish, crab, and clam bait in deep water
from Santa Barbara to Monterey. Weighs up
to four pounds.
Rockfish, Yellow-Backed : Caught in rather
deep water on crab, clam, and small-fish bait
from Monterey to Puget Sound. Weighs up
to eight pounds.
Rockfish, Yellow-Tail (Green Rockfish,
Rock Cod, Yellow-Tail, etc.) : Caught in deep
water near shore on small-fish bait from Santa
Catalina Island to Cape Mendocino. Weighs
up to seven pounds.
Rock Trout (Boregata, Boregat, Starling,
etc.) . Caught on small-fish bait about rocks in
deep water from Puget Sound to Kamchatka.
Weighs up to three pounds.
Rock Trout (Borgata, Rock Cod, etc.):
Caught on clam, crab, and small-fish bait in
rocky places of moderately deep water from
San Louis Obispo to Alaska. Weighs up to
three pounds.
Rosefish (Red Perch, Snapper, Bream,
Hemdurgan, John Davy, etc.) : Caught on
shrimp, crab, and small-fish bait in deep
water off the coast of Maine and in Massa-
chusetts Bay; abundant just south of Cape
Cod. Weighs up to fourteen pounds; com-
mon weight, twelve ounces.
Round Robin (Cigar Fish): Caught in the
Bermudas and in the West Indies, and along
the coast of the United States north as far as
Massachusetts.
Rudder- Fish, Banded : Caught as far north as
Salem and Beverly, Mass; occasionally north
of Cape Cod. Resembles the Black Rudder-
Fish. Measures up to eight inches.
POPULAR SALT-WATER FISHES 41
Rudder-Fish, Black (Log-Fish, Barrel-Fish,
Snip-nosed Mullet, etc.): Caught on light
tackle about floating spars, barrels, etc., from
New Jersey to Nova Scotia, in the summer,
with bits of clam, shrimp, crab, etc. Measures
up to twelve inches in length.
Runner (Skipjack, Shoemaker, Yellow-Tail) :
Caught abundantly on the western and south-
ern coasts of Florida, in the bays and along the
sea-beaches, preferring clear salt-water, swift
currents, and sandy bottoms. Leaps from the
water when pursued by larger fishes.
Sail-Fish: Caught on heavy tackle in the
Atlantic, on the coast of Brazil, latitude 30° S,,
to the Equator, and north to Southern New
England, latitude 42° N.; and in the Pacific
to southwestern Japan. Reaches a length of
twelve feet, and hoists a mainsail and sails like
a ship. A whole fleet has been observed in
Singapore, sailing like so many native boats.
Sardine, California (Sardina) : Caught from
Cape Mendocino to Chili; abundant south-
ward in winter. Attains a length of less than
one foot.
Scad (Horse Mackerel, etc.) : Caught from
Monterey southward to Chili. Weighs up to
one pound.
Scorpene (Scorpion, Sculpin, etc.) : Caught
on small-fish bait from Point Conception
southward to Ascension Island. Weighs up
to two pounds.
Scuppaug (Fair Maid, Porgy, Sailor's Choice,
Scup, etc.) : Caught in the ocean and its bays,
inlets, etc., on bits of clam from July to the
middle of November ; September and October
best; found in the channel-bottoms during
both tides. Weighs up to two pounds.
Abundant from Massachusetts to the Carolina
coast. Common near New York. Tackle:
Light bait-rod, small multiplying reel, single
leader, light linen line, small hook tied near a
light swivel sinker.
Sea Raven (Rock Toad- Fish, Deep Water
Sculpin, etc.) : Caught on medium tackle and
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any bottom-bait from New England to the
entrance of Chesapeake Bay. Measures up to
two feet in length.
Sea Robin (Grubby, Daddy Sculpin, Flying
Gurnard, Sea Bat, Grunter, etc.): Caught on
light tackle and any bottom-bait from the Bay
of Fundy to New York. Abundant south
from Cape Cod. Averages half a foot in length.
Senorita-Fish (Pescerey, etc.): Caught on
the lightest tackle from Monterey southward
to Cerros Island. Weighs up to less than half
a pound.
Sergeant-Ma j or (Cow- Pilot, etc.): Caught
on light tackle throughout the tropical waters
of the world. Is abundant along the reefs of
Florida. Weighs up to one pound.
Shad, Common (White Shad): Caught in
nets in salt rivers along the whole Atlantic
coast of the Uni:ed States, and with light
patterns of the small artificial fly and Brook
Trout tackle at the mouths of fresh rivers in
the spring. Weighs up to eight pounds.
Shad, Hickory (Matlowacca, Staten Island
Herring, Long Island Herring, Forerunner
Shad. Hicks, Tailor Shad, Fresh Water Tailor) :
Caught in the tidal rivers along the Atlantic
coast from Cape Cod to Florida. Is abundant
in the region between the Chesapeake Bay and
Altamaha River and intermediate waters.
Makes its appearance shortly before the
Common or White Shad, from which it may
be distinguished by the projection and thick-
ness of its lower jaw.
Shad, Mud (Winter-Shad, Lake Shad, Hairy-
Back, Thread Herring, Gizzard Shad, White-
eyed Shad, Hickory Shad, etc.): Caught in
brackish waters along the Atlantic coast from
Delaware Bay southward to Mexico and in
Lake Erie and Lake Michigan, which it reaches
through the canals. Is abundant in the Potor
mac and St. John's Rivers, and many other
localities. Enters all streams after becoming
land-locked. Is a permanent resident of the
larger streams and reservoirs of the Mississippi
Valley.
POPULAR SALT-WATER FISHES 43
Sheepshead (Sea Bream, etc.): Caught on
bottom-places during flood tide and the first
and last of the ebb tide, among rocks, old
docks, wrecks, and shell reefs from July to
October with clam, oyster, and crab bait.
Weighs up to fifteen pounds. Abounds from
Cape Cod to the Mexican border. Common
near New York. Tackle : Same as for Black-
fish.
Smelt : Caught in the channels of creeks and
rivers during early winter on worm bait, a foot
or two from the bottom. Averages six inches
in length. Abundant from the Gulf of St.
Lawrence to Virginia. Common near New
York. Tackle : Same as that used for Spot.
Snapper, Gray (Black Snapper, Sea Lawyer,
etc.) : Caught on Red Snapper tackle and bait.
Found in the Gulf of Mexico. Common in
South Florida and Bermuda. Weighs up to
eighty pounds.
Snapper, Mangrove (Bastard Snapper, etc.) :
Caught on Red Snapper bait and tackle in the
Gulf of Mexico. Common in Charleston and
Florida. Measures up to eighteen inches.
Snapper, Pensacola (Mangrove Snapper,
etc.): Caught with Red Snapper bait and
tackle — the young in bays, the adult in deeper
waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Common in
Florida. Measures up to twenty-four inches.
Snapper, Red: Caught on medium Striped
Bass tackle with a bottom bait of small shark,
bluefish or skipjack, and rarely with a silver or
pearl squid or white rag. Ranges in the Gulf
of Mexico from Key West to the Rio Grande.
Is occasionally taken off New Jersey and
Block Island. Found in the South, with the
Sea Bass, in holes and gullies of reefs and rocks
and sandy bottoms. Weighs up to thirty
pounds.
Sole, American (Hog Choker, etc.) : Caught
on light tackle with small Flounder bait from
Boston and Nahant to the mouth of the Mis-
sissippi River. Occurs in all the rivers south
of the Susquehanna. Measures up to six
inches in length.
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Spanish Flag: Caught on small-fish bait
about rocky reefs of very deep water about
Santa Barbara and Monterey. Weighs up to
six pounds.
Spot (Lafayette, Goody, Chub, Roach, Ma-
sooka, Chopa Blanca, etc.): Caught on the
same tackle as applied to the Chogset — small
trout rod, click reel, light linen line and leader,
split shot, etc. — with bits of clam, shrimp, and
crab, regardless of tide from July to early
November. Abundant from New York to the
Gulf of Mexico. Averages a quarter of a
pound in weight.
Squeteague (Weakfish, Yellow Fin, Sucker-
mang, Squit, Sea Bass, White Sea Bass, Cor-
vina, She Cults, Checutts, Bluefish, Chickwick,
Sea Trout, Spotted Trout, Salmon, Salmon
Trout, etc.) : Caught in the ocean and its surf,
bays, rivers, creeks, channels, inlets, etc., by
trolling in deep waters with an artificial scjuid
of bone, cedar, or pearl; with a light castmg-
rod, multiplying reel, and linen line, by surf
fishing with shedder crab and killie bait
and the same rod and tackle, and in bay, fiat,
and channel-fishing by plying medium tackle
— six or eight-ounce bait or Trout rod, etc. —
on shrimp, shedder crab, killie, and worm bait.
The Atlantic and Pacific coasts are represented
by several species. The Atlantic species
weighs from one to ten pounds. A specimen
weighing thirty pounds is on record. One
species of the Pacific weighs up to seventy-five
pounds. For the Weakfish of the flats at flood
tide use no sinker, or, at the most, a split shot.
In the channels angle as the water rushes in at
nearly flood tide also at flood tide and as the
water is rushing out. In the ocean, the
ebbing tide is best. In the North, the season
lasts from June to October, July, August, and
September being the popular months. In the
South the Squeteague is called Spotted Trout,
Sea Trout, and Salmon ; on the Pacific coast it
is referred to as Sea Bass, White Sea Bass,
Bluefish, Sea Trout, and Corvina.
Squirrel-Fish : Caught with the Blackfish on
small tackle with clam bait near Charleston,
S. C, and southward to Brazil. Is a bril-
liantly tinted species.
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Sturgeon: Caught with heavy tackle in
bottom-fishing in the larger rivers and estua-
ries during the summer. There are two species
on the Atlantic coast, one with a shorter and
blunter nose than the other. The Sturgeon
leaps entirely out of the water at dusk. It
attains a length of twelve feet and a weight of
five hundred pounds. Its mouth is upon the
under surface of the head, and it has no teeth;
it grubs for its food in the mud.
Surf -Fish (Perch, Porgy, Porgee, Minny,
Sparada, Moharra, etc.): Caught in shallow
water, as a rule, in the sea and bays, with
small-fish, crab, clam, and worm bait on
medium and light tackle, from Cerros Island
to Sitka, abundantly on the coast of California.
There are about twenty species of so-called
Surf- Fish, forming a characteristic feature of
the fauna of the Pacific coast, the group's
centre of distribution being from Santa Bar-
bara to Tomales Bay. The largest species
weigh up to four pounds ; the smallest measure
a length of five inches.
Sword-Fish : Caught on the heaviest tackle,
along the Atlantic coast of America from
Jamaica, latitude 18° N., Cuba, and the Ber-
mudas to Cape Breton, latitude 47° N. ; also in
Southern California, latitude 34° N., and other
waters. Most abundant on the shoals near
the shore and on the banks during July and
August, often appearing on the frequented
cruising grounds between Montauk Point and
the eastern part of George's Banks in May and
June. Like the Bluefish, Bonito, Squeteague,
etc., the Sword-Fish pursues and feeds upon
Menhaden, Mackerel, etc. Its dorsal fin and
the upper lobe of its caudal fin project out of
the water when the fish swims near the surface.
A specimen taken off Portland weighed six
hundred pounds. One taken off Edgartown,
Mass., weighed seven hundred pounds, and
had a sword nearly six feet in length. The
species attacks vessels.
Tarpum (Tarpon, Jew-Fish, Silver King, Sil-
ver-Fish, Grand Ecaille, Savanilla, Grandykye,
Giant Herring, etc.) : Caught on a firm casting
rod and special tarpum tackle with mullet bait.
Occurs in the Western Atlantic and in the
46 THE ANGLER'S ANNUAL
Gulf of Mexico, ranging north to Cape Cod and
south to Northern Brazil. Attains a length of
six feet and a weight of eighty pounds. Is a
member of the Herring family, mostly taken
off Texas and Florida.
Tautog (Blackfish): Caught best during
flood tide by bottom-fishing near shell reefs,
rocks, wrecks, docks, sod banks, etc., in the
ocean and its bays, harbors, etc., from April
to late November, April, May, October, and
November best. Weighs in the bays, one
to ten pounds; in the ocean, up to twenty
pounds. Range: St. John, N. B., to Charles-
ton, S. C. Bait: Soft clam in the spring, hard
clam, crab, and worm later on. Tackle:
Same as for Striped Bass^ hooks: Virginia
No. 2 or No. 5.
Toad-Fish: Caught near New York. Is a
small toad-like species of no value to the
angler or epicure.
Tom Cod: Caught on small flounder tackle
in cool weather, September to May, in bays
and rivers, at half-ebb and half-flood tides,
with bits of clam and worm. Does not exceed
twelve inches in length. Is not the young of
the Cod, as generally supposed. Is found only
in the Western Atlantic — New York at the
south to Cape Sable at the north.
Treefish : Caught on small-fish bait in deep
water among rocks from San Martin Island
to San Francisco. Weighs up to three
pounds.
Tunny, Long-finned (Albicore, etc.) : Caught
by trolling in the open sea in June and July on
the coast of California. Weighs up to twelve
pounds. Found from San Francisco south-
ward, abounding in the channels about Santa
Barbara Islands.
Tunny, Silver-spotted: Caught the same
as the Long-finned Tunny and in the same
waters.
Turbot, Greenland : Caught on the off-shore
banks as far south as George's Bank with
Halibut bait and tackle. Weighs up to
twenty-five pounds.
POPULAR SALT-WATER FISHES 47
Vermilion Fish: (Pesce-Vermiglia) Caught
only by hook and line on small-fish, crab,
clam, and worm bait about rocks in deep
water in Monterey Bay and the Farrallones.
Weighs up to four pounds.
Yellow-Fish (Striped Fish, Atka Mackerel,
etc.): Caught on small-fish bait about the
Aleutian chain and the Shumagins north to
Kodiak and west to Atka.
Yellow Tail (Silver Perch, Mademoiselle,
etc.) : Caught on light tackle with shrimp bait
along the coast of New Jersey. Is abundant
singly and in pairs about Beaufort, N. C, and
Charleston, S. C. , and common along the shores
of Louisiana and Texas and the west coast of
Florida throughout the year; most plentiful
from May to November. Is found with the
Spot and Squeteague on the grassy shoals of
the bays.
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ADDENDA TO FRESH WATER FISHES— THEIR
APPELLATIONS— Page xi
Alaska Grayling: See Arctic.
American Saibling: See Sunapee
Trout.
Arctic Grayling.
Back's Grayling: See Arctic.
Bass, Straw: See Big-Mouth Black
Bass.
Bass, White Lake: See White Bass.
Beardslee Trout: See Crescent
Lake Blue-Back Trout.
Black Trout: See Black- Spotted
and Lake Tahoe Trout.
Blue-Back Trout, Crescent Lake.
Brown Trout.
Burbot: See Ling.
Charr: See Brook Trout, Dolly
Varden, Oquassa, Dublin Pond,
Sunapee. etc.
Colorado River Trout: See Black-
Spotted.
Columbia River Trout: See Black-
Spotted.
Crescent Lake Blue-Back Trout.
Crescent Lake Long-Headed Trout.
Crescent Lake Speckled Trout.
Cusk, Fresh Water: See Ling.
Cut-Throat Trout: See Black-
Spotted.
Dublin Pond Trout.
European Brown Trout.
Grayling, Alaska.
Grayling, Arctic.
Grayling, Back's: See Arctic.
Great Lakes Trout: See Mackinaw.
Green-Back Trout.
Green Trout: See Black Bass.
Golden Trout: See Sunapee and
Rainbow.
Grey Trout.
Jordan's Trout.
Kamloops Trout.
Kern River Trout: See Rainbow.
Lac de Marbre Trout.
Lake Lawyer: See Ling.
Lake Southerland Salmon Trout.
Lake Southerland Spotted Trout:
See Jordan's Trout.
Lake Tahoe Trout.
Lawyer, Lake: See Ling.
Lewis Trout: See Yellowstone
Trout.
Ling.
Long-Headed Trout, Crescent
Lake.
Marston Trout: See Lac de Marbre
Trout.
McCloud River Trout: See Rain-
bow.
Michigan Grayling.
Montana Grayling
Mt. Whitney Trout: See Rainbow.
Nissuel Trout: See Rainbow
Noshee Trout: See Rainbow.
Ouananiche: See Landlocked Sal-
mon.
Perch, Raccoon: See Yellow.
Peich, Ringed: See Yellow.
Pike, Sand: See Pike-Perch.
Pogy: See Lake Tahoe Trout.
Poisson Bleu: See Arctic Grayling.
Raccoon Perch: See Yellow.
Red Salmon: See Nerka.
Red-Throat Trout: See Black
Spotted.
Red Trout: See Lac de Marbre
Trout.
Ringed Perch: See Yellow.
Saibling: See Saibling Trout and
Sunapee Trout.
Saibling, American: See Sunapee
Trout.
Salmon, Blue-Back: See Nerka.
Salmon, Red: See Nerka.
Salmon, Sebago: See Landlocked.
Salmon Trout, Lake Southerland.
Sand Pike: See Pike-Perch.
Sebago Salmon: See Landlocked.
Snipe: See Lake Tahoe Trout.
Stit-tse: See Kamloops Trout.
Stone's Trout: See Rainbow.
Straw Bass: See Big-Mouth Black
Bass.
Sunapee Trout.
Tahoe Trout.
Trout, Beardslee: See Crescent
Lake Blue-Back.
Trout, Brown.
Trout, European Brown.
Trout, Colorado River: See Black-
Spotted.
Trout, Columbia River: See Black-
Spotted.
Trout, Crescent Lake Blue-Back.
Trout, Crescent Lake Long-
Headed.
Trout, Crescent Lake Speckled.
Trout, Dublin Pond.
Trout, Golden: See Sunapee.
Trout, Green: See Black Bass.
Trout, Green-Back.
Trout, Great Lakes : See Mackinaw.
Trout, Jordon.
Trout, Kern River: See Rainbow.
Trout, Lac de Marbre.
Trout, Lake Southerland Salmon.
Trout, Lake Southerland Spotted:
See Jordon' s Trout.
Trout, Lake Tahoe.
Trout, Lewis: See Yellowstone
Trout.
Trout, Marston: See Lac de Mar-
bre Trout.
Trout, Mt. Whitney: See Rainbow.
Trout, Nissuee: See Rainbow.
Trout, Noshee: See Rainbow.
Trout, Pike: See Long Island
Pickerel.
Trout, Red: See Lac de Marbre
Trout.
Trout, Stone's: See Rainbow.
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THE ANGLER'S GUIDE
ADDENDA TO FRESH WATER FISHES— THEIR
APPELLATIONS— Page xi— Con.
Trout, Sunapee.
Trout, Tahoe.
Trout, Truckee: See Lake Tahoe.
Trout, Utah.
Trout, Western Oregon Brook;
See Rainbow.
Trout, White: See Sunapee.
Trout, Yellow-Fin
Trout, Yellowstone.
Truckee Trout: See Lake Tahoe.
Unishi: See Landlocked Salmon.
Unishe: See Landlocked Salmon.
Utah Trout.
Wananishe: See Landlocked Sal-
mon.
Western Oregon Brook Trout:
See Rainbow.
White Lake Bass: See White Bass.
White Trout: See Sunapee.
Winnonish: See Landlocked
Salmon.
Yellow-Fin Trout.
Yellowstone Trout.
ADDENDA TO SALT WATER FISHES— THEIR
APPELLATIONS— Page xx
Amber Jack: See Amber Fish.
Barracuda.
Barracuda, Great.
Barracouda: See Barracuda.
Barracutta: See Barracuda.
Bass, White: See White Bass
(fresh water) and Squeteague.
Bream: See Rosefish and Scup-
paug.
Burnet: See Sea Robin.
Chickwit: See Squeteague.
Drummer: See Drummer and
Squeteaque.
Furnet: Sea Sea Robin.
Great Barracuda.
Grey Trout: See Squeteague.
Guachanche Pelon: See Barracuda.
Kingfish: See Kingfish (sea mink ),
Sierra Mackerel, Cero Mackerel,
etc.
Mackerel, Sierra.
Opah: See Moon-Fish.
Picuda: See Barracuda.
Pintado: See Sierra Mackerel.
Porgie: See Scuppaug.
Quinnot Salmon: See Quinnat.
Rabalo: See Ravallia.
Ravalo: See Ravallia.
Schrod: See Cod.
Schrode: See Cod.
Shrod: See Cod.
Shrode: See Cod.
Salt Water Trout: See Squeteague.
Sennet: See Barracuda.
Sierra Mackerel.
Spet: See Barracuda.
Southern Sea Trout: See Squetea-
gue.
Spot: See Spot (Lafayette) and
Red Drum (Channel Bass ).
Spotted Silver Sides: See Squetea-
gue.
Squetog: See Squeteague.
Squitee: See Squeteague.
Succoteague: See Squeteague.
Tiena: See Pacific Bonita.
Trout, Bastard: See Squeteague.
Trout, Deep Water: See Squetea-
gue.
Trout, Grey: See Squeteague.
Trout, Ocean: See Squeteague.
Trout, Salt Water: See Squetea-
gue.
Trout, Shad: See Squeteague.
Trout, Sun: See Sea Squeteague.
Trout, Southern Sea: See Squetea-
gue.
Trout, White: See Squeteague.
White Bass: See White Bass (fresh
water) and Squeteague.
White Trout: See Squeteague.
ADDENDA TO POPULAR FRESH WATER
FISHES— Page 3
LINGI(Lo/a maculosa). Fresh Water Cusk, Burbot, Lake
Lawyer, etc.) . The only fresh water member of the
codfish family; found in deep parts of the larger lakes
of Canada and the northern United States from Maine
and New Brunswick to the headwaters of the Mis-
souri, and to Alaska. Abundant in the Great Lakes.
Reaches a length of three feet. Small fish bait.
Black Bass tackle.
SALMON TROUT, LAKE SOUTHERLAND (Salmo
declivifrons) , Found only in Lake Southerland.
Reaches a length of ten inches; is very gamy; takes
the fly, and leaps.
TROUT, CRESCENT LAKE BLUE-BACK {Salmo beards-
leei). Beardslee Trout, etc. A deep-water fish weigh-
ing up to fourteen pounds, found only in Crescent
Lake, Washington, and taken during April, May, June,
and October, chiefly on the troll. Leaps from the
water when hooked. Color: Upper, deep blue ultra
marine; lower, white.
TROUT, CRESCENT LAKE LONG-HEADED {Salmo
bathaecetor) . Closely related to the Steel-Head Trout.
A deep-water fish of Lake Crescent, Washington,
caught only on set lines within a foot of the bottom.
Will not come to the surface; will not take the fly or
trolling spoon. Somewhat resembles the speckled
trout of Crescent Lake, though more slender and of
lighter color.
TROUT, CRESCENT LAKE SPECKLED (Salmo cres-
centis). Closely resembles the Steel-Head. Weighs
up to ten pounds. Found in Crescent Lake, Washing-
ton. An excellent game fish.
TROUT, DUBLIN POND {Salvelinus agassizii). Inhab-
itant of Center and Dublin Pond and Lake Monad-
nock, etc., New Hampshire. Differs from the
Brook Trout in being pale gray in color and more
slender. Reaches a length of eight inches. Brook
Trout tackle.
TROUT, GREEN-BACK {Salmo stomias) . A small black-
spotted species, inhabiting the head waters of the
Arkansas and Platte rivers; abundant in brooks,
streams, and shallow parts of lakes. Common in the
waters near Leadville and in Twin Lakes, Colorado,
in company with the Yellow-Fin Trout, which see.
Weighs up to one pound.
52 THE ANGLER'S GUIDE
TROUT, JORDAN'S (Salmo jordani). Lake Southerland
Spotted Trout, etc. Inhabits Lake Southerland,
west of Puget Sound. Caught on the artificial fly as
late as October, and is a great leaper. Is black-
spotted. Resembles the Utah Trout in color and
the Steel-head Trout in shape. "
TROUT, KAMLOOPS {Salmo kamloops). Stit-tse, etc.
A form of the Steel-head. Abounds in Okanogan,
Kamloops, Kootenai lakes and other waters tributary
to the Frazer and upper Columbia rivers. Taken
chiefly on the troll. A large, gamy, graceful, slender
fish. Color: Dark olive above, bright silvery below.
TROUT, LAC DE MARBRE (Salvelinus martoni) . Mars-
ton Trout, etc. Found in Lac de Marbre, near
Ottawa, the lakes of the Lake St. John district, Lac
a Cassette in Rimouski county and Lake Soccacomi
and the Red Lakes in Maskinonge county, Canada.
Takes the fly readily. Color: Upper, dark brown;
below whitish pink unspotted. Reaches a length of
one foot.
TROUT, SUNAPEE {Salvelinus aureolus). American
Saibling, White Trout, Golden Trout, Charr, etc.
A native of Sunapee Lake, N. H., and Flood Pond,
Ellsworth, Maine, now being introduced in other
lakes. Favors deep water; takes live bait. Weighs
up to twelve pounds.
TROUT, UTAH {Salmo vi'rginalis). Abounds in the
streams and lakes of Utah west of the Wasath Moun-
tains— in Utah Lake and the Sevier, Jordan, Bear
and Provo rivers. Weighs up to twelve pounds.
TROUT, YELLOW-FIN {Salmo macdonaldi) . Found
in Twin Lakes, Colorado, in company with the Green-
back Trout, from which it is distinct in color, habits
and size. Weighs up to nine pounds. Is caught on
the artificial fly and with the troll. Favors gravel
bottom in deep water.
TROUT, YELLOWSTONE {Salmo lewisi). Abundant
in Yellowstone Lake, Wyoming, and throughout the
Snake River Basin above Shoshone Falls, and the
headwaters of the Missouri.
ADDENDA TO POPULAR SALT WATER
FISHES— Page 21
BARRACUDA, GREAT {Sphyraena barracuda). Barra-
cutta, Spit Sinnet, Guachanche Pelon, etc. Caught
with the same outfit as used for Tarpon, on the surface,
trolling with squid bait, or still fishing with mullet or
other small fishes. Measures up to six feet. Ranges
from Brazil northward through the West Indies to
Pensacola, Charleston and the Bermudas. There are
several smaller species — one (5. ensis) of two feet in
length in the Gulf of Mexico southward to Panama;
another (5. guachancho) of two feet in length with the
same distribution as the Great Barracuda, but occa-
sionally found as far north as Wood's Hole; another
(5. picudilla) of eighteen inches in length, found from
Bahia northward to the West Indies; another of a
foot and a half in length, the Northern Barracuda (5.
horealis) , common on the Atlantic Coast from Cape
Fear to Cape Cod, and the California Barracuda (5. ar-
gentea) , of four and five feet in length, occurring on the
Pacific Coast from San Francisco to Cape San Lucas,,
very commonly so among the Santa Barbara Islands.
