A SPORTSMAN'S DIRECTORY 



TO THE 



PRINCIPAL RESORTS FOR GAME AND FISH 

 IN NORTH AMERICA. 



ALABAMA. 



This State has a population of 997,000, It may be said to be 

 divided into three parts like its neighbor Georgia, namely, into the 

 low country, the midland or pine wood country, and the upper or 

 hill country. In the lower part, on the coast, sea fowl are abun- 

 dant in winter, and the salt water fishing is good. There are 

 many canebrakes and wilderness tracts which abound in wild game 

 of all kinds, panthers, bears, deer, and the like. In the piney 

 woods and mountain districts, the game includes many northern 

 varieties. The State is sparsely settled in many parts, and the 

 game is very abundant. By taking one of the railroads or rivers 

 which traverse the States like arteries, the sportsman can find 

 access tolerably easy to excellent hunting districts. The fishing, 

 except for black bass, or " chub," is indifferent. 



JBaldicin, Count;/ — 



Fis/t River and Berwick's Bay. Ffoni Mobile take one of the little steam- 

 ers, which ply regularly, twice daily between the city and all points on the bay, 

 to Battle's Wharf, and drive thence nine miles to the ferry on Fish River. Here 

 will be found every convenience in the way of boats, and the angler can enjoy the 

 advantages of both fresh and salt ^vater hshing. In the river and its numerous 

 tributary creelcs and branches are multitudes of perch, and a species of bass, called 

 by the natives fresh-water trout. 



The bay is only a mile below the mill, and in its waters are salt-water trout, 

 red-fish, croakers, sheepshead, and mullets by the myriad. These latter cannot 

 be caught with a hook, but are easily caught with nets, and are used for bait. 

 Minnows are not to be had, and cut mullet is used almost exclusively. 



Berwick's Bay, or Wick's Bay as it is called, is a lake-like expansion of Fish 

 River, where it forms an elliptical basin some three miles long and two miles 

 broad before its emboucher into Mobile Bay. Where its waters mingle with 

 those of the bay, it is not more than two hundred yards wide, and at this place 

 is a bar, which is a fine place for seining. The fishing in the bay is at times very 

 exciting, and at all seasons, plenty of game and edible fish reward the angler's 

 care. The gars do not annoy one quite as much here as in the river. 



Fish River, which empties into Berwick's Bay, twenty-five miles from Mobile, 

 is a favorite fishing ground for red-hsh, croakers, trout, mullet, etc. Captain 

 Wemyes owns a large saw-mill on the river, and will entertain. Reached by sail- 

 boat or steam-tug from Mobile. Country flat. 



