Fish and Fishing 



In nearly all instances fish refuse to bite during 

 spawning season in the ocean. Similar conditions 

 are no doubt the same in fresh-water game fish. 

 In trout-fishing, during the spring, I never hook a 

 bass occupying the same water, but I get quite a 

 few bass on trout rig after the season opens on 

 June IGth; on the St. Lawrence the date is June 

 10th, on Lake George and Schroon Lake, as late 

 as August 1st. These varying dates are due to the 

 difference in the temperature of the water and 

 lateness in spawning. 



The closed season is not so much for the angler 



as the net fishermen who make a business of 



selling fish. Many of these are highly respectable 



men who are as anxious as anybody 



Fishermen ^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ obeyed; others of a 

 different mould, like the shad fisher- 

 men on the Hudson, when they net a salmon in 

 the shad nets, prefer to keep it instead of return- 

 ing it to the water, as the law requires. 



BEST KIND OF WEATHER 



The weather has a most important bearing in 



the catching of fish. The most disagreeable are 



windy days. A perfect day for fishing may be 



described as a warm, pleasant day, with a balmy, 



^ „ ^ invigoratino; breeze, a mellow sun- 



Perfect Days ,. , f ..,.,, , , , 



light, not too bright, produced by 



a somewhat hazy atmosphere, or by drifting 



clouds, when the season has been neither too wet 



nor too dry. The worst day for fishing is either 



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