MACKEREL, SIERRA (Scomberomorus regalis). Pintardo,
Kingfish, etc. Ranges from Cape Cod to Brazil.
Not easily distinguished from the Spanish Mackerel
and the Cero Mackerel. Weighs up to twenty pounds.
Caught on the troll; is a fine food and game fish.
Common about Florida and Cuba.
POLLOCK Addendum to item on page 37: Is said ta
be caught on the artificial fly in the spring of the year
along the New England Coast.
RAVALLIA, (Snook, Robalo, etc.). Addendum to item
on page 38 : This fish is said to rise to the artificial Hy.
THE WATERS
''The water, more productive than the earth, Nature's
storehouse, in which she locks up her wonders, is the eldest
daughter of the creation, the element upon which the spirit
of God did first move." Izaak Walton.
Trout Lake, near Ophir, Colorado.
"R ivers and the
inhabitants of the
wate ry element
were made for wise
men to contemplate,
and fools to pass by
without considera-
tion." Walton's
Angler.
L A N T and preserve trees and shrubbery
as near as possible to the streams, rivers,
ponds, and lakes. Foliage, including
herbs and flowers and fruits, though as
Walton says, produced by water, is the
natural purifier and protector of water.
The largest bodies of water suffer from
constant exposure to the sun, and fair-
sized rivers and ponds are often dried up
entirely by the destruction of trees.
"The groves were God's first temples."
Naturally the fishes, too, find protection in foliage.
They thrive better where there is an equal proportion of
light and shade, and their food is more abundant, natural
and wholesome where the waters are surrounded by
luxuriant foliage.
Don't destroy the trees yourself, and don't permit
others to destroy them.
Be ever watchful of the ignorant immigrant. His first
impulse on arriving on our bountiful shores from his native
56 THE ANGLER'S GUIDE
land of devastation is to ruin everything of nature — the
trees, the lawns, the flowers, the birds and the fishes.
He dynamites and nets the fishes in the streams and
lakes, he cuts and burns down woodland to smooth his
path to the oil and coal regions, he sets brutal traps for
quadruped animals, he robs birds' nests, he nets song birds,
and he shoots and snares the farmers' valuable feathered
insect destroyers.
He sees no beauty in the healthful greenery of the world;
the woods, the waters, the grassy slopes and the flower
fields are to him no more than an ash heap and a leafless,
grassless back yard, and he estimates the song bird and
game fish solely by their comparative value to edible
merchandise.
These destructive acts and mean ideas are also fostered
by a species of home country idiot; so, it behooves nature-
lovers to be diligently watchful and prompt and deter-
mined in their actions to save our beautiful country from
the utter ruination it will surely suffer if these spoilers are
not made to respect our natural law of preservation.
Strive to reform, first of all, the dastardly practice of
polluting the rivers and lakes by the refuse of the water
closet, cement works, oil plant, gas tank, tan yard, acid
factory, paint shop, steel mill, iron foundry and dye works.
The angler should fight this ungodly condition for the sake
of his noble recreation, because the poisons of the greedy-
man's mill kill the fishes, and man in general should take
up arms agianst the draining of waste matter into public
streams because the dye, acid, oil, gas and sewage im-
pregnate the drinking-water with deadly disease germs.
There are hundreds of thousands of fatal cases of typhoid
fever, scarlet fever, smallpox and other death-dealing
diseases in the United States every year, and all of these,
all, are directly and indirectly caused by the drinking of
poisoned water, or the eating of food that has been poi-
soned by the contaminated water!
A fine regard, this, on the part of man for "the element
upon which the spirit of God did first move."
"Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business is
only to be sustained by perpetual neglect of other things.
And it is not by any means certain that a man's business
is the most important thing he has to do."
Robert Louis Stevenson.
The Platte River, near Bailey s, Colorado.
Lake Trout.
( Salvelinus namaycush.)
Weight, 20^ pounds. Caught in Twin Lakes, Colorado,
by W. W. Fay, of Buena Vista, Colorado,
June 1, 1907.
THE FISHES
'"'' Moses, the friend of God — Lev. xi. 9, Deut. xiv. 9, —
appointed fish to be the chief diet for the best commonwealth
that ever yet was. The mightiest feasts have been of fish."
Walton.
T
*■" To every-
thing there is
a season, and
a time to
every pur-
pose under
the heaven."
ECCLES. 3:1.
HERE are lots of fishes and plenty of
good fishing in American waters, notwith-
standing the ever-increasing army of anglers
and professional fishermen, the wanton
destruction of the various species for food,
sport and false glory, and the spoilation of
the very habitat of the finny tribes by the
march of so-called civilization.
There is no hope of saving the fishes
forever so long as the prevailing idea of
"improvement" obtains, but there is much
that the honest angler and nature-lover can do to
prolong the life of lovely natural effects and promote the
innocent pleasures derived from close communion with
the waters and the trees and the beautiful living things
that inhabit these.
The most important movement in the direction of
restoring the thousands of ruined waters and preserving
the few pure places the greedyman has not as yet "im-
proved," is that which will apprehend the spoilers who
use the rivers, lakes and bays as the dumping place of
their deadly poisonous refuse — oil, acid, dye, paint,
discharges of the hospital, water-closet, swillpail, and
slaughter-house, all of which are cast into the streams, "the
element upon which the spirit of God did first move,"
with a brutal affront to our Creator and disregard of public
health, the life of the fishes that have the first right to all
water, and the natural beauty of all things — that is little
short of a crime parallel with cold-blooded murder, for
nature proves, if bribed science wont, that this contam-
ination is the one cause of all the cases of typhoid and
other fevers that kill thousands of human beings every day !
The dynamiting and netting of fishes by the ignorant
immigrant and our own country's unenlightened class,
the trawl and set net of the market fisherman, and the
greedy, wasteful barrel and tubful catches of the hand-
line fisher are next in order as means and methods of wan-
ton despoliation of the waters and their game.
There are legal and moral laws that govern or should
govern the depredations of these destroyers, and anglers
should do all in their power to oppose or at least expose
the unlawful acts of the enemies of fishes and fishing.
We all know the wasteful methods of the unscrupulous
class among net fishermen — their killing of millions of
THE ANGLER'S GUIDE 61
edible fishes they and their marketmen allow to rot in the
sun, and their taking of milHons more for the mere making
of oil or for fertiUzing purposes.
Of late years a new spoiler, the most desperate and
destructive of all, has developed — the hand-line fisher
who competes with his brothers in an endeavor to excel as
a butcher of quantity, who fishes for fish alone, and who
breaks every law and ignores every rule and axiom of the
angler, the fish commission, the nature-lover, the citizen
and the gentleman.
Parties of this rough element go forth daily in and out
of legal season time, and slaughter whole boat-loads of
baby striped bass, spawn-laden flounder, fluke, weakfish,
bluefish, sea bass, blackfish, cod, porgie, etc., according
to the season's yield, in the majority of instances far ex-
celling the kill of the average market net fisherman.
Shamed or rather frightened by exposure a few of this
wasteful gentry affect a huge, coarse so-called rod and
reel outfit in their murderous exploits, but their giant tools
are not legitimate tackle in the angler's conception, and the
slaughter is by no means lessened — in fact, it is seriously
heightened — by the application of this sure-killing,
wholly inappropriate rigging.
There is a legal limit in the taking of game birds and
quadrupeds, and a law that restricts the catch of fresh
water fishes, so many to the single rod in a day, but, to
the shame of our lawmakers, the noble game of the ocean
and salty bays and rivers is unprotected, and its numbers
cannot long survive the prevailing murderous onslaught of
the tubman and the trawler. The laws should limit the
catch in salt water as it is limited in the rivers and lakes
of the upland, and thus preserve the game and the noble
pursuit of honest angling.
The angler doesn't take more fishes than his own table
or the table of the sick-room can consume, and he takes
these in season in true angling form with proper tackle
properly manipulated.
A dozen small fishes, or a half-dozen medium-size fishes,
. or three of fair size, or one or at most two of large size, in
a single day, are enough to satisfy the most ardent angler,
if he be of the true spirit — if he feels like a gentleman and
acts like a sportsman.
O, ye gentleman legislators and all ye men of personal
power, reform this poisoning of our drinking water, this
destroying the natural beauty of the world, and this
slaughter of the seaside, this tub and barrel filling of the
boy bungler and blood-buying bayman ; stop this slaughter
that means the utter annihilation of the fishes if allowed
to flourish even a few years more. Then, with continued
restrictions upon the netter of the market, and with these
restrictions enforced, we shall have health and life, and we
shall have sea food galore, and, equally gratifying, the
pleasures of chivalricly angling for it.
Big Thompson River in the Loveland Canon, Colorado.
THE ANGLER AND THE
FISHERMAN
" The Tuna Angling Club, of Santa Catalina Island, Cali-
fornia, is bound to the use of light rods and lines, and hand-
lines are referred to as unsportsmanlike and detremental to
the public interest." Newspaper Item.
o
••'Anglers encourage
the adoption of
angling methods
wh ich make the
wholesale slaughter
of fishes impossible,
and increase the
sport of taking a
fair number in a fair
w ay."
HenryVan Dyke.
N E profound proof of the soundness in
the philosophy that teaches against
wantonly wasteful slaughter in the chase
is the disinclination on the part of
certain so-called sportsmen — a vulgar
gentry that resort to the woods and
waters solely because it is fashionable to
do so — and their guides to honorably
dispose of their game after the killing.
These greedy snobs are viciously adverse
to losing a single bird or fish in the pursuit,
but they think little of letting the
game rot in the sun after the play. With this fact easily
provable any day in the year, it may be said that outside
of market fishing and camp fishing for the pot the one
real object in fishing and angling is the pursuit itself and
not the quarry.
In baseball, it's the game, not the bases; in archery,
it's the straightest shooting, not the target. True, we
play cards for prizes, but surely as much for the game
itself, not altogether for the prizes, because it is possible
to buy the prizes or their equivalent outright or take the
prizes by force.
My bayman developes fits bordering closely upon in-
curable hysteria if I lose a single bluefish in the play, but
he worries not when he goes ashore with a sloopful of
hand-liners and half a hundred fish he can not make
good use of.
"Pull it in ! you'll lose it !" "We could catch a hundred
if you wouldn't fool!" *'The other boats '11 beat us badly !"
''There's a million right 'round the boat!"
These are a few of his excitable expressions. But, when
I say to him, "What's the difference, Captain, in losing
one or two fish here and wasting half a hundred on shore ?"
he calms down for a minute or two. Only for a minute
or two, however, for he's in the game solely for fish, not
the fishing. It's all numbers and size with him, and he's
encouraged in this greed by nine out of every ten men he
takes aboard his boat.
"We caught fifty," says Tom.
"We caught a hundred and ten," says Dick.
Kennebcifjo^ Maine.
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"We caught two hundred and sixty," says Harry.
And so the bayman brags, too, because it's purely
business with him.
I have always found the greatest pleasure in fishing is
the fishing and not the blood and bones associated with
the pursuit. I would rather take five fair fish on fine
tackle correctly manipulated than fill the hold with a
hundred horrid monsters mastered by mere strength, as
in hand-line trolling for bluefish in the ocean and for
muskellonge, etc., in fresh water.
"But," says Captain Getemanyway, "I can catch more
. fish with a hand-line than you can with your fine rod and
reel."
"Of course you can," I reply, "and you could catch
more if you used a net, a stick of dynamite or a shotgun."
If it's the fish alone that is the object of the angler's
eye, why resort to any sort of tackle when there's a fish
stall in every bailiwick?
There is great need of enlightenment in the common
ethics of angling. Many persons are under the impression
that quantity rather than quality makes the angler's day.
According to their view of the pursuit, fishing is judged
by figures, as in finance — glory to the man with the biggest
balance. This is not so, because with this view accepted.
Rockefeller would shine above Christ, Shakespeare and
Lincoln.
The mere catch — the number of fish taken — is only one
little detail; it is not all of angling. If it were, the superior
fisherman would be the man who got his fish in any
manner.
Some of our greatest anglers purposely never excel in
the matter of numbers. The angler's true qualities are
based on the application of correct tackle, correct methods
in fishing, and a correct appreciation of the pursuit, the
game, the day and the craft.
'Tis the day and the play, not the heads and hides that
count.
An ancient writer says of the royal hounds: "The
hunter loves to see the hounds pursue the hare, and he is
glad if the hare escapes." So it is in angling; we do not
wish to catch all the fish we can take in any fashion. We
want to take some of them in a proper manner with
appropriate implements.
"I can catch more trout with the angle worm and more
bass with the trolling spoon than you can with the artificial
fly," says Robert.
"Of course you can, Robert," say I, "and you could
catch still more if you spread a screen across the tiny
stream or set a trap, or if you used a set line with a hun-
dred hooks, just as the target shooter might more readily
puncture the circle with a charge of shot than with the
single bullet, pr just as the greedyman with a blunderbus
might excel in number the wing shot by potting quail
Bound Mountain Lake and, Alder Stream Falls, 3fain
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bunched on the ground instead of chivalricly bagging
single birds on the wing with a pertinent arm.
The neophyte always confounds the angler with the
indiscriminate fisherman and so implicates the angler in
the cruelty and wastefulness associated with mere chance
fishing, when in fact the angler is the real propagator and
protector of the fishes, and is in no sense cruel or wasteful.
The laws that prohibit greedy catches, and protect the
mother fish in breeding time are made by, enforced by and
supported financially by the angler.
The rearing of the fishes that are placed in depleted
waters was originated by, is conducted by, and is paid
for by the angler.
No other class has earnestly bothered its head, honestly
lifted its hands or liberally opened its purse in these
matters, and the nearest association man in general has
with the preservation of both wild fish and fowl is
in uttering a cowardly, false accusation against the one
who really deserves sole credit for the work, the sportsman,
the genuine field sportsman, not the vicious sporting man
of the race track, cock pit and gambling den — two distinct
species of animal, as vastly separated in character as the
deerhound and the dragon.
And why this charge against the innocent? Simply
because the guilty wish to shield and profit themselves,
as the thief cries fire that he may pick your pocket in the
panic that ensues.
But then there is a well meaning but wholly unenlight-
ened element, that, influenced by the cry of the methodical
spoiler, ignorantly condemns the honest man — the really
humane men and women who are sincere in their con-
demnation but totally ignorant of their subject.
One of this sort, an estimable woman in public life,
loudly preaches against the chase and is all the time draw-
ing dividends that provide her with the means to indulge
in the vulgarest and crudest of fashionable extravagances
— among them the wool of the unborn lamb, furs from
the backs of fast-disappearing quadrupeds, and feathers
of th« farmers' most valuable insect-destroying song birds —
and these wicked dividends derived from several acid factor-
ies, a gas house, a power plant and a dye works that have
not only killed off the trillions of fishes in several rivers
but destroyed forever the very habitat of the species !
Another of this sort is well exemplified in the character
of an old gentleman in Pennsylvania who loudly proclaims
against trout fishing, but who utterly ruins nearly eight
miles of trout water, once the home of thousands of lordly
fish, by permitting his mill hands to run off sawdust in
the streams.
This poor, ignorant soul objects to you and me chivalricly
taking half a dozen specimens on the fly — catching the
cunning trout with an imitation of the living thing itself
destroys by the thousands for food and play — while he
mercilessly slaughters the entire immediate supply, and
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prevents further propagation of the whole species with the
refuse of his forest-devastating, money-making machine.
True, the angler like all fishermen, and like the fishes
themselves, kills his specimens, but this killing is ordained
by nature herself — at least it has better grounds for excuse,
if excuse it needs, than that ten-fold more destructive
killing by the fishes that not only slay for food, but actually
mutilate millions upon millions of their kind for the mere
play afforded them in this practice — and though the angler
may be in the wrong when he humanely dispatches a few
of the batch he breeds, he is not as hopeless as the wanton
fisher, or as brutal as the unenlightened "reformers," the
so-called humane lady with the fashion furs and feathers
of fast-disappearing species she never turns a hair to re-
plenish or protect, and the old gentleman hypocrite with
his murderous sawdust and dve.
Arctic {Back's) Grayling— Thy mallus signifer.
FLY-FISHING FOR BROOK TROUT
''Of all sports, commend me to angling; it is the wisest,
virtuousest, best." Thomas Hood.
w
"Alove of the
gentle art
openeth first
the heart,
then the fly-
book.'"
Thaddeus
NORRIS.
HEN I go fishing, it is for the purpose of
catching fish; when I go angUng — fly-
fishing— it is the soul I seek to replenish,
not the creel.
"One of the charms of angling," says
Pritt, "is that it presents an endless field
for argument, speculation and experiment."
True, but anglers have no argument in
the first feature of their pastime — the
object of it. Fishermen and men who
do not go fishing or angling argue that the object sought
by the angler is the fish, but anglers all agree that the
game is but one of the trillion of pleasant things that attract
them to the pursuit of it.
They argue and speculate and experiment in the matter
of rods and tackle, and they argue as to the virtues of the
various species, the qualities of the waters, the conditions
of the weather, but they have ever been and ever will be
calmly agreed as to the object of it all — the love of studying
rather than destroying the game, the love of the pursuit
itself.
They angle because of its healthfulness, and the con-
sequent exhilaration of mind and body that attends the
gentle practice, not merely for the fishes it may procure
them, or for the sake of killing something, as the unen-
lightened person charges, for the death of an animal, to the
angler, is the saddest incident of his day.
All things animate, man included, were made to kill and
to be killed. The only crimes in killing are in killing our
own kind, and in killing any kind inhumanly.
And, of all creatures, the angler is the least offender in
these crimes. The very game he seeks, though beautiful
and gentle to the eye, and, at times, noble in deed and pur-
pose, is the most brutal killer of all the races — the lovely
trout in its attacks upon gaudy flies, the valiant bass and
pike in devouring their smaller brethren, and the multi-
tudinous sea-fishes, not alone in their feeding upon one
another, but in their wanton murder of the millions upon
millions of victims of their pure love of slaughter.
But, of fly-fishing for brook trout:
"Fly-fishing," says Dr. Henshall, "is the poetry of an-
gling;" and "the genuine angler," says Frederick Pond,
*'is invariably a poet."
Fly-fishing, the highest order of angling, is indulged in in
several forms — in fresh water for salmon, trout, black bass,
Camp Life in the Rangeley Region, Maine.
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grayling, perch, pike-perch, pickerel (Long Island brook
pickerel), sunfish, roach, dace, shad, herring (branch), etc.;
in brackish water for shad, trout, white perch, etc.; and in
salt-water for bluefish (young ) , herring (common ) , mack-
erel, and — doubt not, kind sir, for I am prepared to prove
it — squeteague (weakfish ) , plaice (fluke, summer flounder )
and other species of both bottom and surface habitats —
another "endless field for argument, speculation and experi-
ment."
As there are many forms of fly-fishing, so are there many
ways of fly-fishing for trout, and many kinds of trout, the
various forms of brook trout, lake trout and sea trout.
Volum_es would be required to discourse intelligently upon
all these forms of trout and fly-fishing for them; so, I pur-
pose in this particular instance to confine myself to one
species and one form of trout and one order of fly-fishing.
The trout referred to is the true brook trout, scientifically
alluded to as Salvelinus fontinalis and commonly called,,
besides brook trout (its most popular name), speckled
trout, mountain trout, speckled beauty, spotted trout, etc.
The fly-fishing treated of is that popular form that is
most indulged in by the eastern trout fly-fisherman — small-
stream fishing in the mountains and wooded level lands
that "carries us," as Davy wrote as far away as 1828 "into
the most wild and beautiful scenery of nature to the clear
and lovely streams that gush from the high ranges of
elevated hills."
Above all other styles of fly-fishing, it calls for the most
delicate tackle and the very daintiest hand.
"How delightful," says the author of Salmonia, "in the
early spring, after the dull and tedious time of winter,
when the frosts disappear and the sunshine warms the
earth and waters, to wander forth by some clear stream, to
see the leaf bursting from the purple bud, to scent the odors
of the bank perfumed by the violet, and enameled, as it
were, with the primrose and the daisy; to wander upon
the fresh turf below the shade of trees, whose bright
blossoms are filled with the music of the bee; and on the
surface of the waters to view the gaudy flies sparkling like
animated gems in the sunbeams, whilst the bright and
beautiful trout is watching them from below; to hear the
twittering of the water-birds, who, alarmed at your ap-
proach, rapidly hide themselves beneath the flowers and
leaves of the water-lily; and, as the season advances, ta
find all these objects changed for others of the same kind,
but better and brighter, till the swallow and the trout
contend as it were for the May fly, and till in pursuing
your amusement in the calm and balmy evening you are
serenaded by the songs of the cheerful thrush, performing
the offices of paternal love in thickets ornamented with the
rose and woodbine."
The other forms of fly-fishing for trout, the pursuit of
larger specimens of the same species in larger waters, the
lakes and ponds and rivers — all equally inviting by their
Tim Pond, Maine.
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gentle requirements and the "beautiful scenery of nature"
— deserve special treatment, because, as in fly-fishing for
salmon {salmo salar), the very top notch of all forms of
angling, the play, the player, the scenes and the accessories
are sufficiently different to confound the reader I am
mainly measuring to amuse with these particular lines.
Small stream fly-fishing for brook trout belongs in a
class just between fly-fishing for the brook trout of broader
waters, the lakes and ponds, and fly-fishing for salmon in
the lordly rivers of Maine and Canada.
The brook trout is angled for in the spring and summer,
principally with the artificial fly, and, by the chivalric an-
gler, only with the artificial fly, though many greedy fisher-
men of trifling experience and wholly deprived of the true
spirit of angling — in that they fish for the fish alone and
judge their day and play solely by the size of their catch —
contrive to convince us that the live lure is equally honor-
able, notwithstanding that the cruel, clumsy, uncleanly,
unfair, wasteful practice of live-bait trout fishing is con-
demned by every truly gentle disciple and practical
authority.
Most advocates of live-bait trout fishing, who would have
us believe that their method is entitled to recognition in
the same category with fly-fishing, proudly proclaim that
this should be because they "can catch more fish with the
worm or minnow than the angler can catch with his fly."
If this reasoning is to settle the debate, if killing and
quantity compose the angler's axiom, why not resort to
still more productive means — dynamite, or net the stream
instead of gently fishing it?
No, the trout fly-fisherman abhors trout bait-fishing for
the same reason the wing shot prefers his appropriate arm
to a cannon; the yachtsman, his gentle craft to a man-o'-
war; the horseman, his trained mount to a locomotive; the
archer, his arrow instead of a harpoon; and so I might go
on in similes that would burlesque every form of recreative
amusement in the world.
The brook trout breeds in the autumn, favors eddies,
riffles, pools, and deep spots under the banks of the stream,
and near rocks and fallen trees, and feeds on flies, small
fish, worms and other small life forms.
Its shape, weight, size and color are influenced by its
food, its age, its activity, its habitat, and its habits. Its
color corresponds to the color of the water bottom, and
will change as the water bottom changes. If removed to
a new water, where the bottom color is different from the
bottom color of its first abode — lighter or darker, as the
case may be — it will gradually grow to a corresponding
shade, blending with its new habitat just as its colors suited
the stones and grasses and earthy materials of its native
domain.
In weight, the brook trout ranges up to ten pounds in
large waters. There is a record of one weighing eleven
pounds. This specimen was taken in Northwestern Maine.
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Senator Fryers Fortst Lodge, RcmueleAj Lake, Maine.
The species averages three-quarters of a pound to one
pound and a half in the streams, and one pound to three
pounds in the lakes and ponds. It occurs between lati-
tude 32 X° and o5^, in the lakes and streams of the At-
lantic watershed, near the sources of a few rivers flowing
into the Mississippi and the Gulf of Mexico, and some of
the southern affluents of Hudson Bay, its range being
limited by the western foothills of the Alleghanies, extend-
ing about three hundred miles from the coast, except about
the Great Lakes, in the northern tributaries of which it
abounds. It also inhabits the head waters of the Chatta-
hoochee, in the Southern spurs of the Georgia Alleghanies
and tributaries of the Catawba in North Carolina and
clear waters of the great islands of the Gulf of St. Lawrence
— Anticosti, Cape Breton, Prince Edward, and Newfound-
land; and abounds in New York, Michigan, Connecticut,
Pennsylvania, Maine, Long Island, Canada, Wisconsin,
New Hampshire, and Massachusetts.
My favorite rod for stream trout fishing is a cork-handled,
all-lancewood rod of three or four ounces in weight and
eight feet in length, or a rod of similar length weighing four
or five ounces and made of split bamboo — the best split
bamboo of the best workmanship. The cheap, so-called
split bamboo of the drygoods store bargain ( ? ) counter, re-
tailed for a price that would not pay for the mere wrapping
of the correct article, is a flimsy, decorative thing, and
would collapse, or, worse still, bend one way and stay that
way, if used on the stream. The fly-rod material must be
springy and resiliently so, and the rod must be constructed
so as to permit of this condition.
The reel I favor is a small, narrow, light, all-rubber or
narrow aluminum common- click reel, holding twenty-five
yards of the thinnest-calibred silk, water-proof-enameled
line.
My leader is a brown-stained one of silk gut, twelve feet
in length. The leader should be fresh and firm, flexible
and fine, not a dried-up brittle, unyielding, snappy snarl of
the salesman's discarded sample box that breaks at the
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75
mere touch, or releases the flies at the first cast or parts at
the first strike — if by some miraculous mischance you get
this far with it. The leaders, a half-dozen of them, should
be carried, when not in actual use, in a flat, aluminum,
pocket-fitting box between two dampened flannel mats
(though not preserved this way in close season), so as to
have them thorotighly limp from being water soaked, that
you may more readily and more safely adjust them, for
break they surely will if handled in a dry state.
The willow creel, in which the spoil of the day is deposited,
should be, I think, about the size of a small hand-satchel.
To this is fastened a leather strap, with a broad, shoulder-
protecting band of stout canvas. This I sling over the
right shoulder, allowing the creel to hang above the back
part of the left hip where it will least interfere with me
during the fight with fontinalis.
The landing net I use is a little one of egg shape, made of
cane with no metal whatsoever, and it has a linen mesh
about ten inches in width and eighteen inches in length.
The handle is a trifle over one foot in length. To this I tie
one end of a stout but light-weight flexible and small-
calibred cord, or a stretch of small tube rubber, and the
other end of this I tie to a button on my coat under my
chin, throwing the net over my left shoulder to lie on my
back until called into service.
