Fish and Fishing 



Bass are particularly ravenous in September 

 and October; so are the pike family. INIany 

 of the trout and charr are about spawning. 

 The season in temperate regions closes at or 

 about the end of August. Many anglers consider 

 October and November the best time for masca- 

 longe, which take live or artificial minnow best 

 late in the season. It is difficult to 

 Soawninir ^^^ which is the most agreeable, fish- 

 ing late in the fall for bass and pike, 

 when the trees are covered with red and gold, or 

 early in the spring, when budding out in pale green, 

 to catch the trout or salmon with fly or worm. 

 For my own part I like to have a fling at both. 



Meanwhile deep-sea angling goes merrily on. 



Weakfishing ends in October, blue-fishing in 



November; surf-fishing for striped bass is popular 



till the frost nips the fingers. The true angler is 



constant to his hobby, and patiently 



stays while the fish last and are 



found willing. It is impossible to give exactly the 



best time of the season for different fish, but as 



near as can be, a partial list would be: Salmon 



and trout in May, weakfish, blue-fish, pike, and 



pickerel in June, bass and perch in 



Month ^ J^^J' mascalonge in August, striped 



bass in September, pike and pickerel 



again in October, mascalonge again in November. 



December is a good month to clean and put by 



tackle for a short rest over Christmas, to be again 



on deck for a Southern trip in February to the 



splendid fishing grounds around the Florida coast, 



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