GAME AND FISH RESORTS. 



Madison County— 



Huntsville. Excellent black bass and wall-eyed pike fishing in Flint River, 

 fifteen miles distant. The best points are at Wood's and Gardiner's Mills. See 

 also Decatur, Guntersville and Muscle Shoals, all of which places are resorted to 

 by Huntsville sportsmen. 

 Marengo County— 



' For description of game and character of county, see Choctaw County. Take 

 the route as there given to Demopolis, or thence down the river to any of the 

 steamboat landings. 

 Marshall County— 



Guntersville. In Short Creek are black bass, catfish, drum, perch, red-horse 

 and salmon, or wall-eyed pike. On the Tennessee River, thirty miles from 

 Huntsville, reached by wagon or boat. 



Mobile County — 



Mobile. Deer, quail, snipe, ducks, and many varieties of bay birds, and wild 

 fowl on the bay, with excellent fishing. Daily communication with Lake Pon- 

 tchartrain, Louisiana (See Lake Pontchartrain). 



Monroe Cotmty — 



Claiborne, on the Alabama River. Deer, turkeys and quail. Reached via 

 steamer from Mobile or Montgomery. Hotel. 



Montgomery Cotmty — 



Montgojitery. The central position of this city and its excellent railroad and 

 river communications with all parts of the State, render it one of the best initial 

 points for sportsmen in the whole State. The Mobile and Montgomery, Mont- 

 gomery and Eufaula, South and North Alabama, and Western Alabama Rail- 

 roads all centre here, and on the line of each the sportsman will find excellent 

 game regions. The Alabama, Coosa and Tallapoosa Rivers, on all of which 

 steamers ply, flow through a country full of deer, bears, wild turkeys, quail and 

 other game. The railroad and steamboat ofBcials are as a rule well-informed as 

 to game localities, and will always give every information in regard to the best 

 routes, etc. 



Morgan County— 



Decatur. The game fish are the trout, so-called — a congener of the northern 

 bass— the salmon, the pike, and the speckled perch, a fine fish, often weighing 

 several pounds. These fish are usually taken with the minnow for bait, though 

 in Swan and Beaver Lakes, they are taken with the fly, and by " bobbing." 

 Swan and Beaver Lakes, the places most visited by anglers from a distance, are 

 one mile from Decatur, where strangers can find good hotels. These lakes are 

 free to all. Next to these the Muscle Shoals aft'ord the best fishing. Deer, tur- 

 keys, quail, and wild fowl, furnish good sport. 



Decatur is at the junction of the Memphis and Charleston, and the Louisville 

 and Nashville and Great Southern Railroads. The country is hilly and moun- 

 tainous. 



nUc County— 



The pine forests which are extensive, are filled with game ; bear, deers, wild 

 turkeys, quail, squirrels, etc. Take the Mobile and Girard Railroad to Troy, 

 whence other parts of the county are accessible by wagon roads. 



Sntnter County — 



For general description of the county with game and fish, see Choctaw County. 

 Take the Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad to Livingston or York, or the 

 Alabama Central to Coatopa, and from these points the game regions are 

 easily reached. 



Washington County— 



The country and game of this county answer to the description given under 

 Choctaw County. Take boat from Mobile up the Tombigbee River to St. Ste- 

 phens, or strike off' from any of the stations on the line of the Mobile and Ohio 

 Railroad. 