The clothing should be of dark-gray wool of light weight.
I wear a lightly woven gray sweater under my coat when
the weather is cool.
Trout Fishino in Dey's River, Delta County, Michigan.
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I have plenty of pockets in my trouting coat, and I
make it a practice to tie a string to nearly everything I
carry in them — shears, hook-file, knife, match-box, tobacco-
pouch, pipe, purse, field-glasses, fly-book, etc. — so that
I will not mislay them ordinarily, or drop them in the
rushing current during some exciting moment.
The headgear I like is a gray, soft, felt hat of medium
brim to protect my eyes in the sun and to sit upon in the
shade.
The footwear may consist of waterproof ankle shoes at-
tached to rubber or canvas trousers, or of a pair of light
close-fitting hip-rubber-boots. Some anglers wear rubber
water-proof combined trousers and stockings and any sort
of well-soled shoes. In warm weather, I affect nothing
beyond a pair of old shoes with holes cut in both sides to let
the water run freely in and out, the holes not big enough
to admit sand and pebbles.
The artificial flies are of many hundreds of patterns. I
have a thousand or two, but half a hundred, of sizes four to
six for the lakes and ponds, and six to fourteen for the small
streams, are enough to select from during a season; two
dozen are sufficient for a single trip, half a dozen will do to
carry to the stream for a day — if you don't lose many by
whipping them off or getting them caught in a tree — and
two are all I use for the cast, though a cast of three flies
is the favorite of many fishermen. I amuse myself by
presuming to have a special list for each month, week, day
and hour, but the extravagantly erratic ideas of the trout
f orbi d my recommending it to brother rodmen. Trout that
show a preference for certain flies one day may the next day
favor entirely different patterns. Sometimes they will take
an imitation of the natural fly upon the water and at other
times, being gorged with the natural insect, will only strike
at some oddly colored concoction of no resemblance to
any living thing in nature; this in play, or in anger,
and at other times out of pure curiosity. An angler doesn't
need a great number of flies — if he knows just what fly the
game is taking. You can't very well determine this half
a hundred miles from the fishing; so, you take a variety
with you and experiment. The flies should be of the best
make and freshest quality, tied by a practical hand —
some honest maker who is himself an angler — not the
cheap, dried-up, wall-decorative, bastard butterflies of
the ladies' dry-goods shop, that hybrid mess of gaudy waste
ribbon-silk and barnyard feather, the swindling output of
the catch-penny shopman whose sweat help do not know —
upon my word — the name or the purpose of the thing they
make.
Any six of the following list will kill well enough for a
single day's pleasant fishing in any water at any time du-
ing the legal season: Dark Coachman, Gray and Green
Palmer, Ginger Palmer, Alder, Scarlet Ibis, Abbey, Imbrie,
Professor, Conroy, Reuben Wood, March Brown, Orvis,
White Miller, Coachman, Royal Coachman, Codun,
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Brown and Red Palmer, Brown Hen, Queen of the Water,
King of the Water, Squires, Black Gnat, Grizzly King,
Quaker.
I use, as a rule, dark colors in clear water, and on bright
days and early in the season; lighter shades in dull water
and on dark days, in the evening and as the season grows
warmer; but many anglers philosophize just the reverse —
use light colors for early season fishing and sombre hues for
midsummer play — hence the endless arguments and experi-
ments described as one of the charms of the craft,
I prefer, as I have said, two flies on the leader, and my
favorite of favorites for all times and all places is a cast
made up of gnat-size pattern of dark-gray wing and pale-
blue body, and another of a peculiar drab-cream shade.
In throwing or casting the fly I never "whip" or "flail"
the rod, and I never cast with a long line when a short one
will answer the purpose. Distance alone may count in a
fly-casting contest, but in the wild stream a careful short
cast is more effective than a clumsy long one.
I angle with my shadow behind me, and in casting the
flies endeavor to allow only the flies to touch the water.
The line frightens the game, and if a trout should take a fly
on a loose, wavy line, he will not hook himself and he will
blow the conceit from his mouth before the angler is able to
hook him.
In learning to cast the fly, the young angler should start
with the leader alone, as I believe all fly-fishing is begun by
old and young, and as he lifts the flies from the water after
the forward cast to make the backward motion he should
simultaneously draw from the reel a half-yard of line and
allow time for the flies to complete the whole circuit back
of him. In fly-fishing the cast is not made from the
Ausable Lake, Adirondack- Mountains, Xcrv York.
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From " The Determined Angler.
The Brook Trout.
reel as in bait-casting; the line is drawn from the
reel a half yard at a time with the left hand. The
line must fully straighten itself behind the angler ere it
can be sent out straight before him. The flies, and at
most only a little part of the leader should fall lightly upon
the surface — as we imagine two insects, entangled in a
delicate cobweb, might fall from a tree branch — and be
drawn smartly, but gently in little jerks a second or two in
imitation of two tiny live-winged bugs fluttering in the
water; and then, as the angler steps slowly, firmly, but
silently and softly in the current down stream, he should
repeat the lifting of the flies, the drawing off of more line
from the reel and the circling backward cast that takes up
the slack and gives the line its forward force. Thus he
should continue, deftly placing the lure in every likely spot
ahead of him in the centre of the brook and along its moss-
lined, flower-decked, rock-bound or grass-fringed banks.
The angler is careful not to let the trout see him, see his
shadow, or see the rod, and not to let this wisest, most
watchful species of all the finny tribes hear him or feel the
vibration of his body.
In hooking the trout the angler strikes the second the
fish strikes — not by a violent arm movement, but by a
mere instantaneous nervous backward twist of the wrist,
as one would instinctively draw up his hand from the
pierce of a needle point. Many trout are hooked the in-
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stant the leader is lifted for a new cast, and many hook
themselves without the slightest effort on the part of the
angler.
When the fish is hooked he should not be flaunted in the
air, as the boy fisher yanks his pond perch. The prize
should be handled as if he were but slightly secured, his
head should be kept under water, the line kept gently taut
and the fish softly led out of noisy water and away from
stones, long grass, submerged tree branches or logs.
^ If the catch is heavy enough to draw the line from the
reel it is allowed to do so, but the line should be kept taut
and reeled in the second he hesitates. There need be no
hurry.
After a little while the game's rushes will cease; then it
should be reeled in, care being taken not to arouse it again
by the contact of a weed or stone.
The tip of the rod is now raised over the head and back of
the angler until the butt points downward; then, if the fish
has been reeled in near enough, it is secured in the landing
net, tail first, and carefully slid into the creel through the
little square opening for this purpose in the lid.
" If you, reader mine, should some day get as far as this
glorious part of the play, and the fish should be a small one,
bejsatisfied; the true angler is ever of a contented heart;
if the fish should be too small, set it free; the true angler is
always humane and generous ; if it should prove fit to feed
upon, do not subject it to unnecessary suffering — skilfully
kill it outright at once; the true angler is manly and merci-
ful.
And, and — good luck to you, brother.
BLUEFISH ON FINE TACKLE
"Although the bluefish is sufficiently plucky to take a
coarse troll, and few venture to angle for him with ordinary
tackle * * * capital sport is found at still-baiting for him
from a boat anchored along the edge of tideways in the estu-
aries and near the shores of bays."
Scott's '*• Fishing in American Waters," 1869-
T
"Angling is
a special kind
of fishing."
Genio C.
Scott.
H E bluefish is commonly captured in a net by
the man who fishes for the market, and on a
coarse hand-line in trolling with an artificial
squid bait thrown from the stern of a sail
boat, by the amateur fisherman, but the
angler takes the bluefish by still-fishing with
fine tackle.
All anglers are fishermen, but all fishermen
are not anglers, and as the angler's method
is always attacked by the mere fisherman and the unen-
lightened class that never indulge in piscatorial play of any
sort, it is necessary to set forth in a paper of this character
a few primary axioms of the craft as an explanatory
prologue to the main trend of what one means to say.
We fain would strike boldly out into the fancy of the
spirited play itself, and thus spare the practical angler a
repetition here of the laws he knows by heart, but it can
not be so.
The prejudiced scoffer must be silenced and the tyro
instructed at the start, the same as these details would
receive attention at the beginning of an angling day, or
the story must surely suffer, just as the actual pursuit
would be ruined if agitated by an unruly or lethargic mind.
The angler is always perturbed in his story-telling by
the cry of the ungentle: "Oh, I can catch more fish with
a hand-line than you can with your fine tackle."
And it cannot be that our present effort will escape this
scoffing; so, we beg brother anglers to here indulge in a
little patience — a practice they are great masters of on
both land anqL water — while we subdue the scoffer and
post the honest tyro for the pleasant journey that is in
store for us.
"Lucian, well skilled in scoffing, this hath writ:
Friend, that's your folly which you think your wit:
This you vent oft, void both of wit and fear,
Meaning another, when yourself you jier."
To those who boast of being able to catch more fish with
a hand-line than the angler may take with his tackle, we
humbly confess that their boast is founded upon fact, and
that their ability is only excelled in power by a willingness
of spirit that affords them constant opportunity of proving
their greedy claim.
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81
Of course, they are able, and willing, to take more fish
with a hand-line than we are able or willing to take with
our tackle, and they would be more able and no doubt
more willing, all conditions favorable, to take more with
a shot gun, still more with a set line, still more with a drag
net and still more with a stick of dynamite.
The difference in the angler and the mere fisherman is
simple. The fisherman is willing to get his game anyway;
the angler only with appropriate tackle, correctly rigged
and humanely applied.
Every now^ and again we read the views of a certain class
of raen who contend that they can creel more brook trout
by live bait fishing than by fly-fishing, and often this con-
tention is exploited in the form of a wonderful discovery.
The claim is as old as it is foul, and if it is true that
the angle worm or minnow will catch more trout than the
artificial fly — we are far from prepared to believe this —
it is not an accomplishment any gentle person would be
proud to boast of, because the angler's proficiency is not
based upon and his pleasures are not derived from a
superior desire or competency for slaughter, but rather
upon the methods and paraphernalia employed, the spe-
cies encountered, the propitiousness of the day, and the
pursuit itself.
It is quality with the angler and quantity with the
fisherman.
Lately we read the story of a fisherman — he is not an
angler — who discovered that he didn't require "leaders,
fine snells, expensive flies and silk lines" to catch black-
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bass with; he could catch his fish "just as well with
common tackle and a yellow devil," the yellow devil being
a brutal, sure-killing instrument of torture that looks like
a painted chicken egg decorated with spikes, feathers and
safety-pins.
Earlier discoverers than the yellow devil advocate found
still more killing apparatus in the spear, the bowgun and
drag net; so, it is not even necessary to use a rod or line
or any sort of tackle if mere slaughter is the glory of the
day.
Man may fish with or without tackle, but he can not
angle without it.
We could play checkers with frying-pans and make as
high a score as with the fine, neat, more handy little disks;
we could follow the hounds in fox hunting aboard a loco-
motive or auto-car instead of manfully astride the shapely
horse, and we could pot the fox with a charge of shot at
the start if the brush itself were the main object of the
hunt, just as we could take more fowl with a cannon than
with the truer sporting arm, or gather more foot balls in
an athletic shop than on the field in play.
Thoreau says we can eat nails.
An ancient writer sets forth: "The hunter follows in the
chase and enjoys the run with both hound and hare, and
is glad if the hare escapes."
It is not in evidence that the spirit and sport of yacht-
ing is lessened by the advent of the speedy machine boat,
or that the gentle pastime derived from coaching or driving
or riding is forgotten by the pleasure-seeker because the
electric train gets the business man to his office faster
than the stage or street car.
So, all the sure-killing, crate-filling devices and greedy
methods of the mere fisherman do not appeal and never
will appeal to the angler, for, like the connoisseur who
prefers a few fine treasures and the study of art to a whole
bargain-counter of daubs and never a glimpse of art out-
side of the catalogue and auction room, the angler loves
the gratification of his favorite following only under
similar conditions — a fair field, a fine equipment, a gallant
game, and an honest purpose, rather than the mere
getting of quantity by indifferent methods.
To those who value fishes solely by weight and measure
and number, the market stall is just as joyous a fishing
place as the silvery lake, the pearly brook, the placid
river, the breezy bay or the green ocean surf, but to those
who delight in the day and the play more than in the greedy
mess, we condemn the hand-liner's sure killing gear, the
marketman's boat and bait, and the raid upon the fish's
spawning bed, and recommend instead the outfit of the
angler, the feeling of the gentleman and the conduct of the
sportsman.
Thus equipped in mind and matter, brother, we will in
fancy sally forth to one of the most delightful of all the
angler's joys — the taking of bluefish on fine tackle.
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There are four anglers in our party. All are supplied
with the very best of modern rods and tackle, but each
outfit is of a widely different character.
We meet the bayman at the little hotel in Bay Shore,
one fine afternoon in late August, and he conducts us to
his smart sloop anchored in the creek a quarter of a mile
from the village.
We go aboard and sail at once for the fishing spot, a
channel eddy out in the Great South Bay, where the Cap-
tain says he took a hundred bluefish the day before.
"Now, genelmen, I says as we won' do much teh-day,"
drawls our guide on the way out of the creek, "but we're
sure teh ketch anuff teh brile fer supper, an' we'll protec'
th' place fer teh-morrow when there'll be a plenty of t'other
boats afloat."
It is the old man's intention to fish the last hour of the
high tide to-day, and be nicely located and fully equipped
to work two tides to-morrow — an hour before, an hour
during, and an hour after each tide, six hours of play in
the day.
One of the party, little skilled in salt water methods,
but an all-proficient angler in fresh water, puts out a
blackbass trolling spoon at the stern of the sloop, but we
soon discourage this by explaining to him that he will
catch nothing beyond eel grass.
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"We might get a striped bass," says the fresh water
enthusiast; "I've heard that the salt water striped bass
takes the troll the same as black bass in the lakes."
"But, not here," says the Captain, "nor eny where about
here. We ketch th' big striped bass in th' surf, casting
with shedder crab bait, but never on th' troll, though,
of course, th' bluefish will take a troll ef it be a imitation
squid."
"Very funny," says the lake angler; "I've always heard
that striped bass were caught on the troll as well as in still
fishing."
"Yes, that be so," responds the bayman, "but it be in
th' ocean or in large rivers, like the Hudson and East
rivers, an' th' troll beant like yourn; it be a feathered hook
with white worms a stringin' out way behind an' no spoon.
They ketch some fine bass this way in th' big rivers and
th' ocean in th' spring and fall, but never here in this bay;
so I'd advise yo' teh take in your line an' save time by a
riggin' up fer bluefish as I tell yer, for we hain't got much
more'n a half hour of proper water teh- fish in when we
git teh th' place."
The sloop is now out in the open bay, dritting along un-
der full sail, aided more by the outgoing tide than by the
calm midsummer day's balmy breeze.
"But, I'll tell yer," says Captain Brant to the fresh water
expert as a sort of apology, observing that his modest
objection to the troll has hurt the feelings of the angler.
"I'll tell yer what yer kin do, mister, you ken take this 'ere
crab net and hev a pile o' fun scoopin' up a dozen er so of
fat hardshell crabs as is driftin' by; they'll be fine teh
bile fer supper. See 'em! They go by thick now."
And Pierce hurriedly hauls in his bass troll and is soon
in the best kind of good spirits with himself and everybody
aboard as he dips for the crabs, missing fully nine out of
every ten that float by.
"Now, genelmen," pipes the bayman, "I says as how
t' would be wise teh git yer bluefish tackle ready; we're
nearin' th' hole, an' there beant much time left. Yer mus'
be right smart ef yer wan' a fish er two on this tide. I
advise yer not t' bother wi' yer fine things teh-day, but jes
git out them han'-lines an' haul in th' fish sailor fashin.
Yer've ony got a few minutes afore th' tide '11 be all out
an' th' fish gone until teh-morrow."
"No, Captain Brant," I say to him, "we have told you
all along that we are going to take our fish on fishing tackle
or not at all; so, don't mention hand-lines again. I would
rather take one bluefish on the rod than forty on the hand-
line, and my friends all feel the same about this. What,
pray, is the difference. Captain, in us losing here one or
two fish, and in your leaving fifty or so to rot on the sod
bank when you make home? You left a fine lot there
yesterday, you say, and we'd leave many there to-morrow
if we use the hand-lines. No, 'tis better to leave the fish here
alive, if we can't catch 'em with honest tackle that affords
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a fair battle between man and fish. Give the game a
chance — that'vS angUng."
" So be it, genelmen, so be it," quoths the hardy skipper.
" No afence intended, but yer won' get eny fish on them
Httle poles an' silk threads, but as long as yer don' blame
me, hev yer own way. Here we are! Now, genelmen,
jes give me a han' et things, an' we'll be shipshaped in a
minute. Pull that sheet in. Hoi' th' tiller stiff, an' I'll
git thet hook over right here. This be th' spot, an' we
be swung in jes right."
The Captain and his boy soon have the chumming
machine going, and the anglers are all nervously adjusting
their tackle and hurling all sorts of practical questions at
the bayman and his help, who do their best to reply by
word and action.
The chumming machine is a huge meat grinder that
mutilates the quarter-pound herring (menhaden) that are
put through it by the boy. The captain cuts three slices
out of each side of the fish for our hooks, then the head,
tail, bone, etc., are sacrificed for chum. The ground-up
fish falls into a tub of salt water, and this is stirred into
a thin, soup-like mess.
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A large wooden spoon is employed to dash the chum
over the side of the boat into the tide way by which it is
carried out astern, the large pieces drifting but sinking
slowly, while the whole leaves an oily streak on the sur-
face that is seen for a hundred yards.
The pieces of menhaden float away in the green water
beneath the oil streak in even form now, and our baited
hooks drift in this company.
"Let out lots o' line quick like at th' start, genelmen,
so yer bait '11 look like th' chum," calls the bayman. ** Let
the bait sink near the boat as much as possible, an'
remember now, genelmen, th' mos' important thing o'
all — yer fish '11 be ketched when yer line is running out,
an* never a onced when it's a comin' in."
Pierce hooks a huge fluke (plaice ) quite near the stern,
and this brings forth another tremendous flow of practical
knowledge from the captain, who, yelling loudly, waves
his arms and dances about the deck with the excitement
of a panic-stricken stockbroker.
"Yer mus' get yer lines down, I tell yer, genelmen, afore
they drift; get 'em down and out; dip over lots o' line th'
firs' thing so it'll run free as th' chum. You'll git nothin'
'cept fluke an' skate an' dogfish shark near th' boat. Yer
line mus' run free an' untaut an' th' bait mus' sink with
th' chum right here at th' stern. Oh, Lor', see 'em all
about th' boat! There's a million! My stars, me
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an' thet boy could ketch a hundred while yer foolin,
with them little poles. There he be — he's took yer bait,
sir! Hook him! Thet's it, now pull him in."
Sure enough, brother Wilstach has hooked a fine, big
bluefish, and is holding him as best he can. The game
is strong, and the rod is waving up and down, out and in.
We all make room for the play, some taking in their lines,
some drawing their baits out of the way, and Griggs and I
who are in a tangle with the taut line the big fish is
fighting on, doing our best to get clear in any manner
possible.
I dodge under Wilstach's rod and Griggs steps over it
and Wilstach is now free of all obstruction.
He is using a steel rod of eight ounces, a rather small
multiplying reel, a light Cuttyhunk linen line, and a single
leader.
The rod bends as if it were a tiny lancewood trout rod,
and the angler is having a strenuous time in his efforts in
reeling in.
The fish must be well hooked; otherwise, our friend
will lose his game, as he frequently allows a slack line
a fatal error in most instances where a large fish is being
handled.
Now his reel, not correctly adjusted when applied at
the start, slips from the reel seat and drops on the deck,
and away goes the bluefish like a pigeon freed from the
trap, taking away yards and yards of the uncontrolled line,
as the reel spins around like a top at the Captain's feet.
Wilstach's thumb is cut in the mishap, and is bleeding
freely, but he waves us away with his head when we at-
tempt to aid him, and actually threatens the excited
captain with his fist.
We are all crying advice of some sort, the Captain is
madly dancing again, and the chum boy is fairly splitting
his face with laughter.
''I never seed such a fuss over an ol' bluefish," says the
boy to me as I lean down for a fresh bit ot bait; "I'd a
yanked him in in a few jerks."
Wilstach has the reel in place again, and is wildly taking
in about fifty yards of slack line, his facial expression
clearly showing the extraordinary anxiety with which
he awaits the feeling of the tackle when the slack line is
all in and the environment of the game is decided.
"Put yer lines over quick, genelmen," cries Captain
Brant; "don' bother bout our frien's fish — thet be gone
to Cape Cod by this time — darn you boy, keep thet slop
spoon agoin' !"
But the bluefish proves to be well hooked, and when
the line is taut again, poor Wilstach fights his battle all
over once more, fiercer than at first, the game fish now
darting swiftly in one direction, now in another, and
being in the air half the time, shaking himself every inch
like a small-mouth fresh water black bass when it leaps
clear of the water after being hooked.
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Wilstach has had fine experience with large bass and
muskellunge in the fresh rivers and lakes, but it is plainly
evident that this bluefish is a puzzle to him.
"He must weigh twenty pounds!" he says to Brant,
with a quick side glance.
"Twenty nothin'," replies the bayman, humorously
sneering and squinting at the excited angler; "he's a
short six pounder or my old head's full o' eel grass; "I
aint ever seed one o' twenty poun', thou' Dike Veriety
said he onced ketched one aweighing seventeen poun' in
the surf out yonder, but Dike's the liarest feller es follers
the bay, an' we men ahere aint abelievin' him et his
mother's fune'ral. Say, mister Wilstach, you'll lose
thet blue ef yer don' keep thet line tight an' comin' all
th' time an' bring him in teronc'd !"
"I'll give him a chance, a fair fight," says Wilstach;
wear him out — drown him."
"Drown yer gran'mother — yer can't drown' a bluefish.
Pull him in er leastwise don' giv' him slack. We'd a hed
fifty by now with th' han'lines."
"True, Captain," says Griggs, "but we'd rather have one
just as Wilstach's getting this one — ^by a fair fight, with
some chance for the game to escape, as the sportsman
allows his woodcock, grouse or quail, duck or snipe when
he insists on bagging it singly in flight rather than potting
it boy-bungler like bunched on the ground. Any mere
tyro can handline bluefish."
"All right, genelmen, all right," allowed the Captain,
though sorely bewildered at the word tyro, "all right says
I, but don' blame me when we go ashore with th' poorest
ketch o' all th' boats o' th' day. I mos' alius hev th'
bigges' mess, but ef yer genelmen be willin' teh waste
time with them little poles an' hev all th' other boats a
beatin' us, then don' blame me — you've got one, sir!"
and the old man violently poked his elbow into Pierce's
ribs. "Ah, he's off! Haul in fer a fresh bait; no use
tryin' fer him again now; they won' touch a chewed
bait, no sir-ee. Now, Mister Pierce, I says as yer mus*
git yer bait down et th' start, an' yer mus' let out th' line
quicker and a hull lot o' it in one toss so it'll sink an' float
natur'l like with th' chum. Soon es it's full out haul it
in quick like fer another try. I says they won' touch
chewed bait or bait es is comin' in — only when it's runnin*
out, runnin' out right; so, yer needn't waste time a foolin'
otherwise. Mabbie I knows better'n yeh genelmen — dam
you, boy, keep that stick even, sluch'er out!"
Wilstach is still fighting his first fish, but is encouraged
by now having it nearer the boat.
The Captain proves to be correct in every detail ex-
cepting the practicability of the light rods and tackle and
the game not being drownable, and he is astounded when
Wilstach leads the prize close up to the side of the boat
clearly a victim of the angler's skill. The great fish is
on its side quite on the water's surface, and its glowing
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colors of gold, silver, copper, green, blue and brassy bronze
are enthusiastically admired by all.
"That's the first live bluefish I've ever seen," says
Wilstach, and to me its the most beautiful fish in the
world!"
"And a game fighter?" I ask.
"The greatest I ever battled with, and I've caught my
share of trout, bass and maskinonge. I don't know about
the salmon, as I never caught one, but I can't believe it
possible for any species to be a greater gamester than the
bluefish, if they're all like this one. Why, he weighs only
about six pounds, you say, and yet he fought longer and
fiercer and gave in harder than any of my maskinonge four
times his weight. Henceforth, I'm a bluefish enthusiast.
And the fishing, this practical play in salt water, is equal
to any sport in lake or stream, if done right, with proper
tackle, a steady head and hand, and a humane heart."
Griggs is now busy with his first bluefish of the day^
and we are all making room for him the same as we aided
Wilstach, when a cry from Pierce announces that he, too^
has hooked his game.
Griggs' fish breaks away, and the line, snapping a yard
or so above the leader shoots back as if started from a
spring gun.
Pierce is only a trifle more fortunate with his fish as he
loses it on a slack line soon after the accident to brother
Griggs.
I am having a great time all by myself over by the chum
boy, who is giving me all kinds of advice and the choicest
pieces of fat bait — only to get a strike at nearly every
throw without hooking the game. This is repeated at
every toss of the line for the first half hour. My bait no
sooner clears the stern than there is a tug on the line that
nearly takes me off my feet. I simply can't hook the
fish, try as I will.
The Captain declares I don't know the trick, the boy
says my bait is taken by weakfish, not bluefish, and that
I should strike differently, but I think my hook is at fault,,
too large or too dull, for I am not a tyro in this sort of
fishing, and I tell the bayman and his boy how easily I
was high hook last summer in this very same spot on more
than one occasion.
"Well, I says it taint th' bait, th' chum, or th' fish,"
snarls Captain Brant, as I again receive the strike and
miss the fish when I strike back; "th' blues be here thick-
er'n herrin' in a net, an' them 'ere menhaden pieces an*^
this 'ere chum be a fetchin' 'em all but in th' boat — hook
him, yeh've got him this time!"
And so I have, but only for a tug or two longer than with
the other strikes, and the fish is as free as any in the bay.
"Lem me see thet hook," says Brant, as I reel in for a
fresh bait. The hook is examined, and the old bayman
looks daggers at me as he hurries on a new piece of herring
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and tosses the gear adrift with the following piscatoral
admonition :
"Thet hook's es sound an' sharp as a shark's tooth, an'
ef yer can't snake them bluefish with et,et's your own darned
clumsiness or th' fault o' thet springy whiplash thing yer
call a fishin' pole. Ef yer do hook one hef th' size o' this
genelmen's, yer wont git et in afore thet pole goes ker-
smash eny way; better take one o' them han'lines. The
tide's off now, so yer' ve lost yer chance any way, an' I'm
glad o' et; teh-morrow I hope yer'll rig up right an' git in
a fish er two."
