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Sept. and Oct. best; live bait, crayfish, shrimp and worms used; hotels $2 p. d.: 

 guides reasonable; boats and baits at moderate prices. The best fishing occurs 

 when the water is low. 



Himrocls (S. G. & C.) Seneca 1. 1 1 4 ' m.; b. b., perch, trout (?) and rock bass; the 

 basses in excess; worms, minnows, art. flies, spoons, pork etc. are the baits used. 

 Sept. and Oct. hiost favorable months; hotels $1 p. d., $4 p. w. ; guides cheap, boats 

 50c p. d. ; bait $1 per 100. Most excellent fishing. 



Hobart (U. & D.) Odell's 1. 2> m.; Township br. ) in.; Rose's br. 3 m.; Betty's 

 br. 4m.; Delaware r. near station; last best; trout, pickerel and white bass; trout 

 most numerous; minnows and artificial flies used; May and June best for trout; 

 hotels and guides at reasonable rates; boats and bait moderate. The tributaries 

 of the Delaware r. in this section furnish fair trout fishing. 



Holland Patent (U. & B. R.) Beaver and Nine Mile cr., adjacent; the first best; 

 trout; fly and worms used: May, June and September best months; hotels $2 p.d.; 

 no guides or boats required. These streams are well fished early and late in sea- 

 son. 



Homer (D. L. & W.) Tully 1's 12 m ; Little York 1's 4 m.: numerous trout 

 streams within a radius of 10 ni. ; not much choice in the 1's which contain bass, 

 pickerel, perch and bullheads; the two latter predominating; crayfish, minnows, 

 worms and flies as baits; June, July, August, September and October best; hotels 

 at $1 p. d., and others at $8 to $10 p. w. ; boats 25c to 50c p. d.; bait cheap. 



"Honeoye (N. Y. C. & H. R.) Honeoye cr. near station; Hemlock 1. and Honeoye 

 1. 10 m.; first best; b. b., pickerel, etc.; b. b. most abundant; flies, soft shell crabs 

 and spoons used; June, July, August and September best hotels $1 and $2 p. d.; 

 bait easily obtained 



Homellsviile (N. Y. L. E. & W.) Canisteo r. near station; Lime Kiln cr. 4 m.; 

 Stevens cr. 4 m.; all good; mountain trout and rainbow trout; May, June and July 

 best, baits flies, worms, etc.: hotels $2 p. d.; no professional guides; boats not 

 needed. These waters have been largely stocked with the above named fish, and 

 limit of time expires May 1st, 1885. 



Horseheads (N. Y. L. E. <fc W.) Newtown cr., Beaver br., last best; some 

 brook trout here in April, May and June but not in great abundance; flies used; 

 hotels at reasonable rates. 



Hudson (N. Y. C. & H. R ) Copake 1. 20 m.; Lake Charlotte 13 m.; last best; 

 pickerel and b. b. ; b. b. most abundant; live minnows as bait. July, August and 

 September best; no regular hotel but board can be obtained at farm house; boats 

 free; bait at small expense. 



Hunter (S. C. & C. M.) Schoharie Kill near station; Stony Clove cr. 5 m.; East 

 Kill 3m.; about equal; brook tro\it; worms, grasshoppers and flies used: May and 

 June best months; hotels $1.50 to $2 p. d.; no guides or boats necessary bait can 

 be obtained at trifling cost. 



Hunting-ton (L. I. See page XIX) Huntington Harbor 3 m.; blackfish, blue- 

 fish, etc.; usual baits and seasons; hotels $2 to $5 p. d.; boats and bait can be 

 had. 



Hyde Park (N. Y. C. & H. R.) Hudson r. at Esopus Island 2 m.; b. b., perch, 

 etc.; b. b. and perch most abundant; live baits, meats, clams, etc.; May, June, 

 .September and October best; hotels $2 p. d. Ebb tide best. 



Indian Castle (N. Y. W, S. & B.) Mohawk r. y z m.; pickerel, b. b. and pike; 

 bass and pike most numerous; minnows, dobsons and spoons used; June, July, 

 August and September best; boats and bait at moderate cost. 



Irelands (N. Y. O. & W. See page X) Wallkill r. ,' 4 ' m.; b. b., pickerel aad 

 perch; flies and live baits. 



Irving-ton (N. Y. C. & H. R.) Hudson r. near station; striped bass, frost fish etc.; 

 frost fish most numerous: shrimp and hard clam baits; October and November best; 

 flood tide best; bait can be had reasonable. 



Islip (L. I. See page XIX) Atlantic Ocean 7 m.; Great South Bay 1 m.; last 

 best; bluefish, weakfish, striped bass, porgies, mackerel, kingfish etc.: blurtish, 

 weakfish, porgies and bass most numerous, menhaden and clams as bail:-; May, 

 June, July, August and September best; hotels at reasonable charges; guides with 

 boat $5 p. d. 



