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Wheelwright's p. 6 m. Great Bay best; codfish, striped bass, smelts, etc.; smelts 

 iiuwt numerous; clams, worms and lobsters used as baits; May and October best; 

 hotels $1,50 p. d.; guide including boat, bait etc. $2 p. d. High and low water are 

 the best stages of tide. 



No. Conway (P. & O.) Echo 1. 2m.; Pudding p. 1 m. ; several small streams 

 and Saco r all within 2 m.; Saco r. best; trout, pickerel, b. b., perch, chubs, etc.; 

 trout most numerous; worm bait; May and June best: hotels numerous at $1 to $4 

 p. d.; boats and bait at small expense. 



No. Stratford (Or. T.) Connecticut 1. 38 m.; trout and mascalonge; trout most 

 numerous; minnow baits; June and July best; hotel $2 p. d.; guide $2 p. d.; boats 

 50c p. d. 



Plaistow (B. & M.) Wash p. 4 m.; Angling p. 5 m.; Phillips p. 8 m.; Showel p. 

 8 m . Barberry p. 3 m.; Island p. 5m.; Angling p. best; b. b., pickerel, perch and 

 pouts- perch 'most numerous; minnow and worm baits; June, July and August 

 best, hotel $1 p. d.; guides at reasonable charge; boats 50c p. d. There are several 

 trout brooks within easy reach that give fair fishing in the spring. 



Portsmouth, (several r. r.) Atlantic Ocean and Piscataquar. adjacent; codfish, 

 haddock, pollack, striped bass, mackerel, cunners and other saltwater varieties; 

 usual baits and seasons. Isle of Shoals, 7 m. distant, i.s reached by steamer. At 

 Dover Point 7 m. up the Piscataqua r., sea bass and cod (probably tomcod) are 

 taken in great numbers in the months of May and June; hotels $2.50 to $4 p. d.; 

 boats and boatmen at the usual prices. 



Rollinsford (B. & M.) Warren's br. at station; Twpmbley's br. > m.; Rollin's 

 br. 1 m.; Foundry br. Km.; Sligo br. 1m.; about alike; trout; worm bait; May 

 and June best. Fishing prohibited here until March 1887, waters having been 

 stocked with trout in 1884. 



Salmon Falls (B. & M.) Knight's p. 3 m.; Hoopers p. 6 m.; Great Works r. 4 

 m.; two first best; some trout, but pickerel and perch principally; frog, worm and 

 minnow baits; May and June best for trout; all the year for pickerel; hotels $2 p. 

 d.; guide at reasonable price; boata and bait plenty. Knight's, Varney and Harvey 

 are the best of the trout brooks. 



Shelburne (Gr. T.) Success p. 13 m.; Wild r. 6 m.; Coman br. 3 m.; Ingalls br. 

 2m.; first best; trout; flies and worms as baits; July, August and September best; 

 hotels $6 to $8 p. w. ; guides $2 p. d. The trout are small. 



So. New Market (B. & M.) Swamscot r. near station, and emptying into Great 

 Bay; both are good; striped bass, smelts, alewives, etc.; shrimp, minnows and frog 

 legs as bait; hotels 75c p. d. ; boats and bait can be procured reasonable. Isle of 

 Shoals is reached by steamer from this point. 



Stark Water (Gr. T.) North p. y z m.; South p's (3) 1 to 2 m.; Phillips Brook 

 p. and Nash Stream p.; first best; trout most numerous in North p.; worm bait; 

 May, June and July best; no hotels, camping is necessary; boats and bait at mod- 

 erate charges . 



Stratford Hollow (Gr. T. See page V-) Bog br. 2 m.; Little Bog br. ^ m.; 

 Maidstone 1. 5m.; Connecticut r. % m.; Bog br. and branches best; trout, masca- 

 longe, dace and pouts; trout most numerous; worm bait; June and September 

 best; no hotel, but cheap board can be had at private houses; boats and bait can be 

 obtained. Good trouting in Bog br. 



West Milan (Gr. T. See page V.) Ammonoosic r. 5 m.; Phillips Brook r. 5m.; 

 Long p. 3 in.; South p. 3 m.; Nay p. 3 m.; Cedar p. 2 in.; trout, pickerel and mas- 

 calouge; pickerel most numerous; worms and trolling spoons used; June to Sep- 

 tember best; hotel at reasonable price. This is a favorite gateway to the famous 

 Rangeley Lakes of Me., and is claimed to be 10 to 20 miles shorter than by any 

 other route. 



Winchester (Conn. K.) Spofford 1.8 m.; Forest 1.2 m.; besides many r's 

 and brs. in immediate vicinity; nearly all alike for fishing; pike, trout, pickerel, 

 b. b., etc.; pickerel and trout most plentiful; June 1 to Nov. 1 best; ground and live 

 bait used; hotel at moderate rates; no guides needed; boats at reasonable price; 

 fishing here reported very good. See Ashuelot, N. H. 



Windham (W. N. & R.) Corbett's p. 2 m.; Policy p. 4 m.; last named best; b. 

 b., pickerel, perch and norn pouts; b. b. most numerous; charges moderate. 



