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Yosemite (C. & Gr. R.) Green r. and Knob Lick >^ m.; first named best; b. b., 

 perch, sunfish, etc.; basa most numerous; minnow bait; good most all the year; 

 hotel $ 1.50 p. d.; guides $1 p. d. 



LOUISIANA. 



Des Allemands (M. L. & T.) Bayou Des Allemands at station, and a number 

 of small bayous not named; all alike; catfish, green trout (b. b.), perch, and striped 

 bass, (fresh water); catfish, green trout and perch mostly; crayfish, shrimp and 

 live minnows; February, March, April and May best; guide $2 p. d.; boat $1 p. d.; 

 bait furnished by guide. The catfish caught here are said to be very superior edible 

 fish. 



Franklin (M. L. & T.) Cote Blanche bay 10 m.; redfish (channel bass) sheeps- 

 head, pompano, flounders, croakers, sea trout, jack fish, etc.; trout and redfish 

 most numerous; mullet and shrimp used for baits; March, April, September and 

 October best; hotels at reasonable prices; guide, boat $5 p. d. 



Houma (M. L. & T.) Gulf of Mexico 4:5 m.; Passo Raquette, Bayou Jose, 

 Poiute Minnee, Bayou Lagresse and Petit Sable accessible; red fish, (channel bass), 

 sea trout, croakers etc.; trout most numerous; mullet bait; April and May best; 

 guides, boats and bait at moderate charge. Some fresh water fishing also, about 9 

 or 10 miles from this place. 



New Iberia (M. L. & T.) Petit Anse bayou 10 m.; Lake Tasse 3) m.; Vermil- 

 lion bay 7 m. from Petit Anse Island branch; Lake Tasse and Vermillion bay best. 

 In Lake Tasse or Spanish Lake are caught perch, catfish, green trout, (b. b.), silver 

 fish, speckled trout and bar fish; perch and bar fish most numerous; worms, cray- 

 fish, shrimp, minnows and small perch for baits; March to November best; hotels 

 $1.50 to $2.50 p. d.; no regular guides, but information easily obtained; boats can 

 be obtained. In Vermillion bay are caught redfish or channel bass, sheepshead, 

 sea trout, black drum, Spanish mackerel, flounders, croakers etc.; redtish, b. 

 drum, eea trout, sheepshead and croakers most numerous; shrimp, mullet and 

 crab baits. 



New Orleans, La. (Various routes) Excellent salt water fishing. Some of the 

 noted local grounds are Chef. Menteur 20 miles out on the Mobile road, where sea 

 trout, channel bass and sheepshead are plentiful. Boat and dinner $1; negro boat- 

 man $1.50 p. d. Millers Bayou 27 m. on same road; the same fish abound, with 

 about the same charges for boat and boatman. Lookout Station 37 m. is the pro- 

 perty of a private club. The Kigolets is another ground 31 m. on same road. The 

 i^orth Pa^s connecting Lake Maurepas and Lake Pon tchartrain is grand ground; 

 to reach it get off a Pass Mahouac Bridge on the Jackson Railroad. Near North 

 Pass is Middle Bayou, which surpasses if possible, the former. The Tangipahoa 

 River, reached by sail boat, is a splendid fishing water. Bayou Laurier i^ in. 

 from west end of city gives fair fishing for sheepshead, sea trout, perch and straw- 

 berry bass (Sac-a-lait locally.) Harvey's Canal reached by ferry is a resort of large 

 perch; the usual baits are minnows, shrimp and crab. Other noted points are 

 numerous; April, May and September are the best months and the morning tides 

 are preferred by many anylers. 



Opelousas (M. L. & T.) Bayou Callahan and Bayou Teche accessible; first 

 best; perch, cattish, "gaspergou," mudfish etc.; catfish and perch most numerous; 

 worms and crayfish as bait; April, May and June best months. 



Saceland (M. L. & T.) Lake Field 7 m.; Lake Salvadore 10 m.; last named 

 best; all the different varieties usually found in this locality ; worms and crayfish 

 used for baits; spring months best. 



Washington (M. L. & T.) Courtableau bayou at station; Carron bayou 1 m.; 

 first best; "Caspigo" cat, perch, carp etc.; catfish most numerous; crayfish and 

 mush used as baits; April, May, June, July and August best; hotels $2 to $2.50 p. d. 



MAINE. 



Abbott Village (Bangor & P.) Piper p. 5 m., Whetstone p. 6 m., FOBS p. 8 m. 

 m.; all of the 



and trout brooks from 2 to 5 m.; all of them first class; trout and white perch; 

 trout most numerous; July, August and Sept. best; hotel $1.50 p. d.; lower rates 

 by week; guides can be obtained at reasonable prices; boats 50c p. d.; bait plenti- 

 ful at $1 per hundred. 



Andover (G. T. to Bryants Pond, thence by stage) Early in the season good trout 