"But, Captain," I venture, "you said all this about all
the rods here, but Mr. Wilstach got his fish all right, didn't
he?"
"Yes, he did, an' in a right smart manner, too, consider-
in' his reel kem off, an' I mus' say his pole's a s'prise teh
me, but yourn aint fit fer killies in the creek or them white
perch th' boys ketch in th' brackish water — Lor' me, look
at him now! Look at thet pole bend ! Sure yeh've hooked
him now, an' I'm agoin' up the riggin' afore the smash
comes — genelmen, he's got a blue on there as 'ill scale twelve
poun' ef an ounce, or I'm a spider crab."
The old Captain is right about the strike — I surely have
fairly hooked my fish this time, but it's weight no man can
honestly judge so early in the play, as my rod is so light
that at times it bends gamely even by the mere pressure
of the tide on the line.
But, my game is truly of fighting size and quality. I
know the danger of a slack line, and when the big fish
comes towards me faster than I can reel in the line I move
my rod away from him and walk briskly up the deck.
I realize that the outfit does not include a gaff or any
landing-net beyond the homely crab-net which is too small
to put over a big fish. Wilstach lifts his fish in free of the
light leader, taking hold of the game by its gills. I have
forgotten my gaff and decent landing net, and the Captain
is now hurriedly making a gaff by bending and filing a
great shark hook that is inserted in one end of a mop stick.
My green-stained linen line is of the calibre of a tiny
mountain trout silk line, but it holds the big bluefish
securely. I am careful not to allow an inch of slack, well
knowing the ocean tiger's trait of swimming up swiftly
and biting the line apart as a razor would sever a thread.
Such was the case last summer when I had my first lessons
in this still fishing for bluefish.
Piano wire is usually employed as a snell in any sort of
bluefish fishing, but I am not afraid of the fish chewing
apart my silk gut snell and leader, if they are well water-
soaked and fairly in hand as in the case of this particular
fish.
My captive has the barb in his upper lip, his mouth is
firmly closed, and he is fighting without the slightest
injury or pain, and therefore enjoying the play as well as I.
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Up he goes five feet in the air thirty yards away, gUst-
ening in the red sun Hke a bar of gold, and throwing a
salty spray that resembles a prismatic fountain.
He does not fall clumsily on his side, but goes down to
his natural element as deftly as a graceful human diver,
and then, swiftly circling at least a half dozen times in an
endeavor to tangle the line or at least bewilder the angler,
he comes in straight for the sloop at a forty-mile-a-minute
clip.
Within ten feet of the stern he stops, dives, comes to the
surface again, leaps into the air higher than ever, and
gallops off to my right in full view of all on board. So
near is he and so clear is the air and bright the sunlight, we
can even see the colors in his wonderful eye, the clear-cut
fins and powerful but graceful tail blades and the fine lines
in his sturdy mouth armor, as he speeds through the green
bay water like a torpedo.
His tail is the motive power, and the two wavy blades
cleave with the rapidity of an electric propeller.
The little line cuts the water like a fine knife, the reel
sings the song that charms, and with all the turmoil aboard
ship at this moment and with my every nerve and thought
seemingly upon that great fish out there exciting me more
than anything ever excited me before in my life, I am still
calm enough to note things of general interest, and I im-
plore my companions to observe the various features of
the stirring play at hand.
"See that huge dogfish shark following my bluefish!"
I call out. "He's only after any part of the bait that may
break free. Look down here — see the two big fluke
(plaice) right under the stern; they're as broad as hali-
but! There's a lordly weakfish coming up in the chum
streak! Try for him, Pierce!"
"Thet's a wonderful pole," says Captain Brant, with a
strange look of defeat in his eye and a painfully puzzle-
wrinkled brow; then adding, as I surely suspect for no
other reason than to break ground for open apologies for
scoffing at so good a thing, "how much did it cost?"
"Only twenty dollars Captain," I reply amid the roaring
laughter of my friends who have also noted the bayman's
weakening attitude, but I can't spare it now at any price."
"Lor', mister, I aint thinkin' of buyin' et, but I mus'
say you've got me inquis'tive like, an' I says I won' go
ashore afore I try my han' at pole fishin' ef one of yer
genelmen '11 let me hev yer pole fer jes' one ketch — look
sharp, now sir, he's a comin' in; perhaps yer can boat him
now."
The big bluefish does come in as the Captain says, and
I'd have him by the gills or on the home-made gaff if he
hadn't just now bumped his nose against the hull and so
frightened himself back to a fighting state again.
But we can see that he is not over anxious to make a
prolonged battle now, for he is soon on his side again, and
I am carefully leading him up to the side of the boat, where
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the old bayman grabs him with both hands and flops him
up on the deck.
"Well, sir," says Brant, "I aint seed a thing done as
nicely es that pole fishing o' yourn an' mister Wilstach
since thet ere boy o' mine got his fingers in a crab's claw
an' jerked th' crab acciden' like right inter the bilin' pot.
No, sir, an' et beats han'linin' all holler, even ef we don'
git one fish to a hundred es we'd ketch with th' han'line.
Them big guides on thet little pole is great, they let th'
line run free when yer put out in ther chum way, an' they
don' friction th' line when yer rellin' in. Thet's fine,
genelmen, an' your guides oughter be th' same. Yer hev
teh struggle teh git yer line out with them little tight guides,
an' with this pole's guides th' line runs off the reel jes' es
my han'line 'd run off th' deck."
The Captain is bubbling over with practical observa-
tions, and this extra large guide idea is not the worst of
them.
In this sort of fishing it is not practical to cast from the
reel or even toss the gear with the rod, because, as the old
bayman has remarked, it is all important to let the bait
sink and float with the chum, starting it directly at the
side or stern of the sloop; therefore fully fifteen feet of
line must be uncoiled and discharged in a mess. Then the
line must run freely from the reel until it is all but entirely
out or until the strike comes. Thus my guides, all agate,
like the tip, and four or five times as large as the ordinary
bait-rod guides, prove a rcA^elation when in operation in
company with the rods of my friends, all of whom openly
remark the wonderful advantage I have, especially in
letting out line, and I feel that a like advantage would be
observed in manipulating this advanced device in any
style of bait fishing in any sort of water, fresh or salt.
My rod on this occasion is a steel bait rod of four pieces
including the butt or handle, weighs six ounces, and is of
about five feet in length-just the tool for large bluefish, medi-
um striped bass, weakfish, sea bass, blackfish and fluke, and
the large bait-rod species in fresh water — muskalonge,
lake trout, black bass, pickerel and pike— though, of course,
light and resilient as it is for a bait rod, it is still too stiff
for bay weakfish, the little striped bass of the rivers, young
bluefish (snapper), porgie, etc., and far too light for the
surf striped bass, sea drum, black sea bass, tarpon, etc.
Pierce uses an eight-ounce greenheart rod, Griggs an
eight-ounce lance wood, and Wilstach, as I have said, a
light steel rod, though not as light as mine, but still a
remarkably light instrument when compared to the ordi-
nary salt water affair, the abominable, cheap, heavy,
clumsy so-called casting rod, stout enough for a tent pole
and as homely as a clothes prop.
The tide is out now, and the bluefish have gone to sea
to make a night of it; so, we reel in our lines, as the Cap-
tain and his boy swash the deck, tidy the cabin and make
ready for the bay food dinner — broiled bluefish, steamed
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soft clams, little necks, chowder, roasted plover, toast,
prunes, and coffee with evaporated cream.
We do full justice to the homely-served but most deli-
cious tasting food, help the bayman clear up the mess,
play cards with gun wads for chips, smoke in the moon-
light, go to bed on the floor of the snug little cabin, are
lulled to sleep by the roar of the pounding surf, the boom-
ing of the tiller-post, the cry of the night heron, and the
splash of the tide roll as it comes bumping up against the
hull, and dream throughout the night of bluefish as big
as horse mackerel that tow our boat to Florida where we
all marry lovely mermaids and live happily ever afterward.
FRESH WATER FISHING
RESORTS
' 'How large ? ' Well — ^how large ? — is that
what you would know? Well, if it is size
you seek for in fishing, catch a codfish
or a catfish, and be happy; but a trout,
a genuine brook trout, full of game
from tooth to tail, need not be so
very large to make an honest angler
lose his head with joy at the
capture." A. Judd Northrup.
ALABAMA
Magnolia Springs. — Fish river: Black bass.
ARKANSAS
Big Creek. — Bayous: Bass, crop-
pie, perch, catfish.
Blytheville.— Clear, Round, Big,
Flat, Grassy, Swan, Crooked and
Long lakes: Bass, croppie, perch.
Chickasawba. — See Blytheville.
Establishment. — Bass, croppie.
Frenchman's Bayou. — Bass, crop-
pie, perch, catfish.
Hardy. — Spring River: Bass, wall-
eye, perch, catfish.
Imboden. — Spring River: Same
as at Hardy.
Mammoth Spring. — Spring river:
Trout.
Osceola. — Tyronza lakes and Mis-
sissippi river sloughs: Bass,
croppie, catfish, perch.
Wilson. — Holden lake and Holden bayou: Bass, croppie, catfish.
CALIFORNIA
Banning. — San Gabriel river:
Rainbow trout, steel-head trout.
Bear Valley Creek. — See Redlands.
Big Basin Streams. — See Santa
Cruz.
Boulder Creek. — See Santa Cruz.
Cazadero. — Russian river: Steel-
head trout. Tributary streams:
Trout.
Channel Islands. — See Santa Bar-
bara.
Colusa. — Sacramento river: Same
as at Sacramento.
Crag View. — McCloud river: Sal-
mon, McCloud river trout,
Dolly Varden trout.
Deep Creek. — See San Bernardino.
Devil's Canon. — See San Bernar-
dino.
Duncan Mills. — ^Trout.
Exeter. — Kern river: Trout.
Whitney creek: Golden trout.
Healdsburg. — Russian river and
tributaries: Trout.
Hornbrook. — ^Trout.
Independence Lake. — See Truc-
kee.
Kern River. — See Exeter.
Klamathon. — K 1 a m a t h river :
Rainbow trout.
La Honda Creek. — See Redwood.
McCloud River. — See Crag View.
Monterey. — ^The lagoon, mouth of
Carmel river: Steel-head trout.
Napa. — Napa river: Steel-head
trout, brook trout, rainbow
trout, striped bass.
Pascadero Creek. — See Redwood.
Pomona. — San Antonia Creek:
Trout.
Redlands. — Bear Valley Creek
and Santa Ana river: Trout.
Redwood. — La Honda and Pas-
cadero Creeks: Steel-head and
other trout.
Russian River. — See Cazadero.
Sacramento. — Sacramento river:
Striped bass, black bass, salmon.
San Antonia Creek. — See Pomona.
San Bernardino. — Devil's Canon
and Deep Creek: Trout.
Sanger. — ^Trout .
San Lorenzo River. — See Santa
Cruz.
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CALIFORNIA— Con.
Santa Ana River. — See Redlands.
Santa Barbara. — Same as at Mon-
terey.
Santa Cruz. — Boulder Creek:
Trout. San Lorenzo river, and
Big Basin streams: Trout.
Sims. — Sacramento river: Rain-
bow trout, Loch Leven trout.
Sissons. — Sacramento river: Same
as at Sacramento.
Tahoe Lake. — See Truckee.
Truckee. — ^Truckee river and Web-
ber, Independence and Tahoe
lakes: Brook trout, rainbow
trout, cut-throat trout, Loch
Leven trout, Tahoe trout.
Uplands. — San Gabriel river:
Rainbow trout, steel-head trout.
Visalia. — King's river and Great
Canon stream: Trout.
Weber Lake. — See Truckee.
Whitney Creek. — See Exeter.
CANADA
Labrador
Battle Harbor. — Lewis river:
Trout and salmon.
Cape Charles. — St. Charles river:
Trout and salmon.
Cartwright. — Eagle and Paradise
rivers: Trout and salmon.
Fishing Ship Harbor. — Gilbert
river: Trout and salm.on.
Francis Harbor. — Alexis river:
Trout and salmon.
Forteau. — Pinware river: — Trout
and salmon.
Grady. — Table Bay river: Trout
and salmon.
Newfoundland
Alexander Bay. — Maccles lake:
Trout.
Bartlett's Harbor. — Castor river:
Salmon and trout.
Bay of Islands. — Lower Humber
river: Trout and salmon.
Bishop's Falls. — Exploits river
and Great Rattling brook:
Trout and salmon.
Burgeo. — Grandey's brook, and
tributaries: Trout and salmon.
Clarenville. — Shoal. Harbor river:
Trout and salmon.
Come-b y-C h a n c e. — Com e-b y-
Chance river: Trout and salmon.
Newfoundland. Salmon Pool, below Gauder Falls, Gauder River.
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Newfoundland Salmon.
CANADA— Con.
Newf oundliiiid — Con .
Crabbes. — Crabbes brook and
River brook: Trout and salmon.
Deer Lake. — Upper Reaches
Humber river: Trout and sal-
mon.
Fishel's. — Fishel's brook: Trout
and salmon.
Gambo. — Gambo river, Triton
brook, Middle brook: Trout
and salmon.
Glenwood. — Salmon brook, Gau-
der river. Northwest and
Southwest Gauder river, Soulis
brook. Fifteen Mile brook:
Trout and salmon.
Grand Lake. — Junction brook:
Trout and salmon.
Hermitage.— Conne river: Trout
and salmon.
Holyrood. — Salmonier river, Colin-
et river, North Harbor river:
Trout and salmon.
Howley. — Sandy Lake river:
Trout and salmon.
Kitty's Brook. — Kitty's brook:
Trout and salmon.
La Poile. — La Poile and Little
river, Cinque Cerf river: Trout
and salmon.
Little River. — Codroy river,
North and South Branch:
Salmon and trout.
Millertown Jet. — Exploits river
and Red Indian Lake: Trout
and salmon.
Notre Dame Jet. — Indian Arm
pond and brook: Trout and
salmon.
Placentia. — Northeast and South-
east river: Trout and salmon.
Port Aux Basques. — Grand Bay
river: Trout and salmon.
Port Blandford.— North West
Salmon, Middle, and South
brooks: Trout and salmon.
river
Trout
river:
brook,
Trout
Port Saunders.— Torrent
and River of Ponds:
and salmon.
Push through. — Bay de Lest: Sal-
mon and trout.
Ramea. — White Bear river and
Little River: Trout and salmon.
Robinson's. — Robinson's brook
and Middle Barachois brook:
Trout and salmon.
Rose Blanche. — Garia
Trout and salmon.
St. George's.— Flat Bay
Little Barachois brook:
and salmon.
St. John's. — Numerous ponds well
stocked with native Loch Leven
and rainbov/ trout: The above
all along line of railroad.
Stephenville. — St. George's River,
Kippens Brook, Harry's Brook:
Trout and salmon.
South West Arm in Notre Dame
Bay. — Indian Brook: Salmon
and trout.
Terra Nova.- — Terra Nova River
and St. George's River: Trout
and salmon.
No. W. T. and Owen Sound
Banff, Alberta, N. W. T.— Lakes
Minnawauka, Spray, Cascade,
Forty-Mile, Twin, and Rivers
Vermilion, Red Earth, Cascade,
Forty-Mile, Spray, etc.: Trout.
Owen Sound. — Trout, bass.
Nova Scotia
Annapolis. — Annapolis river and
bay, Liverpool Head lakes. Mil-
ford lakes: Trout. May June,
September. Sea fishing: Cod, sea
bass, haddock, herring, etc.
Aylesford. — Annapolis river, Lake
George and Aylesford lakes:
Trout. May and June best. Bay
of Fundy: Cod, herring, etc.
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CANADA— Con.
Nova Scotia. A nibble near Digby,
Annapolis Basin.
Nova Scotia — Con.
Bear River. — Big Lake, Long
Lake, South Still Water on
East Branch, Lake Jolly, Lake
Le Merchant on West Branch:
Trout. May, June, July.
Beaver Bank. — Numerous small
lakes: Trout. Sackville: Trout.
Berwick. — Annapolis and Corn-
wallis rivers, Aylesford and
South-River lakes: Trout and
salmon. May and June best.
Billtown. — See Coldbrook.
Brazil Lake Station. — Tusket river
and streams: Trout and salmon.
Brenton. — See Ohio Station.
Bridgetown. — Lakes Alma, Para-
dise and Long, "Snells," Elbow,
Mitchell's Brook, Birch Hill,
McGill's Meadow, Etc.: Trout.
March, May. June best. Phin-
ney's Cove: Sea fishing.
Brooklyn. — See Windsor.
Cambridge. — Cornwallis river:
Trout. May and June best.
Canning. — Little river: Trout.
May, June, July. Scott's Bay:
Sea fishing.
Carleton. — See Brazil Lake.
Chebogne Point. — See Yarmouth.
Chester. — Salmon, trout, etc.
Coldbrook. — Cornwallis river:
Trout. May, June, August.
Hall's Harbor: Salmon, cod,
haddock, pollock, etc.
Cornwallis River. — See Waterville.
Deep Brook. — Nearby lakes:
Trout Annapolis Basin: Sea.
fishing.
Digby. — Meteghan, Salmon, Sil-
ver, Sissiboo, Bear, Moose, and
Annapolis rivers, and Lakes
George, Annis, Salmon River
lake. Porter lake and Bear
River lake: Trout, perch, etc.
May and June best. Smith's
Cove and Annapolis Basin: Sea
fishing.
Ellershouse. — Smiley, Pine, Cam-
eron, and Five-mile lakes:
Trout. May best.
Falmouth. — South and West of
Avon river: Trout and small
salmon. June best.
Grand Pre. — Minas Basin and
Gaspereau river: Gaspereau, etc.
Evangeline Beach: Sea fishing.
Greenwood. — See Kingston.
Halifax. — Cole Harbor: Sea
(Greenland ) trout. May and
June. Mouth of Musquodoboit
Harbor: Sea trout. May, June
July. Several lakes: Trout.
Mill Dam: Salmon. Grand lake:
Grayling, striped bass. All sum-
mer. Robinson's and Hubley's
lakes: Trout. Margaret's Bay
and Ingram river: Salmon.
Shatford's lakes: Sea trout.
Ketch Harbor runs and lakes:
Trout. Halifax Harbor and
Northwest Arm: Sea fishing.
Hampton. — See Bridgetown.
Hantsport. — Minas Basin, etc.:
Branch herring, etc.
Hebron. — See Yarmouth.
Hectanooga. — Hectanooga and
Farish lakes. Boneys, Deans
and other brooks: Trout, white
perch, eel, etc. May, June, July
best.
Horton Landing. — Mill Brook:
Trout. Gaspereau and Avon
rivers and Minas Basin: Cod,
haddock, alewife, etc.
Ireton. — See Yarmouth.
Kemptville. — Headwaters of Tus-
ket river and numerous lakes
and streams: Salmon and trout,
Kentville. — Gaspereau and Gold
rivers: Salmon and trout. Corn-
wallis, Canard, Brandywine,
Trout, Salmon Tail, North,
West rivers, and Gaspereau,
Porcupine and Cold well lakes:
Trout. May, June, September
best. Starrs Point: Sea fishing.
Kingston. — Annapolis river. Wal-
ker and Zeak brooks and Zeak
lakes: Trout and salmon. June
August, September best. Mar-
garetville, Bay of Fundy: Sea
fishing.
Lake Annis. — Annis lake and
other lakes and streams: Trout.
Lawrencetown. — Annapolis river
and Liverpool creek: Salmon
and trout. May and June best.
Lawrencetown Stat'n. — Annapolis.
Melvern Square. — See Kingston.
Meteghan. — Oak lake and Salmon
river: Trout and perch.
Middleton.— Nictaux and Anna-
polis rivers. Darling's, Trout and
Lilly lakes: Trout and perch.
May, June, July best. Mosher's
Corner and Mt. Hanley: Sea
fishing.
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CANADA—Con.
Nova Scotia — Con.
Milford. — Liverpool Headwaters:
Trout. Near Liverpool river
mouth: Salmon.
Milton. — Port Medway and Liver-
pool rivers: Salmon and trout.
Mount Uniacke. — Uniacke river
and Soldier, Uniacke, Pentz,
West, Granite, Deep, and Cle-
ments lakes: Trout. May and
June best.
New Minas. — See Kentville.
North Kemptville. — Numerous
streams: Trout.
North Range. — Trout.
North River. — See Waterville.
Ohio Station. — Brenton: Trout.
Paradise. — Annapolis and Para-
dise rivers, Sarratt brook, East
Branch, Paradise, Eel, Weir
and Lily lakes: Salmon, trout
perch, etc.
Parker's Cove, — See Annapolis.
Phinney's Cove. — See Bridgeton.
Pleasant Valley. — See Brazil Lake
Station.
Port Medway. — Trout, Salmon.
Port Williams. — Gaspereau river:
Salmon and gaspereau.
Newfoundland, Salmon fishing in the Gander River.
FRESH WATER FISHING RESORTS 101
■^^ '^^
Nova Scotia. Trout and Salmon caught near Port Medway.
CANADA— Con.
Nova Scotia — Con.
Rockingham. — Tusket river: Sal-
mon and trout.
Round Hill. — Lovett's brook:
Trout and salmon. May and
June best.
Sackville. — See Beaver Bank.
Salem. — See Yarmouth.
Salmon River. — See Hectanooga.
Sandy Cove. — See Waymouth.
Scott's Bay. — Trout.
South Ohio. — See Ohio Station.
Spa Springs. — See Middleton.
Torbrook Mines. — See Wilmot.
Tremont. — See Kingston.
Tupperville. — Trout.
Tusket. — Tusket river: Salmon
and trout.
Upper Granville. — See Bridgeton.
Waterville. — North and Cornwal-
lis rivers: Trout and salmon.
March, May, September best.
Weymouth. — Sissiboo, Silver,
Barrio, and Tusket rivers, Uni-
acke, Tom Wallace and Grand
lakes: Salmon, trout, perch, eel.
May and June best. St. Mary's
Bay: Sea fishing.
Wilmot. — Annapolis, Black and
Nictaux rivers. Walker's brook,
lakes and rivers on South
Mountain: Salmon, trout and
perch. Summer months best.
Windsor. — Avon river, Lakes Pa-
nuke, Stillwater, lakes in woods,
and Kennetcook: Salmon, trout,
perch, gaspereau, smelt, tomcod.
Wolfville. — Minas Basin, David-
son lake, Forks, Black and
Gaspereau rivers: Salmon, trout,
gaspereau. May and June best.
Yarmouth. — ^Tusket, Salmon, and
Argyle rivers, and Tusket lake:
Salmon and trout. May and
June for rivers, July and August
for lakes. Sandford: Sea fishing.
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CANADA— Con.
Ontario
Algonquin Park. — See Joe Lake.
Athens. — Charleston lake: Sal-
mon, trout, black bass, pike
pickerel.
Beaumaris. — Leonard lake, Bran-
dy lake: Bass.
Beaverton. — Lake Simcoe, Lake
Couchiching, and Severn river:
Black bass, maskinonge, pike,
pickerel.
Blackstone Lake. — Blackstone,
Crane and Pine lakes: Green
bass, maskinonge, pickerel.
Crosby. — Lower Rideau lake: Sal-
mon, trout, black bass, pike,
pickerel.
Delta. — Beverly lakes: Sa Im on,
trout, black bass, pike, pickerel.
Elgin. — Openicon lake and Jones'
falls: Salmon trout, black bass,
pike, pickerel.
Gannanoque. — Thousand Islands,
St. Lawrence river: Maskinonge,
wall-eye pike, black bass, picker-
el, perch, etc.
Joe Lake. — Algonquin National
Park: Trout.
Key Inlet. — Georgian Bay: Mas-
kinonge.
Kingston. — Same as Gannanoque.
Mowat. — See Joe Lake.
Newboro. — Upper Rideau, New-
boro, Loon, Benson, Mosquito,
Devil, and Sand lakes: Salmon
trout, black bass, pike, pickerel.
Parry Sound. — Georgian Bay:
Bass, maskinonge, salmon, trout,
whitefish.
Pt. aux Baril. — Same as Parry
Sound.
Port Author to Rainy River. —
Numerous lakes and rivers:
Lake trout, speckled trout, pike,
pickerel, bass, sturgeon, white-
fish, suckei.
St. Ola. — Gull, Devil, Salmon,
Star, Blue lakes: Salmon, trout,
black bass.
Westport. — Upper and Lower Ri-
deau, and Wolf lakes: Salmon
trout, black bass, pike, pickerel.
Nova Scotia. East Branch of the La Have River.
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103
\v
Nova Scotia. Waiting for a Liner off Yarmouth.
CANADA— Con.
Quebec
Abenakis Springs. — St. Lawrence,
St. Francis, St. Morris, Nicolet,
Richelieu and Yamaska rivers,
and St. Peter lake, etc.: Mas-
kinonge, pike, pickerel, black-
bass, sturgeon, yellow perch,
dore (pike-perch), etc.
Cedar Lake. — Bostonnais river:
Speckled trout.
Charette's Mill. — Lake Pizagonke:
Trout.
Joliette. — L' Assumption river:
Dore, bass, grey trout, maskin-
onge.
Lac aux Sables. — Lac aux Sables,
Lac Brule, Rivierre Propre:
Perch, speckled, red and lake
trout.
Lachute. — Sixteen Island lakes:
Trout, perch.
Lake Bouchette. — Speckled trout.
Lake Edward. — Speckled trout.
Lac St. Joseph. — Lake St. Joseph
and lake Sergent: Perch, speck-
led trout, lake trout, black bass,
shad.
Megantic. — -Ninety ponds, three
lakes, six rivers and various
streams and brooks: Brook
trout.
New Glasgow. — Lake L'Achigan:
Red trout, grey trout, bass.
Notre Dame des Auges: Batiscan
river: Speckled trout.
Reed's Camp. — Tawachiche
river: Speckled trout.
Rivierre a Pierre. — River Blanche:
Speckled trout.
Roberval. — Lake St. John: Carp,
dore, perch, pike, salmon, trout,
ouananiche, whitefish.
Rousseau's Mill. — Same as Notre
Dame des Auges.
St. Boniface. — Small lakes: Trout.
St. Cuthbert. — Maskinonge lake:
Maskinonge.
St. Gabriel. — Jacques Cartier
River; Salmon.
St. Jerome. — St AngeHque lake:
Grey trout, red trout.
St. Tite. — Lake Pierre Paul:
Trout, perch.
Tadousac. — Salmon, trout.
Valcartier. — Same as St. Gabriel.
COLORADO
Almont. — Taylor, East and Gun-
nison rivers: Same as at Gun-
nison.
