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Cape May (Penna.) All varieties of Northern salt water fish; black drum and 



blnetish plentiful; hotels, boats, boatmen at usual charges. 



Carteret (P. & R.) Staten Island Sound 1 111.; Rah way r. '. m,; first best; weak- 

 fish, bluefishetc.; shrimp and soft crabs as baits; July, August and September 

 best; boats 75c p. d.; bait (shrimp) 25c for % pint. Flood tide best. 



Columbia (N. Y. S. & W.) Paulin's Kill > m.; Delaware r. near station; last 

 named best; b. b., sunfish etc.; b, b. most numerous; small catfish and chubs 

 used for baits; July, August and September best; hotels $4 to $6 p. w.; boats 50c. 

 1> d. 



Communipaw (P. & R-) New York bay near station; weakfish, bluefish black- 

 fish tomcods etc.; weakfish most numerous; soft crabs, claim, shrimp, sand worms 

 etc., as baits; June, July, August, September and October best; hotel $2 p. d.; 

 boats 25c p. h. Flood tide best. 



Deckertowu. (N. Y. S. & W.) Wallkill r. 1 m.; Truesdell 1. 4 m.; Round p. 1 > 

 m.: L. Grenell 8 m.; Sand p. 7 m.; L. Messhepctmg m.; L. Grenell best; b. b., 

 pickerel and perch: bass most numerous; crickets, worms, helgramites and live 

 bait used; June, August and September best; hotels $1.50 p. d.; guides $2. 50 p. d.; 

 boats and bait can be had at reasonable rate. 



Dover (D. L. & W.) Lake Hopatcong 9m.; Upper and Lower Longwood pd's > 

 m.; Green p. 9m.; Split Rock p. 7 m. . first best; b. b., perch and pickerel; b. b. 

 and pickerel most numerous, phantom minnows, art. flies and live baits used; 

 June, July, September and October best; hotels at reasonable rates; guides $2 to 

 $5 p. d.; boats $1 p. d.; bait $1 p. 100. 



JDunnfield (N. Y. S. & W.) Delaware r. near station; Brodheads cr. 2 m.; Sun- 

 fishp. I, 1 ! m.; Dunnfield cr. near station; first best; b. b., rock fish, sunfish and 

 others; bass and sunfish most numerous; small lamper eels, crabs, grasshoppers 

 a,nd worms used for baits; August, September and October best; hotels $6 to $20 

 p. w.; guides at reasonable rates; boats 50c to 75c p. d.: bait 25c to 75c p. 100. 

 Many trout streams giving fair creels of small trout, are in this vicinity. The b. b. 

 fishing in the Delaware r. (the Delaware Water Gap is near by) is at times very fine. 



Elizabeth (Several r. r.) Staten Island Sound and Newark bay; tomcods, weak, 

 fish, striped bass etc. ; shrimp and soft crabs usual bait; September best month; 

 hotels $1.50 p. d.; guide can be obtained; boats 75c p. d. Slack water best. 



Elizabethport (P. & R.) Staten Island Sound and Newark bay adjacent; torn 

 cods, weakfish, striped bass etc.; shrimp and soft crabs as baits- September best 

 month; hotels $1.50 p. d.; boats 75c p. d.; slack water best. 



Franklin (D. L. & W.) Branch of Wallkill r. near station; the "pond" best; 

 b. b., pickerel, sunfish etc.; b. b. most numerous; grasshoppers are usual bait for 

 bass, and live bait used for pickerel; October best month; hotel $6 to $10 p. w.; 

 boats $1 p. d. 



Forked River (P. & R.) Barnegat Bay 1 m.; sheepshead, bluefish, weakfish, 

 etc.; weakfish most numerous; shedder crab, muscles and clams used for baits; 

 summer months best; hotels $2 to $3 p. d.; guides with boat $3 to $4 p. d. A cele- 

 brated fishing ground. Flood tide best. 



Garfield(N. Y. L. E. & W.) Passaicr. % m.; Saddle r. y z m.; both are good; 

 pickerel, b. b., perch, sunfish, etc. and a few trout; pickerel and perch most num- 

 erous; spoons, minnows and worms used; June, August and September best; hotel 

 and private boarding houses at moderate rates; boats can be easily procured. 

 Trolling for pickerel on the Passaic r. between Passaic and Garfield is at times suc- 

 cessful. 



Great Meadows (L. & H. R.) Green's p. 5m.; Pequest cr. % m.; first best; 

 b. b., pickerel, etc.; bass most numerous; usual baits; May, June, October and 

 February best; hotel $lp. d.; guide $1.25 p. d.; boatsSOcp. d.; bait can be had 

 cheap. 



Greenville (P. & R.) Newark Bay, mouths of Passaic and Hackensack r's; 

 Newark Bay best; striped bass, weakfish, perch etc.; shrimp and shedder crabs as 

 baits; June, July, August and September best; hotel at reasonable rates: boats . r >0o 

 to 7. r >c i>. d. Being only > hour from New York City this place is much visited by 

 anglers. Slack of the ebb tide best. 



Hackensack (N. Y. S. & W.) Hackensack r. near station; white perch and 

 striped bass; first most numerous; shedder crabs, shrimp and clams used for baits: 



