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per" (young bluefish) fishing; spearing are also much used. The fish caught in the 

 salt or brackish water are as follows: bluefish, weakfish, kingfish, sheepshead, 

 flounders, blacktish, sea bass, striped bass, spots or Lafayettes, tomcods, flukes, 

 bergalls or cunners, porgies etc. ; the first earned are caught by trolling with the 

 squid off shore, or chumming with menhaden bait. Large boats, including the 

 captain, are hired for this purpose at about $10 p. d.; they can be secured (several 

 days notice should be given), at Jamaica Bay, Carnarsie, Rockaway, Fort Hamiltoii, 

 Broad Channel and at Gravesend Bay. The other fish named are caught in nearly 

 all the bays and estuaries of Long Island and New Jersey, and in the lower bay 

 and up the Htidson and East rivers, and in Long Island Sound. The tomcods and 

 flounders are most numerous in the early spring and fall, and the weakfish during 

 the summer months. The sheepshead are not abundant, but very large ones are 

 caught at times on the mussel beds on the old wrecks in the bays. We name some 

 of the salt water grounds and how to reach them: off Bedloe's Island and Robin's 

 Reef in the bay, by boat from Whitehall; weakfish and blackfish mostly; Weehaw- 

 ken docks (Weehawkeu), Hudson r., tomcods and small striped bass; Fort Lee 

 docks at Fort Lee, occasionally weakfish etc., but mostly eels and catfish; Pelham 

 Bridge at Harlem, blackfish of good size, flounders in spring and fall months; 

 from 100 to 125th St. on the Hudson r., striped bass (occasionally a large one, but 

 they usually run from }j to 1 Ib . ), tomcods, flounders, with now and then a strag- 

 gling weakfish; along the piers good fishing is had at times, both in the Hudson 

 and East rivers, for striped bass and tomcods; Wall St. Ferry and 55th St. Docks in 

 Brooklyn and Pier 1 in the East r. on the N. Y. side are most frequented. For the 

 fishing in Harlem r. see FORDHAM, HIGH BEIDGE, KINGS BRIDGE and MOBRIS DOCK. 

 All of these are described under their alphabetical classification in the state of New 

 York. For the fishing from points on Staten Island New York, see: ALLENDALE, 

 GIFFORDS, RICHMOND VALLEY and ROSSVILLE. For the fishing grounds (salt and 

 freshwater), of Long Island, within 5 to 50 m. of New York City, see: BABYLON, 

 BALDWINS, BAYPORT, BAY RIDGE, BRESLAU, BROAD CHANNEL, CUTCHOGUE, FAR ROCK- 

 AWAY, FREEPORT, GLENHEAD, GREAT NECK, HAMMELS, HUNTINGDON, ISLIP, LITTLE 

 NECK, LOCUST VALLEY, LONG BEACH, MATTITUCK, MERRICKS, OAKDALE, RICHMOND 

 HILL, ROCKVILLE CENTRE, SEASIDE and VAN SICKLENS. All of these will be found 

 alphabetically arranged under the heading of "New York." For salt or brackish 

 water fishing in the state of New York up the Hudson r. within 10 to 60 m. of New 

 York City, see: CROTON, CORNWALL, FORT MONTGOMERY, IRVINGTON, NEW HAMBURG, 

 NEWBURGH, PIERPONT, SING SING and TARRYTOWN HEIGHTS. For salt water fishing, 

 from points in the state of New Jersey located within 5 to 30 m. of New York City, 

 see: BAYONNE, CARTERET, COMMUNIPAW, ELIZABETHPORT, GREENVILLE, HACKEN 

 SACK LAFAYETTE, MONMOUTH BEACH, NEWARK, NORTH LONG BRANCH, SEWAREN, 

 SHARK RIVER, TREMLEY and WEST BERGEN. In addition to the above named salt 

 water grounds, we add the following, which are doubtless the most popular among 

 our local fishermen: Sandy Hook inside, about 300 yards off the lighthouse large 

 weakfish run here in 6 to 7 feet water; reached by N. J. Southern r. r., steamer 

 from Pier 8; boats can sometimes be had at the Government docks. Sheepshead 

 Bay reached via the Coney Island r. r.; boats can always be had; fish Rich's Point, 

 Hog Channel, the Wallkill, the Red Horse, the Cellar etc. Fort Hamilton is a favor- 

 ite centre from which to reach the best grounds of the lower bay, viz: the Monu- 

 ment, the "Cribs," off Staten Island bluffs, the mussel shoals off Quarantine and 

 other places; boats can always be had at Fort Hamilton. On Coney Island good 

 fishing is had; alongside the iron piers (fishing not allowed from them), blackfish 

 are often plentiful; at the "rocks" abreast of the Manhattan Hotel, sheepshead, 

 striped bass and large blackfish are sometimes caught freely; in Coney Island cr. 

 at Humptys Point, weakfish, flounders etc.; at the mouth of Nigger cr. where it 

 empties into Coney Island cr., there is at times excellent striped bass fishing; at 

 Nortons Point, west end of Coney Island, fishing from the old pier is often excel- 

 lent. In Gravesend Bay, reached via Van Sicklens on Coney Island r. r. there is 

 often excellent fishing for striped bass, weakfish, flounders etc. From Carnarsie, 

 the fishing grounds of Jamaica Bay are easily reached; good snapper fishing off the 

 wharves of Barren Island, and excellent sport can be had at Block House wreck and 

 other grounds in the bay; boats and baits are plentiful at Carnarsie. Off Sandy 

 Hook light and at the lightship there is at certain seasons most excellent chum- 

 ming for bluefish; hire yoiir craft at Bay Ridge or Fort Hamilton. At the wreck 

 of the Black Warrior, reached from Sheepshead Bay, Carnarsie and other points, 

 there is grand fishing for striped bass, sheepshead and blackfish, the fish all run- 

 ning large. Fishing in Long Island Sound near New York is not so good as in 

 former years; at the mouth of the Harlem r. some good striped bass are sometimes 

 caught, also at Wards Island, the Three Brothers and at Hell Gate. For fishing in 

 Long Island Sound see: FLUSHING, MAMARONECK, COLLEGE POINT, CORUNNA and 

 SEATUCKET. For fresh water fishing within 10 to 50 m. of New York City see the 

 following points of which full details are given under the heading of "New Jer- 

 sey"; BOUND BROOK, GARFIELD, GREAT MEADOWS, LAKEWOOD, LYNDHUBST, MIDVALE, 