Altruria. — South Platte river,
Platte canon: Rainbow and
Eastern brook trout. June 1 to
Nov. 30.
American Fork. — Utah Lake:
Black bass, trout, catfish, sucker.
Antonito. — Conejos river: Rain-
Idow and native trout.
Aspen. — Roaring Fork river and
Hunter and Castle creeks:
Trout.
Avon. — Eagle river: Trout.
Baileys. — Same as at Altruria.
Beaver. — Head waters of Beaver
creek: Trout.
Buffalo Park. — Same as at Altru-
ria.
Canon City. — Beaver creek: Trout.
Carbondale. — Marble and Crystal
regions: Trout.
Cassells. — Same as at Altruria.
Cebolla. — Gunnison and Cebolla
rivers: Same as at Gunnison.
Charleston. — Provo river and
Strawberry Vallev district:
Trout.
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COLORADO— Con.
Cimarron. — Cimarron river: Same
as at Gunnison.
Colorado Springs. — Lakes and
streams: Trout.
Colton. — Strawberry creek: Trout.
Creede. — Rio Grande river and
numerous streams: Trout.
Cisco.— Grand river: Salmon and
trout.
Crested Butte. — Slate and East
rivers: Trout.
Crossons. — Same as at Altruria.
Del Norte. — Rio Grande river:
Rainbow, brook and native
trout.
Delta. — Grand Mesa lakes: Native
trout.
Denver. — See Altruria, Bailey's,
etc.
Dillon. — Blue and Snake river,
Ten-Mile water: Native trout.
Dolores. — Trout.
Dome Park. — Same as at Altruria.
Doyleville. — Wannita Springs and
Cochetopa cieek: Rainbow, na-
tive and brook trout.
Durango. — Emerald lake: Rain-
bow.
Eagle. — Eagle river and British
Creek : Rainbow, brook and
native trout.
Eagle. — Eagle river and Brush
creek: Rainbow, brook and Na-
tive trout,
Eldorado. — Lakes in South Park.
Emma. — Snow Mass creek: Native
trout.
Espanola. — Numerous streams:
Trout.
Estes Park: — Big Thompson river:
Rainbow and Eastern brook
trout.
Florence. — Beaver creek: Trout.
Fort Collins: Pondre river: Rain-
bow and Eastern brook trout.
June 1 to Nov. 3.
Garland. — Ute and Trinchera
creeks: Trout.
Glenisle. — Same as at Altruria.
Glenwood Springs. — Grizzly creek :
Native trout.
Grant. — Same as at Altruria.
Grand Junction. — Golby's lake:
Trout.
Granite. — ^Twin lakes: Mackin-
aw, brook and native trout.
Green River. — ^Trout.
Gunnison. — Tomichi, Taylor, East
and Gunnison rivers and Ohio
and Beaver creeks: Loch Levin,
rainbow, native and brook trout.
Gypsum. — Eagle river, Gypsum
creek: Rainbow, brook and
native trout.
Heber. — Strawberry Valley dis-
trict: Trout.
Hesperus. — La Plata river: Trout.
Hotchkiss. — La Roux, Crystal and
Holy Terror creeks and Gunni-
son river: Trout.
Insmont. — Same as at Altruria.
lola. — Same f»s at Gunnison.
Lake City. — Lakes Fork and San
Cristoval and various streams:
Trout.
La Jara. — Conejos, Alamosa and
La Jara creeks: Native trout.
Larkspur. — Plum creek: Trout.
La Veta. — Wahatoya creek. La
Veta lake: Rainbow and native
trout.
Lizard Head. — Trout Lake: Trout.
Loveland. — Big Thompson River:
Rainbow and Eastern brook
trout. June 1 to Nov. 30.
Marysvale. — Sevier river and nu-
merous streams: Trout.
Meeker. — White river. Trappers'
and Martine lakes: Rainbow and
native trout.
Middle Park, Grand River: Rain-
bow trout.
Minturn. — Eagle river: Tiout.
Moffat. — Upper Sagnache creek:
Trout.
Mt. Pleasant. — S mall creek:
Trout.
Monte Vista. — Rio Grande river
and Rock creek: Trout.
Murray. — Big Cottonwood creek:
Trout.
New Castle. — Elk creek: Native
trout.
Ophir. — Trout Lake and South
and Lake forks of San Mig-
uel river: Trout.
Osier. — Los Pinos river: Rainbow
and native trout.
Pagosa Springs. — San Juan river:
Trout.
Palmer Lake. — North and South
Monument creeks: Trout.
Pangvitch. — Lake and streams:
Trout.
Parlin. — Tomichi, Cochetopa and
Quartz creeks: Rainbow, native
and brook trout.
Payson. — Utah Lake: Same as at
Spanish Fork.
Paonia. — Hubbard, Holy Terror,
Elk, Big Muddy, Little Muddy,
Bear and Cow creeks and Gunni-
son river: Trout.
Pine Grove. — Same as at Altruria.
Platte Canon. — Same as at Altru-
ria.
Placerville. — San Miguel river and
numerous streams: Trout.
Price. — Strawberry creek: Trout.
Provo. — Provo river: Black bass
and trout.
Red CHff.— Eagle river: Trout.
Richfield.— Fish lake: Trout.
Rico. — Dolores river and Coal,
Fish and Scotch creeks: Trout.
Rifle. — Rifle creek: Native trout.
Riverview. — Same as at Altruria.
Romeo. — Conejos river: Trout.
San Bemando. — T rout lake:
Trout.
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COLORADO— Con.
San Cristoval Lake. — See Lake
City.
Sapinero. — Gunnison river and
Elk, Sipinero, and Pine creeks:
Trout.
Sargent. — Marshall and Tomichi
creeks: Rainbow, native and
brook trout.
Scofield. — Fish creek: Trout.
Shawnee. — Same as at Altruria.
South Fork. — Rio Grande and So.
Fork rivers: Rainbow, brook
and native trout.
So. Platte. — Same as at Altruria.
Spanish Fork. — Utah lake: Black
bass, trout, catfish, sucker.
Springville. — Hobble creek: Trout.
Steamboat Springs. — Trout.
Sunny side. — Strawberry creek and
numerous streams: Trout.
Telluride. — South and Lake forks
of San Miquel river and Trout
lake: Trout.
Thistle Junction. — Diamond creek:
Trout.
Trinidad. — Numerous streams:
Trout.
Trout Lake. — ^Trout Lake: Trout.
Tucker. — Soldier, Spanish, and
Tie forks and Clear and Indian
creeks: Trout.
Vance Junction. — Trout lake:
Trout.
Wagon Wheel Gap. — Rio Grande
river and Bellows and Goose
creek: Rainbow and native
trout.
Westclifife. — Wet Mountain Valley
lakes and streams: Trout.
Whitewater. — Gunnison river and
Kahnah creek: Trout.
Wolcott. — Eagle river: Trout.
CONNECTICUT
Hartford. — Connecticut river and
Keney's andWeathersfield coves:
Black bass, perch, pickerel.
East Hampton. — Lake Pocota-
pang: Black bass, perch, pick-
erel.
Niantic. — Brook Trout.
Willimantic. — Knowlton's Pond»
Hall's Reservoir and Bucks.
Reservoir: Pickerel, perch, trout.
Winstead. — Highland Lake: Bass,
trout, pickerel, perch.
FLORIDA
Atlantic Beach. — Pablo creek :
Black bass.
Eustis. — Lake Eustis: Trout, bass,
crappie, catfish.
Ft. Meade. — Fifty-two lakes:
Black bass, bream, catfish.
Jacksonville. — Orchard Lake,
Doctor's lake and other lakes:
Black bass.
Kissimmee. — Black bass, etc.
Miami. — Black bass, etc.
Mohawk. — Apopka Mountains:
Lakes Juanita, Apopka, Minne-
ola, Louise, Minnehaha, and
Paltiakaha, Ocklawaha and St.
John's rivers, etc.: Black bass,
pickerel, bream, perch, etc.
Orlando. — Eleven lakes near by
(1000 lakes in county): Black
bass, bream, etc.
Palm Beach. — Lakes of the Ever-
glades: Big-mouth black bass.
Rockledge. — St. John's river and
Lakes Winder, Poinsett, and
Florance: Black bass, pickerel,
goggle-eye perch, bream, catfish,
etc.
ILLINOIS
Barrington. — Lake Zurick: Perch.
Bradford. — Lake Senaschwine:
Carp, mullet, catfish.
Canton. — Illinois river and Spring
lake: Black bass, pickerel, perch,
sunfish, catfish.
Chicago. — See Barrington, and
McHenry, 111., Genona Junction,
and Twin Lakes, Wis.
Collinsville. — Sunfish, crappie,
catfish, mullet.
Elgin. — Fox River: Bass, perch,
pickerel, red horse sucker, eel,
etc.
Fox Lake. — See McHenry.
Griggsville. — Black bass, pickerel,
catfish, carp, mullet.
Lyndon. — Rock River: Catfish,
buffalo-fish, sturgeon, carp.
McHenry. — Pistakee Bay and
Lakes Fox, Marie, Channel,
Nippersink, Grass, and Geneva,
etc.: Black bass, pike, muskel-
lunge, perch, pickerel.
Montezuma. — Bass, crappie, jack
salmon.
Serena. — Fox river: Black bass,
carp, mullet.
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INDIANA
Aurora. — Hogan creek, Ohio river:
Black bass, etc.
Batesville. — Langhery and Salt
creeks: Black bass, carp, cat-
fish, mullet.
Brookville. — White Water: Black
bass, catfish.
Cornersville. — White Water: Black
bass.
Crawfordsville. — Rock river:
Black bass, perch, pickerel.
KANSAS
Cherokee. — Neosho and Spring rivers: Black bass, catfish, mullet.
KENTUCKY
Middlesborough. — Fern lake; Black bass, crappie.
MAINE
Abbott Village. — Trout, lake trout
white perch.
Alton. — Trout, pickerel.
Aliens Mills. — Clear Water pond,
etc.: Trout, lake trout, land-
locked salmon, black bass.
Amaconcus Lake. — See Masardis.
Ambajejus Lake. — See Norcross.
Andover. — ^Trout. See also Be-
mis.
Anson. — Brook trout, black bass,
pickerel.
Aroostook River. — See Oxbow.
Ashland. — Machias lake, Pratt
and Clayton lakes, Greenlaw
stream. Round Mountain, Bart-
lett, and Lost ponds: Brook
trout, lake trout, etc.
Attean Landing. — See Jackman.
Attean Lake. — See Jackman.
Austin Lake. — See Bingham.
Austin Pond. — See Bingham.
Augusta. — Black bass, white
perch.
Bangor. — Salmon, black bass,
pickerel, perch.
Bangor Salmon Pool. — See Ban-
gor.
Baskahegan Lake. — See Brook-
ton, and Forest.
Bath. — Pickerel, black bass, white
perch.
Baring. — Trout.
Bedroom Pond.^ — See Rangeley.
Belgrade. — Long and Great lakes:
Black bass, perch, pickerel,
trout.
Belfast. — Salt water fishing.
Bemis. — Trout, salmon, pickerel.
See also Middle Dam and An-
dover.
Belgrade Lakes. — See Belgrade
and North Belgrade.
Bethel. — Salmon, brook trout,
black bass, pickerel, rock bass,
yellow perch.
Beddington. — See Cherryfield.
Benedicta. — Echo Island: Trout,
lake trout, salmon, black bass,
pickerel, perch.
Beaver Pond. — See Rangeley.
Bigelow. — Tim pond, Jim pond.
Chain of ponds, Kibby stream,
Spencer stream, lakes Round
Mountain, King and Bartlett,
and Blakesley: Brook trout,
lake trout, salmon, pickerel.
Big Fish Lake. — See Ashland.
Bingham. — Rowe, Austin and
Carry ponds, etc.: Trout, lake
trout, landlocked salmon.
Big Churchill.— See Holeb.
Biddeford. — White perch, pickerel
cod, hake, halibut, mackerel.
Birch Island. — See Holeb and
Jackman.
Blaine. — Trout.
Blakeslee. — See Eustis.
Blanchard. — Trout.
Black Brook. — See Dead river.
Boyd Lake. — Bass, p i c k e rel,
white perch.
Bridgewater. — Trout, pickerel.
Bridgeton. — Black bass, brook
trout, pickerel.
Brooks. — Trout.
, Brownfield. — Trout, pickerel.
Brownville. — Landlocked salmon,
trout, bass, pickerel, perch.
Brookton. — See Forest.
Bryant's Pond. — Big trout.
Burlington. — See Enfield.
Byron. — Brook trout.
Calais. — Sea salmon, trout.
Canibas. — Trout, lake trout, land-
locked salmon.
Caribou. — Trout, lake trout, land-
locked salmon.
Carratunk. — Bingham.
Carrabasset. — West Carry ponds,
Black Brook ponds, Spring lake:
Same as at Bigelow.
Capens. — See Greenville junction.
Castine. — Trout, flounder, mack-
erel.
Carry Ponds. — See Bingham.
Cedar Lake. — See Norcross.
Chambers Lake. — See Machias.
Charlotte. — See Eastport Junc-
tion.
Chain of Ponds. — See Bigelow.
Chesuncook. — Chesuncook lake:
Square-tail and lake trout,
whitefish, cusk and eel. Ripo-
genus and Caribou lakes and
Caribou thoroughfare: Brook
trout, togue and whitefish.
Rainbow lake. Carry and Jor-
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107
MAINE— Con.
dan ponds: Pink -belly brook
trout, Frost pond: Scarlet-belly
brook trout, Harrington lake:
Brook trout, togue and white-
fish. Soper brook: Brook trout.
Cobbossecontee Lake. — See Gar-
diner and Manchester.
Cold Stream Pond.— See Enfield.
Cruss Lake. — See Jemtland.
Cupsuptic Lake. — Haines Land-
ing.
Cherryfield. — Trout, salt water
fishes.
Clear Water Pond. — See Allen's
Mills and Farmington.
Coplin. — Trout.
Costigan. — Black bass, lake trout,
pickerel.
Cole Brook. — See Machias.
Cold Spring. — See Gd. Lake
Stream,
Columbia. — Trout, salmon.
Columbia Falls. — Trout, salmon.
Cross Lake. — See Jemtland.
Curtler. — Brook trout.
Crow's Nest. — See Greenville Junc-
tion.
Danforth. — Brook trout, land-
. locked salmon, pickerel, perch.
Dead River. — West Carry pond
region: Brook trout, lake trout,
salmon, pickerel.
Dead River Pond. — ^Trout.
Dead Water. — See Norcross. Brook
trout, lake trout, pickerel, etc.
Deer Pond. — See Bigelow and
Eustis.
Dennysville. — Sea Salmon, etc.
Dixfield. — Brook trout, landlock-
ed salmon.
Dover. — Brook trout, lake trout,
, landlocked salmon, black bass,
pickerel, white perch.
Dobsis Lake. — See Winn.
Duck Lake. — See Winn.
Easton. — Trout.
Eastbrook. — See Franklin.
East Dover. — ^Trout, black bass.
East Newport. — Black bass, pick-
erel, white perch.
Eastport Junction. — ^Trout, black
bass, landlocked salmon.
Eastport. — Trout, salt water fishes.
East Machias. — Trout, salt water
fishes.
East*Sebago. — See Mattocks.
Ellsworth Falls. — Trout, lake
trout, landlocked salmon, pick-
erel.
Empire Road. — Trout, black bass,
pickerel.
Enfield. — Landlocked salmon,
lake trout, pickerel, white
perch.
Epping. — Trout.
Eustis. — Blakeslee lake, Spencer
stream, Tim pond. Deer pond,
etc.: Trout.
Farmington. — Trout, etc. See
also Allen's Mills and Temple.
Flagstaff. — Spring lake: Same as
at Bigelow.
Flipper Lake. — See Waite.
Fish River. — See Ashland.
Forest. — Brookton: Trout.
Forks, The. — See Bingham.
Forks of Kennebec. — See Bing-
ham.
Fort Fairfield. — Salmon, trout.
Fort Fairfield Junction. — Trout,
white perch.
Foxcroft. — Trout, landlocked sal-
mon, bass, pickerel.
Franklin. — Trout, salmon.
Fryeburg. — Black bass, trout
pickerel.
Galead.— Trout.
Gardiner. — Trout, black bass, pick-
erel, perch.
Grand Lake. — See Patten.
Grand Lake Stream. — Trout, land-
locked salmon, togue, perch.
Great Lake. — See Belgrade.
Green's Farm. — Brook trout.
Green Lake. — Trout, etc.
Muskellonge (40 lbs.) caught near
,-. Parry Sound, Northern
Ontario, Canada.
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MAINE— Con.
Greenville, — Brook trout, lake
trout, landlocked salmon.
Greenville Junction. — Moosehead,
Chesuncook and Caribou lakes,
etc.: Trout, lake trout, land-
locked salmon, etc.
Grindstone. — Trout, lake trout,
salmon, black bass, pickerel,
perch.
Guilford. — Pickerel, white perch.
Haines Landing. — Trout, etc.
Hancock. — Trout, salt water fish-
ing.
Harrington. — Trout.
Hay Brook. — See Patten.
Hayden Lake. — See Madison.
Highland Lake. — Black bass.
Holeb. — Birchlsland, Long pond:
Trout, salmon.
Houghton. — Brook trout.
Houlton. — S a 1 m on, landlocked
salmon, trout, pickerel, white
perch.
Island Falls. — Bass, trout, pick-
erel, white perch.
Indian Island. — See Sebago lake.
Indian Pond. — See Mooselaead.
Indian Rock. — Trout.
Jackman. — Heald pond: Trout,
salmon.
Jemtland. — Square lake: Trout,
lake trout, landlocked salmon,
etc.
Jo Merry Lake. — See Norcross.
Jonesboro. — Trout.
Juanita Lake. — See Abbott Vil-
lage.
Katahdin. — Pleasant river, Hay
brook. White brook, E. Chair-
back pond: Trout.
Katahdin Iron Works. — Land-
locked salmon, trout, pickerel,
etc.
Katahdin Lake. — See Sherman.
Kennebago. — Trout.
Kennebago Lake. — See Rangeley.
Kidney Pond. — See Norcross.
King and Bartlett Lake. — See
Carrabasset.
Kineo. — Moosehead lake and vari-
ous streams and ponds: Land-
locked salmon, brook trout,
lake trout, etc.
Kingfield. — Tuft's pond. Button
pond: Brook trout, salmon.
Kettle Cove. — See Portland.
Lambert Lake. — Landlocked sal-
mon and trout in Lambert lake.
Trout in Tomah stream. Black
bass, perch, etc., in Spednic
lake.
Lagrange. — Trout, pickerel.
Lewiston. — Maranacook Lake:
Brook trout.
Lilly Lake. — See Machias.
Lily Bay. — Trout, etc.
Lincoln. — Trout, etc.
Littleton. — Trout, pickerel, perch.
Lisbon Falls. — Black bass, trout,
perch.
Limerick. — Trout, landlocked sal-
mon, pickerel.
Long Lake. — See Naples, North
Bridgton, Mattocks and Bel-
grade.
Long Pond. — See Holeb and Bel-
grade.
Loon Lake. — See Rangeley.
Ludlow. — Pickerel, white perch.
Lubec. — See Eastport.
Machias. — Trout.
Machias Lakes. — See Ashland.
Machias River. — See Whitney-
ville.
Madison. — Black bass, trout, pick-
erel, white perch.
Magalloway River. — See Cole-
brook.
Manchester. — Cobboss eecontee
lake: Trout, landlocked salmon,
black bass.
Mars Hill.— Trout.
Maranacook. — Maranacook lake,
etc.: Trout, black bass, pickerel,
perch.
Masardis. — Salmon, trout, lake
trout, etc.
Mattaseunk Lake. — See Matta-
wamkeag.
Mattocks. — Sebago lake: Land-
locked salmon, trout.
Mattawamkeag. — Trout, pickerel,
perch.
Meadow Brook Stream. ^ — See Ma-
sardis.
Millbridge. — Trout, tautog, cod,
haddock, smelt, etc.
Millmogasset JLake. — See Oxbow,
Middle Dam. — Trout.
Millinockett. — Trout, pickerel ,
white perch.
Millnocket Lake. — See Oxbow.
Milltown. — Sea salmon, trout,
Milo. — Bass, pickerel.
Milo Junction. — Bass, pickerel,
perch.
Meddybemps. — Bass, perch, etc.
Monmouth. — Black bass, pickerel,
perch.
Monson. — Landlocked salmon,
lake trout, brook trovit, white
perch, smelt.
Monson Junction. — Brook trout,
lake trout,
Monticello. — Trout, white perch.
Mountain View. — See Oquossoc.
Moosehead. — Moosehead lake:
Trout.
Moosehead Lake. — See Moose-
head, Greenville, Greenville
Junction.
Mooselick Stream. — See Masar-
dis.
Mooselucmeguntic Lake. — See
Oquossoc,
Mollechunkamunk Lake. — See
Bemis.
Moluncus River. — See Kingman.
Moxie Pond. — See Bingham,
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MAINE— Con.
Muddy River. — See Mattocks.
Munsungun Lake. — See Masardis.
Namakanta Lake, — See Norcross.
Naples. — Long lake: Black bass,
white perch. Numerous
streams: Brook trout.
Narraguagns River. — See So. Bed
dington.
Newport. — Black bass, pickerel,
white perch.
New Sweden. — Trout, lake trout,
landlocked salmon.
Nicatons Lake. — See Enfield.
Nollsemic Lake. — See MilHnoc-
kett.
Norcross. — ^Trout, lake trout, pick-
erel, white perch.
North Anson. — Black bass, trout.
North Bridgeton. — Wyonegomic
lake: Trout.
Northfteld.— Trout.
Northeast Carry. — Trout, etc.
North Belgrade. — Black bass,
trout, pickerel, white perch.
North Berwick. — Trout.
Norridgewock. — Black bass, trout,
pickerel, perch.
North Sebago. — See Sebago lake
and Mattocks.
Northwest River. — See Mattocks.
Oakfield. — Trout, pickerel, white
perch.
Oakland. — Kenne bee valley:
Black bass, pickerel, perch.
Old Orchard. — Trout, perch and
salt-water species.
Old Stream. — See Machias.
Onawa. — Trout, etc.
Oxbrook Lake. — See Grand Lake
Stream.
Oxford. — Black bass, brook trout,
lake trout, pickerel, white perch.
Oquossoc. — Mooselucm e g u n t i c
lake: Trout.
Oquossoc Lake. — See Rangeley
lakes.
Otter Pond. — See Bingham.
Oxbow. — Millnocket and Mi 1 1 i-
nockett lakes: Trout.
Passadumkeag. — ^Trout, pickerel,
perch.
Patten. — Shin ponds, Penobscot
county: ]l Salmon, trout, lake
trout, pickerel, white perch.
Patten Junction. — Salmon, trout.
Pembroke. — ^Trout.
Perry. — Trout.
Pemadumcook Lake. — See Nor-
cross.
Portland. — Black bass, trout,
pickerel, salt-water fishes.
Sebago Lake. — Landlocked sal-
mon, trout.
Presque Isle. — Trout.
Princeton. — Trout, salmon.
Phillips. — Mt. Blue pond. Carle-
ton pond, Lufkin ponds: Trout,
black bass, landlocked salmon.
Piper Pond. — See Monson Junc-
tion.
Pleasant Pond. — See Bingham.
Pomkeag Lake. — See Masardis.
Portage Lake. — ^Trout.
Pushaw Lake. — See Bangor.
Rangeley. — Seven ponds. Dead
river ponds, Kenebago and
Loon lakes: Trout, salmon.
Rangeley Lake. — See Rangeley.
Rangeley Outlet. — ^Trout, etc.
Redington. — ^Trout.
Riverside. — Black bass, pickerel,
perch.
Robinsons. — ^Trout.
Roxbury. — ^Trout.
Rumford Falls.— Trout.
Round Mountain Lake. — See Bige-
low.
Rowe Ponds.' — See Bingham.
Roach River. — Trout.
Roach Ponds. — See Greenville
Junction.
Sabattis. — Black bass, pickerel.
Salem. — Brook trout.
Salmon Stream Lake. — See Sher-
man. ,-! ^
Sandy Beach. — See Mattocks and
Sebago lake.
Schoodic. — Landlocked salmon,
brook trout, lake trout, bass,
pickerel.
Schoolie Grand Lake Chain. — See
Forest.
Seven Ponds. — See Rangeley.
Sebago Lake. — Landlocked sal-
mon, pickerel, etc. See also
Portland, and Mattocks.
Seboois Lake. — See West Seboois
and Schoodic.
Sebec. — Landlocked salmon, trout,
lake trout, black bass, pickerel,
perch.
Seboomook. — Trout, etc.
Sherman. — ^Trout, lake trout, sal-
mon, black bass, pickerel, perch.
Shirley. — Brook trout, lake trout.
Skowhegan. — Black bass, pick-
erel, perch.
Smyrna Mills. — Bantoncus re-
gion: Trout, lake trout, pick-
erel, etc.
Shinn Pond. — See Patten-
Snow Shoe Lake. — See Patten.
Soldier Pond. — See Grindstone,
Sourdnuhenk Lake. — See Nor-
cross.
South Twin Lake. — See Norcross.
Spider Lake. — See Masardis.
Squa Pan Lake. — See Masardis.
Strong. — Sweet's pond: Brook
trout, lake trout, salmon.
Stratton. — TroUt.
Spring Lake. — Trout, salmon,
togue.
Songo Lock. — See Mattocks.
Solon. — Trout, etc.
Somerset Mills. — Black bass, pick-
erel.
South Arm. — ^Trout.
South Casco. — See Portland.
South Naples. — See Mattocks.
South Sebec. — Landlocked sal-
mon, trout, bass, pickerel.
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MAINE— Con.
South Springfield. — Landlocked
salmon, trout, pickerel, perch.
t. Southwest Harbor. — Trout, pick-
erel, perch, cod, haddock, etc.
Spencer Stream. — See Eustis.
Spring Lake. — See Flagstaff.
Stacyville. — Trout, salmon, lake
trout, pickerel, black bass,
perch.
St. Croix. — Trout, sea salmon.
Steep Falls. — Black bass, trout,
pickerel, perch.
Steuben. — Trout, etc.
Sullivan. — See Tunk pond.
Talmadge. — See Waite.
Temple, — See Farmington.
The Forks. — See Bingham.
Tim Pond. — See Bigelow
Eustis.
Topsfield.— Trout.
Tunk Pond. — Landlocked
mon, brook trout, lake trout.
Telos Lake. — See Patten or Green-
ville.
Trout Brook. — See Patten.
Umquolcus Lake. — See Masardis
and Smyrna Mills.
Umbago Lake. — See Rumford
Falls.
Union River. — See So. Bedding-
ton.
Union ville. — Trout.
Unity. — Black bass, landlocked
salmon, pickerel, perch.
Upsala. — Trout, lake trout, land-
locked salmon.
Upper Dam. — Rangeley lakes:
Trout.
Upton. — See Rumford Falls.
and
sal-
Van Buren. — Trout.
Varnum Pond. — See Temple.
Waite. — Flipper lake, Talmadge:
Trout.
Waltham. — See Franklin.
Waterville. — Black bass, pickerel,
perch.
Weeksboro. — Trout, white perch.
Wassataquoix Stream. — See Sta-
ceyville.
West Carry Ponds. — Trout, sal-
mon, togue.
Weld Pond.— See Wilton or Dix-
field.
Wells. — Trout, and salt-water
fish.
Webb Lake.— See Dixfield.
West Branch Ponds. — See Roach
river.
West Seboois. — Trout, pickerel,
white perch.
West Mino. — ^Trout, pickerel.
Whiting. — Orange lake: Trout.
Winn. — rLandlocked salmon, lake
trout, pickerel, perch.
Wilton. — Salmon and trout.
West Bog Dam. — See Shirley.
West Branch Pond. — See Green-
ville.
Welokennebacook L a k e. — S e e
Bemis.
Wilson's Pond. — See Greenville.
Willimantic. — See Sebec.
Whitney ville. — Trout.
Wymegomic Lake. — See North
Bridgton.
Yarmouth. — Brook trout.
Yoke Pond. — See Katahdin Iron
Works.
MARYLAND
Williamsport. — Potomac river: Black bass, perch, etc.
Athol. — Queen lake territory:
Black bass, brook trout.
Great Barrington. — B e r k s h i r e
hills: Brook trout.
Kingston. — Silver lake: Pickerel,
perch Sm;ill brooks: Trovt.
Plymouth. — Brook trout.
MASSACHUSETTS
Stowe. — ^Trout in streams.
Sudbury. — Trout in streams.
Watertown. — Bartlett lake: Perch.
Whitman Crossing. — B o o n e ' s
pond: Bass, pickerel, perch.
Trout in streams.
MICHIGAN
Au Sable. — Au Sable river, Pine
river. Lakes Van Etten and
Huron: Trout, bass, pike, perch.
Alcona. — Black river and Lake
Huron: Trout, perch, pike.
Alpena. — Long, Grand and Huron
lakes; Thunder bay. Squaw
bay. Thunder Bay river. Devil
river. Misery bay. False Presque
Isle Harbor, Hubbard lake.
Turtle lake: Trout, bass, pike,
perch.
Aloha. — Mullet, Burt, Long and
Black lakes, Black river, Mil-
lington river: Trout, bass, mus-
kellunge, pike, parch.
Bay City. — Saginaw river, Sag-
inaw bay: Bass, pickerel, perch.
Beachwood. — Iron, Brule and
Paint rivers: Trout. Many
small lakes: Black bass.
Benton Harbor. — Blue and Yel-
low creeks: Brook trout, pike,
mullet.
Black River. — Black river, Hub-
bard lake. Lake Huron: Bass,
perch, trout.
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MICHIGAN— Con.
Bovee. — Two lakes: Trout, bass,
pike, pickerel.
Cheboygan. — Mullet, Carp, Doug-
las lakes, Black, Little Black,
Upper Black, Cheboygan rivers.
Pigeon, Elliott, Sturgeon creeks:
Brook trout, rainbow trout,
pike, muskellunge.
Cook's Mills. — Trout.
Corinne. — Bass, pike, pickerel.
Detroit. — Orchard, Pine, Sylvan
and Orien lakes: Black bass,
perch, pike, pickerel.
East Tawas. — Lakes Tawas, Sand
Long, Island, Florid, Little,
and Huron; Au Gres river;
Silver, Cold, Sims, Bray, Wil-
ber, Gordon, Little Buck,
Big Buck, and Indiana creeks;
Turtle ditch: Trout, bass, pike,
perch, bluegill.
Elmwood. — Paint and Ontonagon
rivers, Cook's run. Thirty-three
and Bush creeks: Trout. Tam-
arack lake: Black bass.
Emery Junction. — Au Gres river:
Trout.
Engardine. — Brook trout.
Gladstone. — Brook trout.
Gogebic Lake. — Black bass. Slate
river, Pelton creek and Trout
brook: Brook trout. Other
waters: Muskellunge.
Greenbush. — Cedar creek. Cedar
lake. Lake Huron: Bass, perch,
pike, sunfish.
Gustin. — Pine river and branches.
Sucker creek. Buff Brown creek,
West Branch, Pine lake: Trout,
bass, pike, etc.
Hart. — Pentwater river: Speckled
and rainbow trout.
Hessel Dock. — Lake Huron: Mus-
kellunge, black bass, lake trout,
pickerel, perch. Trout in
streams.
Iron River. — Iron, Brule and Paint
rivers: Brook trout, lake trout,
black bass, etc.
La Rocque. — Ella, May, Nettie,
Emma, Lost, Clear lakes: Trout
bass, pike, perch, etc.
Lincoln. — Sucker, Buff Brown
creeks, Pine river and branches,
Hubbard lake, West Branch,
Pine lake: Bass, trout, pike.
Linwood Park.— Saginaw bay:
Bass, perch, pickerel.
Long Lake (Iosco County.) —
Long, Loon, Bass lakes, Vaughn
creek. Smith creek: Trout, bass,
pike.
Lupton. — Several streams and
lakes: Bass, trout, pike.
Mclver. — Au Gres river, Guiley
creek. Sand lake, Floyd lake:
Trout, bass, pike.
Manistique. — Indian, Manistique,
Thunlu, Goose and Bass lakes;
Indian and Little Murphy
rivers and Spring brook and
Carr creek: Black bass, pickerel,
pike.
Marenisco. — Presque Isle river:
Brook trout. Oxbow, Crab,
State Line and Presque Isle
lakes: Black bass, muskellunge,
etc.
Metropolitan. — Sturgeon river:
Brook trout. Norway: Pick-
erel. Brown's lakes: Black
bass, pickerel, pike, perch.
Metz. — Swan, Trout, North,
Branch rivers, Quinn, creek:
Trout, bass, pike.
Mikado. — Van Ellen creek. Pine
river. Sprinkler lake: Trout,
bass, pike.
Millersburg. — Drum, Nellie, Em-
ma, May, Barnhart, Rainy lakes.
Silver creek, Little Ocqueoc
river: Trout, bass, pike.
Mills. — Sage, Mud, Clear lakes,
Whitney creek, Au Gres river:
Trout, bass, pike.
Munising. — Munising bay: Square-
tail trout, lake trout. Various
streams: Brook trout.
Omer. — Pine, Rifle, Au Gres
rivers. Dead Branch, Big, Town
Line, Gilbert, Sterling Bridge,
Bear, Mansfield, Wells, Silver
creeks: Bass, trout, pike.
Onaway. — Big Pigeon, Little Pig-
eon, Stoney creeks, Black lake.
Black, Little Black, Rainy
rivers: Trout, bass, pike.
Oscoda. — See Au Sable.
Ossineke.— Wolf, Wild Cat, Hub-
bard, Sucker, Little North,
Buff, Comstock creeks, Hub-
bard, Devil, Roe, Twin, Archie,
Huron lakes, Black river branch-
es: Trout, bass, pike.
Pinconning. — Saginaw bay: Bass,
perch, pickerel.
Pine River. — Pine river and
streams: Perch, pike, carp.
Pontiac. — Orchard, Cass and Eliz-
abeth lakes: Black bass, pick-
erel, perch, etc.
Posen. — Grand lake. Long lake:
Bass, pike, perch.
Prescott. — Cranberry, Feeding,
Ground, Hughey, Clear, Lost,
Johnson, Bush, Boagner, Hard-
wood lakes. Rifle river, John-
son, Whitney creeks: Trout,
bass, pike.
Rapid River. — Brook trout, black
bass, pickerel, pike.
Rose City. — Devaux, Sage, Clear,
Styles, Dease, Long, Au Sable
lakes, Wilkins, Clacken, Whit-
ney, Prior, Big, Houghton
creeks. Rifle river: Trout, bass,
pike, bluegill, perch.
Rudyard. — Brook trout.
Saganing. — Saginaw bay: Bass,
pickerel, perch.
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MICHIGAN— Con.
Sault Ste. Marie. — Bass and
Trout lakes: Black bass, brook
trout. Batchaweng: Land-
locked rainbow trout.
South Branch. — Lakes and
streams: Trout, bass, pickerel.
Stark. — River Rouche: Pike, carp
mullet.
'Swanzy. — Escanaba and Choco-
late rivers: Brook trout. Sev-
eral lakes: Black bass, etc.
Taft. — Bass lake. Loon lake,
Smith creek, Vaughn creek, Au
Gres river: Trout, bass, pike.
Tawas Beach. — Same as East
Tawas.
Tawas City. — State Ditch, Huron,
Tawas, Sand lakes, Tawas bay,
Tawas river, Au Gres river.
Cold, Sims, Silver, Guiley,
Vaughn creeks: Pike, trout,
bass, herring.
Tower. — Black, Tomahawk, Shoe-
pack lakes; Rainy, Pigeon,
Black rivers; Miliken, Chandler,
Mud creeks: Grayling, pike,
trout, bass.
Trenary. — Trout lake, Stony
brook, Scott's creek and White-
fish river: Speckled trout.
Trout Lake.^ — Brook trout.
Turner. — Cedar creek. Cedar,
Cranberry, Mills, Clear, John-
son lakes: Black bass, rock bass
perch, pike.
Twining. — Au Gres river. Cedar
creek. Big creek: Trout, bass,
pike.
Wakefield. — Little Presque Isle
river: Brook trout.
Watersmeet. — Duck creek, On-
tonagon river: Brook trout.
Tamarack and Paint rivers,
Duck, Crooked, Clark and Thou-
sand Island lakes, etc.: Trout,
black bass, muskellunge, etc.
Whitedale. — ^Three lakes: Black
bass, pickerel.
Whitmore. — Sand, Lando, Styles
lakes; Latter, Vaughn, Hale,
Guiley, Smith, Johnson, Pot-
terfield creeks; Au Gres river:
Trout, bass, pike.
MINNESOTA
Aitkin. — Mississippi river and
twelve lakes: Black bass (big
and small mouth) , pike, pick-
erel, crappie.
Alexandria. — ^Twenty-six lakes:
Black bass, pickerel, pike, crop-
pie, perch.
Annandale. — Seventeen lakes:
Black bass, pickerel, pike.
Audubon. — Cormorant, Maud,
Lizzie, Eunice, Pelican and
Sally lakes: Black bass, crappie,
Anoka. — George, Round, Coon,
Ham, Twin, Norris and Crooked
lakes: Black bass, etc.
Backus. — Pine Mountain, Island,
Ox Yoke, Swede, Four-point
and Hattie lakes: Muskellunge,
pike, pickerel.
Bald Eagle Junction. — Bald Eagle
and White Bear lakes: Black
bass, pickerel, pike.
Barnum. — Big, Bear, Hanging
Horn, Cub, and Twenty-nine
lakes: Black bass, etc.
Barrett. — Pomme de Terre, Bar-
rett and Cormorant lakes:
Black bass, pike, pickerel, crop-
pie.
Battle Lake. — Battle and other
lakes: Black bass.
Bemidji. — Bemidji, Plantagenet.
and Irving lakes. Black bass.
Berown. — Cross and Pokegama
lakes: Black bass, pike.
Big Lake. — Eagle, Thompson and
Birch lakes: Black bass, pike.
Blackduck. — Fifteen lakes: Black
bass, pike, etc.
Brainerd. — Gull, Long, Rice and
Gilbert lakes: Black bass, etc.
Buffalo.— Pulaski, Buffalo, Cris-
ton, Pelican and Charlotte
lakes: Black bass, croppie,
pickerel, pike.
Burtrum. — Twin, Mound, Long,
Swan and Moose lakes: Black
bass, pike, crappie.
Carlos. — Le Homme Dieu, Milton,
Geneva, Ida, Irene, Carlos
. lakes: Black bass, croppie,
perch, pickerel, pike.
Center City. — Chisago lake and
other lakes: Black bass, etc.
Chisago City. — Chisago, Green,
Perch, Big, Sunrise and other
lakes: Black bass, etc.
Clear Lake. — Julia, Rush and Elk
lakes: Black bass.
Clitheral. — CHtheral and other
lakes: Black bass.
Cromwell. — Big Island lake and
Little Island lake: Black bass.
pike, steel-head trout, pickerel.
Deerwood. — Thirty lakes: Black
bass, pike, crappie, pickerel.
Dugdale. — Maple bay: Black bass.
Duluth. — Lake Superior: Black
bass, lake trout, pike, perch,
etc. North and South Shore
streams: Brook trout.
Eden Valley. — Eden, Rice, Long,
Brown and Crooket lakes:
Black bass, pickerel, pike.
Elbow Lake.— Elbow, Ten-Mile
and Pomme de Terre lakes:
Black bass, pickerel, pike.
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MINNESOTA— Con.
Farwell. — Oscar, Rachel, Free-
born and Blackwell lakes:
Black bass, pickerel, pike,
croppie.
Fergus Falls. — Wall, Jewett, Swan
and Ten-mile lakes: Black bass,
pike.
Finlayson. — Fish, Pine, Lower
Pine and Bass lakes: Black
bass, etc.
Forada. — Maple, Reno, Andrews,
Ellen, Leven, Union, Burgans,
Long, Turtle, Lovers lakes:
Black bass, croppie, pickerel,
pike.
Forest Lake. — Forest, Clear, Big,
Doctor's Chisago lakes: Black
bass, etc.
Ft. Ripley. — Nokasebe and Crow
Wing lakes: Black bass.
Frazee. — Graham, Murphy and
Weymer lakes: Black bass.
Friesland.- — Grindstone lake:
Black bass.
Funkley. — Hay and Whitefish
lakes: Lake trout, whitefish,
muskellunge, black bass, etc.
Glenwood. — Minnewaska, Pelican,
Villard, Reno and Ameha lakes:
Black bass,
Grantsburg. — Many lakes: Pick-
erel, sunfish, rock bass, crop-
pie, black bass. St. Croix
river: Muskellunge.
Grey Eagle. — Birch, Bass, Big
Swan, Twin, Long and Mound
lakes: Black bass, pike, crap-
pie.
Grimley. — Pelican, Trap and
thirty-seven other lakes: Black
bass, etc.
Henning. — East Battle and Leaf
lakes: Black bass, pike.
Hackensack. — Norman, White-
fish. Stony, Brick, Ten-mile,
Portage lakes: Black bass.
Hoffman. — Red Rock, Elk and
Oscar lakes: Black bass, pick-
erel, pike.
Iron River. — Brook trout.
Isle Royale. — See Rock Harbor,
Robin's Harbor and Washing-
ton Harbor.
Jenkins. — Whitefish lake and
chain of lakes: Same as at
Funkley.
Kensington. — Black bass, pick-
erel, croppie.
Kimball Prairie. — School Section,
Morray, Farwell, Pearl Scott,
Betsey, Francis, Clear, Union
and Mary lakes: Black bass,
pickerel, pike.
Lake Park. — Cormorant and Peli-
can lakes: Black bass, etc.
Lake Sarah. — Lake Sarah: Black
bass, pickerel.
Laporte. — Garfield, Kabekona
and Horse Shoe lakes: Black
bass, etc.
Lincoln. — Alexandria, Shamineau
•r and Rice lakes: Black bass,
'etc.
Lindstrom.^ — Chisago lake: Black
bass.
Lintonville. — Black bass, pike,
and pickerel.
Little Falls.— Fish lake: Black
bass, pike.
Loretto. — L a k e Independence :
Black bass, croppie, pickerel.
Luce. — Long, Sybil and Rose
lakes: Black bass, etc.
McGregor. — B ass and Sandy
lakes.
Maple Lake. — Lightfoot, Ramsey,
Rock, Mary, Twin, Maple, Han-
shaw, Albion, Sugar and Mink
lakes: Black bass, pickerel, pike.
Marine. — Sand, Goose, Apple, Big,
Maize, Big Marine, Bone and
Rice lakes, and St. Croix and
Gable rivers: Black bass,
pickerel.
Moose Lake. — Sturgeon, etc.
Motley. — Shamineau lake: Mus-
kellunge, black bass, pike, pick-
erel.
Osceola. — Osceola, Horse, Round,
Poplar, Sand and Big lakes,
and St. Croix river: Black bass,
speckled trout, sturgeon, pickerel,
Ottertail.— McDonald, Ottertail,
Long, Buchanan and eighteen
other lakes: Black bass, croppie
perch, pickerel, pike.
Parker's Crossing. — See Parker-
ville.
Parker's Prairie. — Adley, Horse-
head, Cora, Fish and Nelson
lakes: Black bass, perch, pick-
erel, pike.
Parkerville. — Long lake: Black
bass. etc.
Paynesville. — K oronis, Rice,
Horseshoe, Big Mud, Long,
Brown, Eden and Vallev lakes:
Black bass, pickerel, pike.
Pelican Rapids. — Pike, bass, etc.
Pequot. — Norway, Woman and
Whitefish lakes: Muskellunge,
black bass, etc.
Perham. — Little Pine, Big Pine,
Little McDonald lakes: Black
bass, pike, pickerel, etc.
Pine City. — Lake Pokegama:
Black bass, pike.
Pine River. — Hattie, Ada and
P o n t o lakes: Muskellunge,
black bass, etc.
Rush City. — Lake Rush: Pike,
perch, bass.
Richville. — Marion and Dead
lakes: Black bass, pickerel,
pike.
Rochester. — Mill ponds. Shady
and Florence lakes. Bear creek,
Zvimbro river, etc.: Black bass,
trout, sucker, perch, chub, bull-
head, etc.
Kahekona
Camp,
Woman Lake
Pokpgama Falls
MINNESOTA ^ Glimpse of Boy Eiver
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MINNESOTA— Con.
Rockford. — Lake Charlotte and
Crow river: Black bass, pick-
erel.
Rock Harbor. — Isle Royale: Lake
trout, brook trout.
Sank Center. — Sank, Birch, Fairy,
and Cedar lakes: Black bass,
pike, pickerel, crappie. Ward
Springs: Trout, etc.
South Haven. — Sylvia, John,
Scott, Betsey, Caroline, Mary,
Augusta, Frances, Union, Pick-
erel and Big lakes: Black bass,
croppie, pickerel, pike.
Starbuck. — Minnewaska lake:
Black bass, pickerel.
Sturgeon Lake. — Black bass, pike.
Swanville. — Black bass, pickerel.
Sylvan. — Sylvan lake: Black bass.
Tamarack. — Round lake: Black
bass, sturgeon, etc.
Taylor's Falls. — St. Croix river
and The Dalles of the St. Croix:
Black bass, etc.
Tenstrike. — Gull, Big Medicine,
Pike and Twin lakes: Bass,
pickerel.
Tobin's Harbor. — Isle Royale:
Lake trout, brook trout.
Tower. — Lake Vermilion and hun-
dreds of smaller lakes: Black
bass, perch, wall-eyed pike,
pickerel, etc.
Tulipe. — Little Tulipe, Thunder,
Big Rice, McCune, Moffet,
Widow, Girl, Blackwater, Leech,
Winnebigoshish, Deer, Mud,
Big Boy, White Oak, Mule,
Sandy, Wabedo, Island, lakes
and Willow, Little Willow, Rice,
White Elk, Moose, Mississippi,
Pine, Swan, Prairie, Leech,
Lake, Boy rivers, etc., and
numerous streams: Muskellunge,
black bass, wall-eyed pike,
pickerel, whitefish, etc.
Turtle River.— Turtle, Big Turtle,
Three Island, Black, Mud,
Moval and The Great Lakes:
Black bass, crappie, whitefish,
perch, pickerel.
Villard. — Villard, Amelia and Le-
ven lakes: Black bass.
Vining. — Stewart, West Battle
Long and CHtheral lakes: Black
bass, pike, etc.
Walker. — Leech lake: Muskel-
lunge, etc.
Ward Springs. — See Sank Cen-
ter.
Washington Harbor. — Isle Royale:
Lake trout, brook trout.
Minnesota. Diamond Point, Lake Bemidji.
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MINNESOTA— Con.
Watkins. — Clear and Big Mud
lakes: Black bass, pickerel.pike.
Westport. — Westport, Amelia,
and Villard lakes: Black bass,
etc.
White Bear.— White Bear lake:
Bass, pike, pickerel, croppie.
Wright. — ^Tamarack and fifteen
other lakes: Black bass, etc.
MISSOURI
Arlington. — G asconade. Big
Piney, Little Piney: Bass, wall-
eye, perch, croppie, catfish.
Ayrbyrd. — St. Francis river:
Black bass, croppie, perch,
pickerel, catfish, bufialofish,
eel, striped bass, goggle-eye.
Bourbon. — Blue Spring brook:
Rainbow trout. Brazil creek:
Rainbow trout, black bass.
Meramec river.
Chicopee. — Current river: Bass,
croppie, wall-eye, perch, pick-
erel, catfish.
Chilton. — See Chicopee.
Jerome. — See Arlington.
Kennett. — St. Francis river and
Varney river: Same as at
Ayrbyrd.
Lebanon. — Niangua river: Trout,
bass.
Lilbourn. — Little river: Bass,
croppie, perch, pickerel.
Moselle. — Meramac river.
Neosho. — Indian and Shoal creeks.
Pacific. — Meramec river.
Poplar Bluff. — Black river: Bass,
wall-eye, perch, croppie.
Portageville. — Little river: Bass,
croppie, perch, pickerel.
St. Clair. — Indian creek: Bass,
perch, Meramec river.
Ste. Genevieve. — River Aux Vases:
Bass, croppie.
St. James. — M e r a m e c Spring
brook: Rainbow trout; Mera-
mec river: Bass, perch.
Salem. — Current river.
Schlicht's. — Gasconade river:
Bass, catfish, croppie, wall-
eye.
Senath. — Same as at Ayrbyrd.
Stanton.- — Meramec river.
Steele ville. — Meramec river.
Williamsville. — Black river: Bass,
pickerel, croppie, wall-eye,
perch.
Winona. — Current river: Same as
at Williamsville.
Ovando.-
MONTANA
-Lakes and rivers: Lake and brook trout.
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Amherst. — Babboosic: Black bass,
pickerel, perch, catfish.
'Aziscoos Falls. — See Colebrook.
Berlin. — Brook trout.
Bretton Woods. — Ammonoosuc,
Zealand and Saco rivers, and
Jefferson, Mt. Monroe, Mt.
FrankHn, Mt. Pleasant, CHnton,
Crawford and Halfway brooks:
Redspot trout.
Colebrook. — Brook trout.
Connecticut Lakes. — See W. Ste-
wartstown.
Eroll. — Ambogog lake : Brook
trout.
Hell Gate Falls.— See Colebrook.
Millsfield Pond. — See Colebrook.
West Stewartstown. — Connecti-
cut lake, 1st and 2d.: Brook
trout, lake trout. Third Lake
and East Inlet: Brook trout.
Wolfboro. — Lake Winnepiseogee :
Black bass.
NEW JERSEY
Andover. — Long pond: Black
bass, pickerel.
Bervely. — Delaware river: Cat-
fish, eel.
Boonton. — Rockaway river: Black
bass, pickerel.
Budd's Lake. — Budd's lake: Black
bass, pickerel.
Branch ville.— Culver's lake: Black
bass, pickerel.
Culver's Lake. — Black bass, pick-
erel.
Dover. — Rockaway river: Black
bass, pickerel.
Flanders. — Budd's lake: Black
bass, pickerel, perch.
Green Lake. — See Newfoundland.
Greenwood Lake. — Black bass,
pickerel, perch, wall-eye, straw-
berry bass, rock bass, catfish.
Hackensack River. — See New Mil-
ford and Little Ferry.
Hohokus River. — See Undercliff.
Hopatcong Lake. — Nolan's Point,
etc.: Black bass, pickerel, perch,
sunfish.
Little Ferry. — Hackensack river:
Black bass, perch, catfish, eel.
Lake Denmark. — Black bass.
Mt. Taber. — Rockaway river:
Black bass, pickerel.
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NEW JERSEY— Con.
Mt. Arlington. — Lake Hopatcong:
Black bass, pickerel,
Netcong. — Budd's lake: Black
bass, pickerel, perch.
Newfoundland. — Green lake:
Black bass, pickerel, perch.
New Milford. — Hackensack river:
Black bass, perch, catfish, eel.
Newton. — Spring lake, Hunt's
lake: Brook trout.
Pompton. — Pompton lake: Black
bass, pickerel, perch, catfish.
Pompton Junction. — Pompton
lake: Black bass, pickerel, perch,
catfish.
Pompton Lake. — See Pompton
and Pompton Junction.
Stanhope. — -Budd's lake: Black
bass, pickerel, perch.
Swartswood Lake. — Black bass,
wall-eye, catfish.
Undercliff . — H ohokus river:
Trout, sunfish, eel.
NEW YORK
Alexandria Bay. — ^Thousand Is-
lands, St. Lawrence river:
Muskellonge, wall-eyed pike,
black bass, pickerel, perch, etc.
Ancram. — Long, Rhoda, Copake,
Snyder and Chariot lakes:
Black bass, pickerel, pike, perch,
catfish, speckled, rainbow and
brown trout.
Auburn. — Owasco and Cayuga
lakes: Trout, pickerel, muskel-
lunge, perch.
Barton. — Black bass, pike.
Bath. — Lake Keuka: Black bass,
trout, salmon.
Berkshir e. — Owego and Wilson
creeks: Trout.
Binghamton. — Lily, Quaker and
Silver lakes and Susquehanna
and Chenango rivers: Black
bass, pike, perch, catfish, eel.
Big Moose. — ^Twitchel Lake
region, Adirondacks: Brook
trout, salmon trout.
Brayton. — George, Glen and Sun-
ny Side lakes and streams:
Black bass, trout, pickerel,
perch, bullhead.
Burdett. — Watkins Glen: Black
bass, perch and lake trout.
Callicoon. — Delaware river: Black
bass, wall-eye.
Cayuga. — Black bass, pickerel and
perch.
Cazenovia. — Perch, black bass,
pickerel.
Central Valley. — Summit lake :
Black bass, wall-eye.
Chester. — Glenmore lake: Black
bass, pickerel, perch.
Clayton. — Same as at Alexandria
bay.
Congers. — Rockland lake: Black
bass, pickerel, perch.
Cromwell Lake. — See Highland
Mills.
Croton Point. — See Ossining.
Debruce. — Willowemoc and Mon-
guap streams : Brooktrout.
Hunter's lake: Black bass.
Delaware River. — See CalHcoon ,
Mast Hope, Narrowsburg and
Deposit.
e>^^:^^^
New York. A Camp of Canoeists on Grindstone Island, St. Lawrence River.
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Sabbath Day Point, Lake George, New York.
NEW YORK— Con.
Deposit. — Delaware river: Black
bass.
Ensenore. — Trout, black bass and
pickerel.
Factory ville. — Lake Winola: Bass.
Fair Haven. — Black bass, perch
and pickerel.
Fonda. — See Gloversville.
Frontenac. — Same as at Alexan-
dria bay.
Gloversville. — East Canada lakes
and thirteen other lakes: Trout,
salmon, perch, bass, etc.
Green. — Chenango river: Bass.
Greenport, L. I. — See Shelter Is-
land.
Greenwood Lake. — Black bass,
pickerel, perch, strawberry bass,
rock bass, wall-eye.
Hackensack River. - See New City.
Hancock. — Delaware river: Black
bass.
Hemlock Lake. — B lack bass,
pickerel and lake trout.
Highland Mills. — Clomwell lake:
Black bass, perch, pickerel,
wall-eye, catfish.
Johnstown. — See Groversville.
L,odi. — Black bass, pickerel and
lake trout.
Long Island. — See various towns.
Monroe. — Mt. Basha, Round and
Walton lakes: Black bass, pick-
erel, perch, wall-eye, catfish,
pike.
Montauk, L. I. — Same species as
Babylon.
Mt. Basha Lake. — See Monroe.
N a p 1 e s. — Brook trout in ra-
vine streams. Pickerel, lake
trout and black bass in Hon-
eoye lake.
Narrowsburg. — Delaware river:
Black bass, wall-eye.
Newark Valley. — Trout.
New City. — Hackensack river:
Wall-eye, etc.
New Hampton. — Walkill river:
Black bass, pickerel, wall-eye.
New Paltz. — Wallkill river: Black
bass, pickerel.
Nichols. — Susquehanna river:
Bass, pike.
Nisseguogue River. — See Smith-
town, L. I.
North Tonawanda. — N i a g a r a
ri ve r: Black bass, silver bass,
pike and perch.
North Hector. — S eneca lake:
Black bass, perch and lake trout.
Norwich. — Chenango lake: Bass,
pickerel, pike.
Ossining. — Croton Point: Perch.
Peconic River. — See Riverhead,
L. I.
Ramapo. — Ramapo river: Black
bass, pickerel.
Ramapo River. — See Ramapo,
Suffern, Southfield, Tuxedo.
Richfield Springs. — Lakes Cana-
darago and Otsego: Bass, pick-
erel.
Riverhead, L. I. — Peconic river:
Black bass, pickerel, perch.
Rockland Lake. — See Congers.
Ronkonkoma Lake, L. I. — Black
bass, pickerel, perch.
Round Lake. — See Monroe.
Smithtown, L. I. — Nisseguogue
river: Trout.
Suffern. — Ramapo river: Black
bass, pickerel.
Southfield. — Ramapo river: Black
bass, pickerel.
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NEW YORK— Con.
Summit Lake — See Central Valley.
Sylvan Beach. — Pickerel, black
bass.
Thousand Island Park. — Same as
at Alexandria Bay.
Trumansburg. — Black bass, pick-
erel and perch.
Tuxedo. — Ramapo river: Black
bass, pickerel.
Union Springs. — Cayuga lake-
Black bass, pickerel and perch.
Varick. — Seneca lake: Black bass,
pickerel and lake trout.
Walkill River. — See New Hamp-
ton.
Walton Lake. — See Monroe.
Weedsport. — Black bass, pike.
Chama. — Chama and
rivers: Native trout.
NEW
Brazos
MEXICO
Santa Fe.-
-Pecos river: Trout.
NORTH CAROLINA
Hendersonville.— B 1 u e Ridge
Mountain streams: Black bass,
perch, rainbow trout, sucker,
carp, brook trout.
Lumberton. — Bear swamp and
Lumberton river: Goggle-eyed
perch, bream and red horse.
Reidsville. — Two ponds: Black
bass, perch, red-horse, carp, etc.
NORTH DAKOTA
Balfour. — Pickerel, pike, perch.
Bordulac. — Lake and river: Pike,
pickerel.
Countenay . — L a k e Spiritwood :
Bass, pickerel, perch, pike.
Hankinson. — Elsie, Moran, Mud,
Schuetts, Blough lakes: Bass,
pickerel.
Harvey. — Lake Antelope: Pick-
erel, pike, perch,
Wimbledon. — L a k e Spiritwood :
Bass, pickerel, perch, pike.
OHIO
Greenville. — Bass, croppie, cat-
fish.
Piqua. — Bass, croppie, catfish.
St. Mary's. — Bass, croppie, cat-
fish.
Tippecanoe. — Bass, croppie, cat-
fish.
Wapakoneta. — Grand reservoir:
Black bass.
OREGON
Medford. — Rogon river, Klamath
lake: Trout, salmon.
Elgin. — Silver lake and
streams: Trout, salmon.
small
The Narrows of Lake Champlain, New York.
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Pennsylvania. Delaware River, Delaware Water Gap.
PENNSYLVANIA
Ackermanville. — Greenwalt creek:
Brook trout.
Analomink. — Brook trout.
Athens. — Black bass, pike.
Beaver Springs. — Middle creek :
Brook trout, pickerel, etc.
Bear Creek. — Trout, pickerel and
perch.
Bernice. — Trout.
Bushhill, — Lakes and streams:
Brook trout.
Chaffee. — Tionesta: Brook trout.
Columbia.— York, Furnace, Fitze's
eddy, Tucquan, Washington
Boro, Susquehanna river: Black
bass, pike, perch, etc.
Cross Fork. — Cross fork and Ket-
tle creek: Brook trout and
black bass.
Delaware River.— SeeLackawaxen ,
Pond eddy and Shohola.
Delaware Station. — D e 1 a w a r e
river: Black bass.
Delaware Water Gap. — Brook
trout, Black bass, pickerel.
perch.
Dingman's Ferry. — Brook trout.
Drifton. — Lehigh river: Black
bass, pickerel, catfish, chub,
etc. Mountain streams: Brook
trout.
Dushore. — ^Trout.
Easton. — Delaware river at F o u 1
Riff: Rock fish and black bass.
Foot of Plane. — Trout.
Forkston. — Mehoopany: Trout.
Ganoga Lake. — Trout, bass, and
pickerel.
Glen Summit. — Pickerel, trout.
Gouldsboro. — Five lakes: Black
bass, brook trout, pickerel.
Halstead. — Susquehanna river:
Black bass, brook trout.
Henryville. — Brook trout.
Johnstown. — Trout.
Laceyville. — Susquehanna river:
Black bass and wall-eyed pike.
La Grange. — Susquehanna river:
Black bass, and wall-eyed pike.
Lake Carey. — Black bass.
Lake Winola. — Black bass, perch.
Lehigh Tannery. — ^Trout.
Lopez. — Trout.
Lackawaxen. — Delaware river:
Black bass, pike, perch.
Lovelton.— Mehoopany creek:
Trout.
Mauch Chunk. — Trout.
Mehoopany. — Susquehanna river:
Black bass and wall-eyed pike
(Susquehanna salmon.) Creek:
Trout.
Meshoppen. — Susquehanna river:
Black bass and wall-eyed pike.
Mt. Pocono. — Brook trout.
Mud Run. — Albrightsville: Trout.
New Albany. — Trout.
Noxen. — Bowman's creek: Trout.
Penn Haven Junction. — Trout.
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PENNSYLVANIA— Con.
Pocono Summit. — Lake Naomi:
Brook trout.
Pond Eddy. — Delaware river:
Black bass, pike, perch.
Portland. — Delaware river: Black
bass, pickerel.
Ransom. — Black bass.
Ricketts. — Lake Ganoga: Bass
and pickerel. Bowman's creek:
Trout.
Rummerfield. — S usquehanna
river: Black bass and wall-eyed
pike.
Sattersfield. — Trout.
Sayre. — Black bass, pike.
Shawanese Lake. — B o w m a n ' s
creek: Trout.
Shohola. — Delaware river: Black
bass, pike, perch.
Skinner's E d d y. — Susquehanna
river: Black bass and wall-eyed
pike.
Standing S t o n e. — Susquehanna
river: Black bass and wall-eyed
pike.
Stroudsburg. — Broadhead river:
Brook trout, pickerel, perch.
Towanda. — Black bass, pike.
Tioy. — Armenia Mountains :Brook
trout.
Tunkhannock. — S usquehanna
river: Black bass.
Ulster. — Black bass, pike.
Vinemont. — Muddy creek: Pick-
erel, carp, sunfish, eel, mullet.
West Brownville. — Monongahela
river: Black bass, pike-perch.
White Haven. — Trout, black bass.
Wyalusing. — Susuehanna river:
Black bass and wall-eyed pike.
RHODE ISLAND
Centreville. — Black bass, brook pond: Black bass, pickerel,
trout, pickerel, perch, sunfish. white perch.
Newport. — Bailey's brook and St. Thornton.— Cedar swamp: Brook
Mary's lake: Trout. Easton trout.
SOUTH CAROLINA
Springfield. — Rock trout, red-breast perch, pickerel, etc.
SOUTH DAKOTA
Huron. — James river, Byron lake: Pike-perch, pickerel, black ^bass,
sunfish, perch, sucker, catfish.
Susquehanna River, near Wyalusing, Pennsylvania.
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Wyoming. Rapids abO(u> (Tvand Caii07i.
TENNESSEE
Dossett. — Clinch river: Black
High 'CHff.— Clear fork: Black
bass.
Murfreesboro. — Stone river: Black
bass, rock bass, catfish, etc.
Reliance. — Hiawassee river: Black
bass.
TEXAS
Broz, Bosque and Colorado
rivers: Trout, bass, drum, suck-
er, jasper goal, eel.
Granbury. — Palney and Squad
creeks: Bass, etc.
Walnut Springs. — See Granbury.
UTAH
Bingham Junction. — Trout.
Castalia Springs. — Trout.
Ogden. — Ogden river: Trout.
Salt Lake City. — Parley's canon:
Trout. Mary, Blanche and Silver
lakes :Trout.
Thistle Junction. — Diamond creek:
Trout.
VERMONT
St. Albans. — Lake Champlain:
Black bass, perch-pike, perch,
pickerel, sturgeon, sheepshead,
mullet, etc.
Swanton. — Lake Champlain:
Black bass, etc.
VIRGINIA
Ashburn. — Black
perch, carp.
bass, crappie.
Belfield. — Same as at Ashburn,
Remington. — Trout, catfish.
WASHINGTON
Ferndale. — Whatcomb, P a d d e n
and Sumas lakes. Noocksack
river and Squalaquam creek:
Trout, carp.
Spokane. — Silver lake: catfish,
carp, etc. Priest lake: Trout,
etc.
WISCONSIN
Amery. — Balsam, Twin, Long and
Sucker lakes and Apple river:
Muskellunge, rock bass, pick-
erel.
Appollonia. — Amacoy, Chain,
Island and Bruce lakes: Black
bass, pike, pickerel, muskel-
lunge.
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WISCONSIN— Con.
Armstrong Creek. — Helbert, Big
and Little lakes and Armstrong
river: Speckled trout, Black
bass.
Barron. — Pine, Hickory, Brown,
Johnson and Prairie Farm
rivers: Black bass, pickerel,
Speckled trout.
Birchwood. — Red Cedar, Birch,
Chetac and Flat lakes: Black
bass, muskellunge, pickerel,
pike.
Boyd. — Pike lake and Chippewa
and Yellow rivers: Black bass,
trout, pickerel, catfish, mullet,
etc.
Bruce. — Chippewa river and sev-
eral lakes: Muskellunge, bass,
pickerel.
Cameron. — Pakegama and Prairie
lakes: Black bass, pickerel, pike.
Centuria. — Deer, Long, Bass and
Balsam lakes: Black bass, pike.
Chippewa Falls. — Same waters
and species as Boyd.
Dallas. — Six streams: Speckled
trout.
Deronda. — L a k e Wapagassett :
Black bass, pike, pickerel.
Dresser Junction. — Poplar, East,
Sand and Horse lakes: Black
bass.
Dunbar. — Pike river and branches:
Speckled trout.
Eagle River. — Eagle river and
twenty-eight lakes: Muskellunge,
black bass, green bass, pickerel,
pike, etc.
Edgewater. — Chelae and Summit
lakes and Summit creek : Trout,
black bass, muskellunge, pick-
erel, pike.
Ellis Junction. — Lake Noqueboy:
Black bass, pickerel, etc.
Frederic. — Coon, Young, Yellow
Half Moon, Spirit and Clam
lakes: Trout, black bass, pike,
pickerel.
Hobson. — Twin, Clear, Stone and
Stella lakes: Bass, muskellunge,
pickerel, pike.
Ingram. — Flambeau river: Brook
trout, pickerel, bass, muskel-
lunge.
Luck. — Butternut, Little Butter-
nut, Bone, Sand, Straight and
Half Moon lakes: Black bass,
perch, pickerel, pike, muskel-
lunge.
Madison. — Numerous lakes: Black
bass, etc.
North Crandon. — Sand, Stone and
Pine lakes: Black bass, brook
trout, pickerel, whitefish.
Pembine. — Pembine and Bon Bon
rivers: Speckled trout.
Wisconsin. Near Fond du Lac.
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WISCONSIN— Con.
Reserve. — Court O'Reilles, Grind-
stone, Devil's, Whitefish, Bass
and Sand lakes: Black bass,
muskellunge, pickerel, pike,
trout.
Rhinelander. — Sugar Camp, Pine,
Tamarack, Pelican, George,
Thompson, Crescent and Julia
lakes: Bass, pickerel, pike, mus-
kellunge.
Rice Lake. — Rice, Cedar and
Long lakes: Black bass, mus-
kellonge, pickerel, pike.
Ridgeland. — Pine and Beaver
rivers: Speckled trout.
Sayner. — Plum, Razor Back, Star
and Bear lakes: Trout, bass,
pike, pickerel, muskellunge.
St. Croix Falls. — Poplar, Balsam,
Deer and Sand lakes and river
St. Croix: Black bass, pickerel.
Tomahawk. — W i s c o n s i n and
Spirit rivers and Clear, Somo,
Otter, Marie and Bass lakes:
Brook trout, bass, pike, pick-
erel, muskellunge.
Tony. — Flambeau river: Sturgeon
bass, muskellunge, pike.
Turtle Lake. — ^Turtle, Horseshoe,
Moon, Hillman and Mud lakes:
Black bass, croppie, pickerel,
pike.
Woodboro. — ^Crescent, Squash,
Noa, Washburn and Rice lakes
and streams: Brook trout, bass,
perch, muskellunge, pickerel,
pike.
WYOMING
Bondurant. — ^Trout.
Golden Gate.— Galliton river:
Grayling.
Grand Canon. — Rocky Mountain
trout and brook trout.
Inspection Point. — Rocky Moun-
tain trout and brook trout.
Lower Geyser Basin. — Nez Perce
creek and Fire Hole river: Von
Behr trout.
Mammoth Hot Springs. — Yankee
Jim's canon, Yellowstone river:
Rocky Mountain trout. Gardi-
ner river and tributaries: Brook
trout and rainbow trout.
Norris. — Gibbon river: Rainbow
trout.
North Geiser Basin. — Madison
river: Grayling.
Upper Geyser Basin. — Fire Hole
river: Lock Leven trout.
Yellowstone Lake. — Yellowstone
river and lake: Salmon, trout.
" To-morrow we will go a-fishing; do thou
go now and fetch the bait." Hymir to Thar.
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SALT WATER FISHING
RESORTS
"When God intended to reveal high notions to
his prophets, he carried them to the sea-shore,
that he might settle their mind in a quiet repose."
IzAAK Walton.
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ALABAMA
Magnolia Springs. — Fish river and
Mobile bay: Speckled trout,
white trout, sheepshead, flound-
er, rock bass, tarpon, redfish,
cravalia, crocker, mullet.
Mobile. — Dog river and Mobile
bay: Speckled trout, white trout,
sheepshead, redfish, cravalia,
crocker, mullet.
Alameda. — San Francisco
Striped bass, etc.
Berkeley. — Same as Alameda.
Monterey. — Monterey bay: Bonito,
salmon, sea bass, sea trout,
(squeteague, weakfish), rock
bass, rock cod, Spanish macker-
el, yellowtail, etc.
Oakland. — Same as at Alameda.
Pinoli. — Carquinez Strait: Striped
bass, etc.
CALIFORNIA
bay
San Pedro. — Santa Catalina, and
SanClemento waters, Santa Bar-
bara channel, etc.: Baracuda,
mackerel, sheepshead, skip jack,
sea bass, tuna, whitefish, pogy,
herring, yellowtail, etc.
San Sallito. — Raccoon Straits,
San Francisco bay: Striped bass.
Santa Barbara. — Channel Islands,
Same as Monterey.
Santa Catalina. — See San Pedro,
CANADA
Newfoundland
Birchy Cove.-
Sea fishes.
-Bay of Islands:
Nova Scotia
Annapolis. — Annapolis bay: Sea
bass, haddock, cod, herring, etc.
Numerous lakes and rivers: Sal-
mon, trout, perch, etc.
Annapolis Basin. — S e e Deep
Brook, Digby, etc.
Annapolis Royal. — S a m e as
Annapolis.
Avonport. — Avon and Gaspereau
rivers: Cod, herring, etc.
Aylesford. — Bay of Fundy: Cod,
herring, etc. Aylesford river
and Lake George, and Ayles-
ford lakes: Trout, May and June
best months.
Barton. — St. Mary's Bay: Cod,
halibut, mackerel, herring, etc.
Bay of Fundy. — See Aylesford,
Scott's bay, Kingston, Port
Maitland, Sandford, Weymouth,
Bay Shore. — Bay of Fundy: Cod,
herring, etc.
Briar Island. — See Weymouth
Bridgeton. — Phinny's Cove: Cod,
mackerel, herring, etc.
Canning. — Scott's Bay: Herring,
cod, shad, mackerel, salt-water
salmon, etc.
Chester. — Cod. haddock, pollock,
mackerel, etc.
Coldbrook.— Hall's Harbor: Sal-
mon, haddock, pollock, cod, etc.
Cornwallis river: Trout.
De^p Brook. — Annapolis Basin:
Cod, hake, haddock, halibut, sea
bass, herring, etc.
Digby. — Smith's Cove and Anna-
polis Basin: Same sea fishing as
at Deep Brook. Numerous
lakes and rivers: Trout, perch.
Evangeline Beach. — See Grand
Pre.
Grand Pre. — Evangeline Beach,
Gaspereau river and Minas
Basin, Gaspereau, etc.: Cod,
herring, etc.
Granville. — See Annapolis Royal.
Halifax. — Halifax Harbor and
North West Arm: Cod, pollock,
hake, haddock, mackerel, shad,
herring, halibut, sea bass, etc.
Adjacent fresh lakes and rivers:
Trout, salmon, sea trout, etc.
Hantsport. — Minas Basin, etc.:
Herring, etc.
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THE ANGLER'S GUIDE
CANADA— Con.
Nova Scotia — Con.
Horton Landing. — Minas Basin,
Gaspereau and Avon: Cod, had-
dock, alewife, etc.
Joggins Bridge. — See Digby.
Kentville. — Starrs Point: Sea
fishes.
Kingsport. — Minas Basin: Cod,
haHbut, haddock, hake etc.,
May, June and July best.
Kingston. — Margaret ville. Bay of
Fundy: Cod, haddock, hake,
pollock, shad, mackerel, sea
bass, salt water salmon, halibut.
Lakes and streams: Trout and
salmon.
Little River. — See Canning.
Margaretville. — See Kingston.
Melvern Square. — See Kingston.
Middleton, Mount Hanley, and
Mashers' Corner. — N i c t a u x
River: Trout.
Minas Basin. — See Hantsport.
Mashers' Corner. — See Middleton.
Mount Hanley. — See Middleton.
Parker's Cove. — See Annapolis
Royal.
Phinney's Cove. — See Bridgeton.
Port Maitland. — Bay of Fundy:
Sea fishes.
Pubnico. — Cod, mackerel, shad,
herring, halibut, etc.
Sandford. — Bay of Fundy: Same
sea fishing as Margaretville Bay.
Sandy Cove. — See Weymouth.
Scott's Bay. — See Canning.
Starr's Point. — See Kentville: Cod,
herring, mackerel, shad, etc.
West Pubnico. — See Pubnico.
Weymouth. — St. Marys Bay,
Sandy Cove, Briar Island, Bay
of Fundy: Cod, hake, haddock,
halibut, sea bass, herring, etc.
Lakes and rivers: Trout, salmon.
Yarmouth. — Chebogue Point, etc:
Cod, hake, haddock, halibut,
mackerel, lobster, etc.
CONNECTICUT
Black Rock.— Blackfish.
Bridgeport. — Striped bass, black-
fish.
Cos Cob. — Blackfish, flounder.
East Lyme. — Long Island sound :
Striped bass, weakfishetc.
Fairfield. — Long Island Sound:
Striped bass, etc.
Greenwich. — Striped bass, black -
fi.sh, flounder.
Norwalk. — Norwalk islands:
Striped bass, weakfish. blackfish,
porgie, etc.
Saugatuck. — Blackfish, striped
bass, weakfish.
Shippan Point, — See Stamford.
South Norwalk. — Long Island
sound: Striped bass, weakfish,
flounder, blackfish, etc.
Stamford. — Shippan Point: Strip-
ed bass, weakfish, blackfish,
flounder.
FLORIDA
Atlantic Beach. — The Jetties,
mouth of St. John's river: Sea
bass, sheepsbead, channel bass,
sea trout, (squeteague ) , yellow-
tail, skipjack, houndfish, drum-
fish, tarpon, crocker, blackfish,
bluefish, redfish, etc. Continen-
tal Pier: Sheepshead, sea bass,
yellowtail, sea trout, etc.
Fort Meyers. — Tarpon, etc.
Jacksonville. — See Atlantic Beach.
Miami. — Biscayne bay: Tarpon,
squeteague, snapper, sheeps-
head, porgie, pompano, kingfish.
Florida. Lake Worth, Palm Beach.
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127
FLORIDA— Con.
flounder, drum, channel bass,
bonito, blackfish, bream, blue-
fish, etc.
Mayport. — See Atlantic Beach.
Pablo. — See Jacksonville.
Palm Beach. — Atlantic Ocean and
Lake Worth: Mackerel, bluefish,
sheepshead, sea trout, (squete-
ague weakfish ) , amberjack, pom-
pano, kingiish, etc.
Pe'-'sacola. — Pensacola bay:
Speckled trout, sheepshead, red-
fish, cravaHa, crocker, mullet.
Ponce Park. — Mosquito Inlet:
Bass, etc.
Rockledge. — Indian River: Sque-
teague (sea trout), channel
bass (red drum), cavelle, ser-
geant, whiting, pompano, gray
snapper, red snapper, mangrove
snapper, red-mouth grunt (sai-
lor's choice), black grunt (hog
fish ) , croakers (several species )
bluefish, tarpon, sheepshead.
St. John's River. — See Atlantic
Beach, Jacksonville and Rock-
ledge.
MAINE
Bar Harbor. — Cod, mackerel,
smelt, etc.
Belfast.— Cod, etc.
Cherryfield. — Cod, brook trout, etc.
Cumberland. — Cod, etc.
Cutler. — Cod, etc.
East Machias. — Cod, brook trout.
Eastport. — Cod, brook trout, etc.
Falmouth. — <Jod, etc.
Hancock. — Cod, trout, etc.
Pine Point. — White pefch, had-
dock, flounder, etc.
Portland. — Cod, etc.
Rockland. — Cod, haddock, mack-
erel, etc.
Southwest Harbor. — Cod, had-
dock, trout, pickerel, perch.
MASSACHUSETTS
Bourne. — Buzzard's bay: Bluefish, blackfish, weakfish, porgie, etc.
MEXICO
Tampico. — Tarpon, etc.
MISSISSIPPI
Bay St. Louis. — Mississippi sound:
Speckled trout, white trout,
sheepshead, Spanish mackerel
redfish, cravalia, crocker, tar
pon, swordfish, mullet, etc.
Biloxi. — Mississippi sound: Same
as at Bay St. Louis.
Gulf port. — M ississippi sound :
Same as at Bay St. Louis.
Mississippi City. — M ississippi
sound: Same as at Bay St, Louis.
Ocean Springs.— Mississippi sound:
Same as at Bay St. Louis.
Pass Christian. — Mississippi
sound: Same as at Bay St. Louis.
Scranton. — Mississippi sound:
Same as at Bay St. Louis.
NEW JERSEY
Anglesea. — Black drum, weakfish,
striped bass, plaice, blackfish,
sea bass, etc.
Asbury Park. — Striped bass, blue-
fish, plaice, weakfish, kingfish,
blackfish, sea bass.
Atlantic Highlands. — Striped bass,
weakfish, bluefish, plaice, por-
gie, young bluefish.
Barnegat Bay. — See Tom's River,
Waretown, Forked River.
Bayonne. — Bergen Point: Striped
bass, weakfish, tomcod, lafay-
ette, eel, etc.
Belmar. — Bluefish, weakfish, stri-
ped bass, plaice, red drum,
(channel bass), etc.
Bergen Point. — See Bayonne.
Boynton Beach. — Striped bass,
weakfish.
Carteret. — Staten Island sound:
Kingfish, weakfish. striped bass.
Cheesequake Creek. — See Morgan-
on-the-creek.
Communipaw. — Craven's Point,
Liberty Island: Weakfish, stri-
ped bass. etc. The Pot, Liberty
Island: Striped bass. Robbins
Reef : Weakfish, striped bass, etc.
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NEW JERSEY— Con.
Constable's Hook. — Kill von Kull:
Striped bass, weakfish, tomcod.
Corson's Inlet. — See Win slow
Junction.
Crab Island. — See Perth Amboy.
Craven's Point. — See Greenville
and Communipaw.
Deal Beach. — Atlantic Ocean:
Channel bass (red drum), stri-
ped bass, bluefish, weakfish,
kingfish, plaice. The Flume:
Striped bass.
Edgewater. — Hudson river: Stri-
ped bass, tomcod, eel.
EHzabethport, — Hackensack river
mouth: Striped bass; Kill von
Kull, Staten Island sound, and
Newark bay: Weakfish, striped
bass.
Flume, The— See Deal Beach.
Fort Lee. — Hudson river: Striped
bass, tomcod.
Forked River. — Barnegat bay:
Striped bass, bluefish, weakfish.
Greenville. — Craven's Point, Lib-
erty Island and Robbins' Reef
Light: Striped bass, weakfish,
tomcod, lafayette.
Great Beds Light. — See Perth Am-
boy.
Hackensack River. — See EHza-
bethport.
Highland Beach. — Nave sink
beach, Navesink highlands, At-
lantic ocean: Striped bass, weak-
fish, bluefish, kingfish. Pleasure
bay, Shrewsi)ury and Navesink
rivers: Weakfish, blackfish, etc,
Highlands. — Sandy Hook, Atlan-
tic ocean: Bluefish, weakfish, etc.
Hoboken. — Hudson river: Striped
bass, tomcod, eel.
Hudson River. — See Fort Lee,
Hoboken, Weehawken, and
Edgewater.
Kettle Creek. — In Barnegat bay.
Keyport. — Raritanbay: Weakfish,
striped bass, etc.
Kill von Kull. — See EHzabethport
and Constable's Hook. .
Liberty Island. — See Communi-
paw and Greenville.
Long Branch. — Striped bass, blue-
fish, weakfish. kingfish, sea bass.
Manasquan Beach. — The Inlet:
Stripeii bass, weakfish, bluefish,
croaker, channel bass, etc.
Manasquan Inlet. — See Manas-
quan Beach.
Monument. — See Perth Amboy.
Morgan-on-the-Creek. — Cheese-
quake creek: Striped bass, weak-
fish. etc.
Navesink Highlands — See High-
land Beach.
Navesink Beach — See Highland
Beach.
Navesink River. — See Highland
Beach.
Newark Bay — See EHzabethport
and Passaic river.
Passaic River. — N ewark bay:
Striped bass, tomcod.
Perth Amboy. — Great Beds Light
and Monument, Raritan bay:
Weakfish, bluefish, plaice, porgie.
Raritan river to Crab island:
Striped bass, etc.
Pleasure Bay. — See Highland
Beach.
Port Monmouth. — Striped bass,
weakfish, bluefish, plaice, etc.
Pot, The. — See Communipaw.
Prall Island. — See Tremley.
Raritan River. — See South Amboy.
Raritan Bay. — See Keyport, Perth
Amboy and South Amboy.
Red Bank. — Weakfish, bluefish,
striped bass, etc.
Robbins Reef. — See Communipaw
and Greenville.
Sandy Hook. — See Highlands.
Seabright. — Atlantic ocean: Blue-
fish, striped bass, weakfish,
plaice.
Sea Isle City. — See Winslow Junc-
tion.
Seawaren. — Striped bass. Staten
Island sound: Weakfish.
Shark River. — Bluefish, weakfish.
blackfish, sea bass, striped bass.
Shrewsbury River. — See Highland
Beach.
South Amboy. — Raritan river and
Raritan bay: Bluefish. weakfish,
plaice, white perch.
Staten Island Sound. — See Car-
teret, EHzabethport and Sea-
waren.
Tom's River. — Barnegat bay:
Weakfish, striped bass, bluefish.
sheepshead, etc.
Tremley. — Prall Island, Staten
Island sound :Weakfish, flounder.
Waretown. — Barnegat bay: Blue-
fish, weakfish. striped bass
Weehawken. — Hudson river: Stri-
ped bass, tomcod.
Winslow Junction. — New Isle City
and Corson's inlet: Striped bass,
channel bass, kingfish, weakfish.
NEW YORK CITY
Bartow. — City Island and Hart
Island: Striped bass, flounder,
tomcod, blackfish.
Bay Chester. — ^Tomcod, flounder,
eel.
Blackwell's Island. — Tomcod,
striped bass, eel, etc.
Byram Harbor. — See Portchester.
Cholera Banks. — See fishing banks.
City Island. — See Bartow.
Croton. — Striped bass.
David's Island. — See New Rochelle.
Davenport's Neck. — See New
Rochelle.
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129
NEW YORK CITY— Con.
Dobb's Ferry. — Hudson river:
Striped bass.
Eastchester. — Eastchester river
and Pelham bay: Flounder, la-
fayette, tomcod, eel.
East River. — Lafayette, tomcod,
eel, striped bass. See Hell Gate.
Elbow, The. — See Fishing Banks.
Farm Banks. — See Fishing Banks.
Fishing Banks. — Atlantic ocean,
within twelve miles of New
York. Farm banks. Cholera
banks, Sea Gull banks. The Rib-
bon. Rocky Hill, The Knoll,
Elbow, "Staten Island:" Pollock,
hake, cod, ling, blackfish, plaice,
sea bass, porgie, bluefish, etc.
Flynn's Knoll. — See Lower Bay.
Fordham. — ^Harlem river and Ship
canal: Striped bass, tomcod, eel,
white perch, crab.
Fort Lafayette. — ^The Narrows:
blackfish.
Fort Schuyler.— See Willet's Point.
Fort Washington. — See North
river.
Glen Island. — See New Rochelle.
Great Captain Island. — See Port-
chester.
Gut Island. — See Larchmont.
Hart Island. — Off City Island.
Hallet's Cove.— See Hell Gate.
Hallet's Point. — See Astoria, L. I.
Hallet's Point Light. — Off Astoria.
Harlem Bridge. — Hell Gate:
Striped bass.
Harlem River. — See Fordham.
Hastings. — Hudson river: Striped
bass.
Hell Gate. — East river, New York
City: striped bass near Astoria;
Mill Rocks, Little Hell Gate,
Ward's Island, Sunken Meadow,
Pot Cove, Hallet's Cove, etc.
Reached from Harlem bridge.
Third Avenue bridge, and piers
at East 87th, 89th, 92nd, 110th,
121st, 124th, Sts., New York
City and Port Morris, N. Y., and
Astoria, L. I.
Hudson (North) River. — Striped
bass, shad, tomcod, lafayette,
eel. Tomcod and eel from Bat-
tery Park up to Yonkers.
Striped bass from 125th Street
up to Mt. St. Vincent. Spuyten
Duyvil: Striped bass, tomcod.
Riverdale: Striped bass, lafay-
ette, tomcod. Plastings: Striped
bass. Irvington: Striped bass.
Mt. St. Vincent: Striped bass,
tomcod. Inwood: Striped bass,
tomcod. Ossining: Striped bass.
Tarytown: Striped bass, white
perch. Yonkers: Striped bass.
Dobb's Ferry: Striped bass.
Inwood. — Tubby Hook, Hudson
river: Striped bass.
Irvington. — Hudson river: Striped
Kingsbridge. — Spuyten Duyvil
creek. Ship canal, and Harlem
river: Striped bass, white perch,
tomcod.
Knoll, The.— See Fishing Bank^;.
Larchmont. — Gut Island, Pre-
mium point: Striped bass, black-
fish, young bluefish.
Lawrence Point. — Off Hell Gate.
Liberty Island.— The Pot: Striped
Little Hell Gate.— See Hell Gate.
Long Island Sound. — See Larch-
mont, New Rochelle, Port
Morris, etc.
Lower Bay. — Flynn's knoll in
main channel: Sea bass, bluefish,
weakfish, plaice, blackfish, por-
gie.
Mamaroneck. — Milton point, Ma-
maroneck harbor: Striped bass,
blackfish, young bluefish.
Mill Rocks.— See Hell Gate.
Milton Point. — See Mamaroneck.
Mount St. Vincent. — Hudson river:
Striped bass, tomcod.
New Rochelle. — Glen Island, Da-
vid's Island and Davenport's
neck: Striped bass, weakfish,
blackfish, flounder.
North Brother Island.— See Port
Morris.
North (Hudson ) River.— Shad,
striped bass, tomcod, lafayette,
eel. Fort Washington: Striped
bass, tomcod.
Narrows, The. — SeeFortLafayette.
Ossining. — Hudson river: Striped
bass.
Pelham Bay (Pelham Bridge). —
Striped bass, blackfish, tomcod,
flounder.
Pelham Bridge. — See Pelham Bay.
Port Morris. — North and South
Brother Islands, Long Island
sound: Striped bass, blackfish.
Pot, The. — See Liberty Island.
Pot Cove.— See Hell Gate.
Portchester. — Great Captain Isl-
and, Bryam Harbor: Blackfish,
plaice, eel.
Premium Point. — See Larchmont.
Ribbon, The. — See Fishing Banks.
Riverdale. — Hudson river: Striped
bass, tomcod, lafayette.
Rocky Hill. — See Fishing Banks.
Sea Gull Banks. — See Fishing
Banks.
Ship Canal. — Sse Fordham, Spuy-
ten Duyvil. Kingsbridge.
Sing Sing. — See Ossining.
South Brother Island. — See Port
Morris.
Spuyten Duyvil. — Hudson river
and Ship canal: Striped bass,
tomcod.
Sunken Meadow. — See Hell Gate.
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Third ^'Ave/i Bridge
striped bass.
Tubby Hook. — See Inwood.
Ward's Island.— See Hell Gate,
NEW YORK CITY
-Hell Gate:
-Con.
Washington Heights. — See North
River.
Westchester Creek. — To m c o d ,
flounder.
NEW YORK STATE
Tarrytown. — Hudson river: Stri-
ped bass, white perch.
Yonkers. — Hudson river: Striped
bass.
Long Island
Amityville. — Great South bay and
ocean: Striped bass, weakfish,
bluefish, flounder, sea bass,
blackfish, porgie, young blue-
fish, eel, mackerel, sheepshead,
Spanish mackerel, bonito, lafay-
ette, cod, tomcod, hake, ling,
whiting, crab, cunner, etc.
Aquebogue. — Peconicbay: Black-
fish, bluefish, weakfish, etc.
Astoria. — Tomcod, flounder. Hell
Gate: striped bass. Bowery bay:
Striped bass, flounder, tomcod.
Babylon. — Great South bay and
ocean at Fire Island and Oregon
Wreck: Same species as Amity-
ville.
Barren Island. — Jamaica bay, L.I.,
Irish creek, Rich's Point, Flat-
lands and The Cellars: Weakfish,
plaice, blackfish, sea bass, eel,
flounder, porgie. Reached from
Bergen Beach, Canarsie and
Sheepshead bay stations.
Bath Beach. — Weakfish, young
bluefish, fluke, porgie, lafayette,
tomcod.
Bayport. — Great South Bay and
ocean: Same species as Amity-
ville.
Bayshore. — Great South bay:
Same species as Amityville.
Beach Channel. — Jamaica bay.
The Pot, Silver hole: Striped
bass, bluefish, young bluefish
("snapper"), weakfish, plaice
(*'fluke"), porgie, lafayette,
tomcod, eel, flounder, blackfish,
sea bass, sheepshead.
Bellmore.— Great South bay and
ocean: Same species as Amity-
ville.
Bel] port. — Great South bay and
ocean: Same species as Bayport.
Bergen Beach. — Jamaica bay:
Same as Canarsie.
Big Channel. — See Canarsie.
Black Wall.— See The Raunt.
Black Warrior Wreck. — See Rock-
away Beach.
Blockhouse Wreck. — See Rock-
away Beach.
Blue Point. — Great South bay and
ocean: Same as Amityville.
Bowery Bay. — See Astoria.
Brighton. — See Coney Island,
Broad Channel. — Hassock Creek,
etc., Jamaica bay: Same species
as Beach Channel. Valentine's
Point, The Pot, Silver Hole:
Weakfish, plaice, porgie, flounder.
Biooklyn. — Tomcod, eel.
Canarsie. — Irish (Deep ) creek-
The Cellars, Rich's Point, Flatt
lands, Big Channel, Steamboat
Channel, Island Channel and
Barren Island, West Jamaica
bay (Flatlands Bay ) : Weakfish,
striped bass, bluefish, young
bluefish, blackfish, sea bass, por-
gie, plaice, eel, flounder. Big
and Little Fishkill Channel,
Ruffle Bar and Pumpkin Patch,
Middle bay: Weakfish, plaice,
porgie, blackfish, bluefish, sea
bass, eel.
Cellars, The. — See Canarsie.
Cold Spring Harbor. — Oyster Bay:
Blackfish, flounder.
College Point.— Striped.bass, floun-
der, tomcod.
Coney Island. — Norton's Point,
Atlantic ocean: Striped bass,
weakfish, whiting, blackfish,
plaice, porgie, cod, hake, ling,
eel. Coney Island creek: Striped
bass, tomcod, lafayette, floun-
der. Coney Island bellbouy:
Blackfish, plaice, weakfish, por-
gie, ling, young bluefish, cod.
Stone pile off Manhattan Beach:
Sea bass, blackfish, plaice, sheep-
head, striped bass.
Cutchogue, — Same species as
Aquebogue.
Deep (Irish ) Creek.— See Canarsie.
East Moriches. — Great South bay
and ocean: Same species as
Amityville.
East Rockaway, — East Rockaway
inlet: Bluefish, plaice, weakfish,
sea bass.
Eaton's Neck. — See Huntington.
Edgemere, (Far Rockaway). —
Atlantic ocean: Surf striped bass
weakfish, plaice, sea bass, black-
fish, porgie.
Excursion Rocks. — Long Island
sound. See Port Washington.
Far Rockaway, (Edgemere ) : Surf
striped bass. East Jamaica bay
and Far Rockaway bay: Weak-
fish, plaice, sea bass, blackfish,
porgie.
Fire t Island. — See Babylon and
Bay Shore,
Fishkill Channels. — See Canarsie.
Flatlands. — See Canarsie.
Flatlands Bay. — See Canarsie.
Flushing. — F lushing bay and
Flushing Creek: Striped bass,
flounder, tomcod.
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Xciv York'. I he SoiDui Shore at Great Xeck, Long Island.
NEW YORK STATE— Con.
Long Island — Con.
Fort Hamilton. — ^Weakfish, tom-
w^cod.
Fort Lafayette. — ^The Narrows:
Blackfish.
Franklinville. — Same species as
Aquebogue.
Freeport.— Great South bay and
ocean: Same species as Amity-
ville.
Gangway Rock. — See Port Wash-
ington.
Gardiner's Bay. — See Shelter Isl'd.
Glen Cove. — See Glen Head.
Glen Head. — Hempstead harbor:
Flounder, tomcod.
Good Ground. — Same species as
Aquebogue.
Goose Creek. — Jamaica bay: Same
species as Beach Channel. Val-
entine's Point, The Pot and Sil-
ver hole: Weakfish, flounder,
porgie, plaice, etc.
Gravesend Bay. — Norton's Point,
Coney Island, Atlantic ocean:
Weakfish, plaice, porgie. Coney
Island creek: Tomcod. Romer
shoals, lower bay: Weakfish,
plaice.
Great Neck. — Hewlett's point:
Blackfish, sea bass.
Great South Bay. — See various
Long Island towns, Amityville,
Babylon, Bay Shore. Patchogue,
etc.
Hammels, — See Rockaway Beach.
Hassock Creek. — See Broad Chan-
nel.
Havemeyer Point. — See Babylon.
Hempstead Bay. — North side,
Hempstead harbor: See Glen-
Head and Sea CHff.
Hempstead Bay. — South side; see
Wreck Lead, Queenswater and
Woodsburg.
Hempstead Harbor. — See Glen
Head and Sea CHflf.
Hewlett's. — See Woodsburg.
Hewlett's Bay, — See Woodsburg.
Hewlett's Point. — Off Great Neck.
Hook Creek. — See Springfield.
Howard's Landing.— Jamaica bay:
Same species as The Raunt.
Huntington, L. I. — Eaton's Neck,
Huntington Harbor: Blackfish,
striped bass, weakfish, etc.
Iberia Wreck. — See Long Beach.
Idlewild. — See Broad Channel.
Inner Beach. — See Queenswater.
Irish (Deep) Creek. — See Canar-
sie.
Island Channel. — See Canarsie.
Islip. — About the same species as
at Bay Shore.
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NEW YORK STATE— Con.
Long Island — Con.
Jamaica Bay. — See Beach Chan-
nel, Canarsie, Bergen Beach,
Broad Channel, Goose Creek,
Howard's Landing, Rockaway
Beach, Idlewild, The Raunt, etc.
Jamesport. — Peconic bay: Black-
fish, bluefish, weakfish, etc.
Long Beach. — Same species as
Amityville. Iberia Wreck:
Large sea bass, blackfish, porgie,
etc. Wreck Lead and Queens-
water, Hempstead Bay: Bay,
creek and channel species.
Long Island Sound. — See Willet's
Point, Port Washington and
Port Morris.
Manhattan Beach. — See Coney
Island.
Massapequa. — Great South bay
and ocean: Same species as
Amityville.
Mattituck. — Same species as
Aquebogue.
Merrick. — Great South bay
and ocean: Same species as
Amityville.
Moriches. — Great South bay
and ocean: Same species as Bay
Shore.
North Beach. — See Astoria.
Northport. — Northport harbor:
Striped bass, blackfish, weak-
fish, plaice, flounder, porgie, etc.
Norton's Point. — See Gravesend
Bay, Coney Island, Ulmer Park.
Oakdale. — Great South bay and
ocean: Same species as Babylon.
Old Mill. — Jamaica Bay: Weakfish,
plaice, porgie, flounder, etc.
Oregon Wreck. — See Babylon.
Oyster Bay. — Blackfish, fluke,
snapper, flounder.
Patchogue. — Great South bay and
ocean: Same species as Babylon.
Peconic. — Same species as Aque-
bogue.
Peconic Bay. — See Aquebogue,
Cutchogue, Good Ground, Sag
Harbor, Franklin ville, Southold,
Shinnecock Hills, Jamesport,
Mattituck, Peconic.
Plumb Beach. — See Sheepshead
bay.
Polhemus Dock. — Off Astoria.
Port Jefferson. — Harbor and
Setauket Beach: Bluefish, black-
fish, striped bass, weakfish.
Port Washington. — Sands Point,
Long Island Sound: Striped
bass, blackfish, flounder, tom-
cod. Success Rock: Blackfish.
Excursion Rocks: Blackfish,
sea bass, striped bass, tomcod,
flounder. Gangway Rock: Black-
fish.
Pot, The. — See Goose Creek, Broad
Channel, Beach Channel, The
Raunt, etc.
Pumpkin Patch. — See Canarsie.
Queenswater (Inner Beach), —
Hempstead Bay: Weakfish,
striped bass, plaice, porgie, eel
blackfish, flounder.
Raunt, T h e. — J amaica Bay:
Same species as Beach Channel.
Black Wall, Valentine's Point,
The Pot and Silver Hole, and
Yellow Bar Hassock: Weakfish,
sea bass, blackfish, porgie,
plaice, etc.
Rich's Point. — See Canarsie and
Sheepshead Bay.
Rockaway Beach. — Kingfish,
blackfish, plaice, porgie, young
bluefish. Black Warrior Wreck
Atlantic Ocean: Large sea bass,
blackfish, sea porgie, sheeps-
head. Blockhouse Wreck,
Beach Channel, Jamaica Bay:
Large blackfish, sheepshead.
Ruffle Bar. — See Canarsie.
Sag Harbor. — Same species as
Aquebogue.
Sands Point. — See Port Washing-
ton.
Sayville. — Great South Bay and
Ocean: Same species as Baby-
lon.
Sea Cliff. — Hempstead Harbor;
Striped bass, blackfish, flounder.
Seaford. — Great South Bay and
Ocean: Same species as Free-
port.
Seaside. — See Rockaway Beach.
Setauket Beach. — See Port Jeffer-
son.
Sheepshead Bay. — Rich's Point,
Irish Creek: Weakfish, bluefish,
sea bass, blackfish, plaice, floun-
der. Plumb Beach: Blackfish,
porgie, weakfish.
Shelter Island. — Gardiner's Bay:
Striped bass, weakfish, sea bass,
blackfish, plaice, bluefish, floun-
der, etc.
Shinnecock Hills. — Same species
as Aquebogue.
Silver Hole. — See Broad Channel.
Beach Channel, Goose Creek,
The Raunt, etc.
Smith town. — Harbor and Sound:
Striped bass, flounder.
Southold. — Same species as Aque-
bogue.
South Oyster Bay. — Great South
Bay and Ocean: Same species
as Freeport.
Springfield. — Hook Creek: Striped
bass, weakfish, plaice, lafayette,
porgie, eel.
Steamboat Channel. — See Canar-
sie.
Stepping Stones Light. — See Wil-
let's Point.
Stone Pile. — See Coney Island.
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NEW YORK STATE— Con.
Long Island — Con.
Success Rock. — See Port Washing-
ton.
The Cellars. — See Canarsie.
Throg's Neck. — See Willet's Point.
Ulmer Park. — Weakfish, flounder,
tomcod. porgie. Norton's Point,
Coney Island: Striped bass,
weakfish, bluefish, blackfish,
plaice, porgie, lafayette, cod,
ling, hake. Gravesend Bay:
Weakfish, plaice.
Valentine's Point. — See The
Raunt, Broad Channel, Goose
Creek.
Wantah. — Great South Bay and
Ocean: Same species as Amity-
ville.
Whitestone. — Striped bass, black-
fish, flounder, tomcod.
Willet's Point. — Long Island
sound: Striped bass, flounder,
blackfish, tomcod, young blue-
fish, lafayette. Stepping Stones
Light: Blackfish, flounder,
young bluefish.
Woodsburg. — Hewlett's Bay and
Hempstead Bay to Long Beach:
Kingfish, weakfish, plaice,
striped bass, sea bass, blackfish,
porgie, young bluefish.
Wreck Lead. — Back of Long
Beach, which see.
Yellow Bar Hassock. — See The
Raunt.
Staten Island
Annadale. — Weakfish, bluefish,
striped bass, sea bass, porgie,
fluke.
Arthur Kill. — See Richmond Val-
ley and Rossville.
Clifton. — Romer Shoals, Lower
Bay: Weakfish, plaice.
Eltingville. — Striped bass, weak-
fish, plaice.
Elm Tree Beacon. — See New Dorp.
Fort Wadsworth. — Striped bass,
blackfish, weakfish.
Fresh Kills. — See Richmond and
Rossville.
Great Beads Light. — See Totten-
ville.
Great Kills.— See Gifford's.
Gifford's. — Great Kills and Ocean:
Striped bass, weakfish, bluefish,
plaice, flounder, eel, porgie.
Old Orchard Shoals: Weakfish,
blackfish, sea bass, etc.
Hackensack River. — See Port
Richmond.
Hoffman (Quarantine ) Island. —
See New Dorp and South Beach.
Huguenot. — Atlantic Ocean:
Striped bass, bluefish, weakfish,
sea bass, porgie, flounder, eel,
plaice.
Kill von Kull.— Staten Island
Sound: See Port Richmond,
Sailor's Snug Harbor, New
Brighton.
Kreisher villa. — See Richmond Val-
ley.
Middle Ground. — See Princess
Bay.
Midland Beach. — Bluefish, striped
bass, weakfish, blackfish, ling,
cod, tomcod, plaice, eel.
Monument. — See Princess Bay.
New Brighton. — Staten Island
Sound (Kill von Kull): Striped
bass, weakfish, tomcod.
New Dorp. — Striped bass, weak-
fish, bluefish, plaice, flounder,
eel. Elm Tree Beacon: Kingfish.
Old Orchard Shoals. — See Prince's
Bay and Gifford's.
Pleasant Plains. — Princess Bay:
Weakfish, etc.
Port Richmond. — Hackensack
River Mouth: Striped bass.
Staten Island Sound (Kill von
Kull): Striped bass, weakfish,
tomcod, eel.
Prince's Bay. — Monument, Old
Old Orchard Shoals, and Middle.
Ground: Striped bass, weakfish,
plaice, bluefish, sea bass, porgie,
young bluefish, eel.
Princess Bay. — See Prince's Bay,
Pleasant Plains and Tottenville.
Quarantine (Hoffman) Island. —
See New Dorp and South Beach.
Raritan Bay. — See Richmond
Valley and Tottenville.
Richmond. — Fresh Kills Creek,
Staten Island Sound: Striped
bass, weakfish, eel.
Richmond Valley. — Princess Bay:
Weakfish, etc. The Flats,
Arthur Kill, Kreisherville:
Weakfish, etc.
Robbins Reef. — See St. George.
Romer Shoals. — See Clifton and
Gravesend Bay.
Rossville. — Arthur Kill and Staten
Island Sound: Weakfish, eel.
Jersey Shore: Kingfish. Fresh
Kills: Striped bass.
Sailor's Snug Harbor. — Staten
Island Sound (Kill von Kull):
Striped bass, weakfish, tomcod.
South Beach. — Striped bass,
weakfish, bluefish, blackfish,
ling, cod, flounder. Swinburne
Island: Weakfish, blackfish.
Staten Island Sound. — See Ross-
ville, Richmond, Tottenville.
St. George. — Robbins Reef: Strip-
ed bass, weakfish, blackfish,
tomcod, lafayette.
Swinburne Island. — See South
Beach.
Tottenville. — Princess and Rari-
tan Bays and Staten Island
Sound: Weakfish, bluefish,
blackfish, sea bass, porgie, plaice
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TEXAS
Tarpon. — Aransas Pass: Tarpon, etc.
VIRGINIA
Fortress Monroe. — James and Eliz-
abeth Rivers, Chesapeake Bay
and Hampton Roads: Bluefish,
blackfish, croaker, flounder,
hogfish, sea bass, striped bass,
sheepshead, spot, Spanish mack-
erel, kingfish, weakfish, etc.
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Lake (Mackinaw) Trout.
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Brook Trout.
Rainbow Trout.
Malma {Dolly Varden) Trout.
Lake Tahoe Trout.
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Yellowstone Trout.
Oquassa {Blue-hack) Trout.
Saibling iront {Long-fin Charr),
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Michigan Grayling.
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Rock Bass.
Sun Fish.
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Pike.
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Pickerel.
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Yellow Perch.
White Perch.
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Amberfish (Coronado).
Squeteague (Weakfish).
Southern Weakfish {Sea Trout).
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Mackerel.
Spanish Mackerel.
Barracuda.
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Striped Bass.
Channel Bass ( Red Drum) .
Sea Bass.
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147
Kingfish (Sea Mink, Barb, Whiting).
Sand Whiting.
Spot (Lafayette).
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Black Sea Drum.
Cavally.
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Tautog (Blackfish).
Scuppaug (Porgie).
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Black Grouper (Jew fish).
Red Grouper.
Red Snapper.
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Haddock.
Cod.
Tomcod.
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Giant Flounder {Halibut).
Summer Flounder {Plaice, Fluke).
Winter Flounder.
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Shad.
Herring.
Branch Herring.
Pogy Herring {Menhaden ) .
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