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are most abundant; worms and flies used; May, June and July best; hotel $1 p. d.; 

 guide, boats and bait can be had at very moderate prices. Good fishing reported. 



Silver Creek (L. S. & M. S.) Lake Erie % m.; b. b.; pike, perch, cisco, etc.; 

 bass and pike most imrneroiis; cisco, minnows and crawlers (helgramites) usual 

 baits; May and June best; hotels $1.50 p. d. ; boats and bait can be had cheap. The 

 favorite grounds with local anglers are what is called the Upper and lower reefs 

 and Cobble Stone beds. 



Sing 1 Sing (N. Y. C. & H. R.) Croton Cove and Croton Point on Hudson r. 2 m.; 

 both good; striped bass, weakfish, perch, etc.; perch and bass most mimerous; 

 shedder crab and shrimp bait; August and September best; hotel $3 p. d.; guide 

 i?2 p. d.; boats $1 p. d.; bait will have to be purchased elsewhere. The best weak- 

 fishing is from August 10 to September 5 ; for striped bass from 20th August to 

 September 20; the best grounds are the Reef and Sunken Rock at Croton Point. 

 Flood tide best. 



Slate Hill (N. Y. S. & W.) Woods 1. > m.; Wallkill r. 4 m.; last best; pickerel 

 and b. b.; b. b. most numerous; minnow bait; May, June, July and September 

 best; boats at reasonable prices; bait 25c to 50c p. 100. 



Sloatslntrg- (N. Y. L. E. & W.) Stony br. near by; Truxedo 1. 3 m. (this lake 

 is preserved, $5 a day for fishing privileges); Potaque 1. 1> m.; Shepherd p. 2 m.; 

 Sterling 1. 8 m.; Truxedo 1. best; but they all contain a fair amount of b. b., perch 

 aud pickerel; an occasional trout in the br's; usual baits; hotels $6 to $10 p. w.; 

 guides $2.50 p. d.; baits 50c p. 100. Josiah Patterson of Sloatsburg, N. Y., has 

 charge of Truxedo 1., sometimes called Lorillards p. 



Smithboro (So. C.) Susquehanna r. % m.; black and rock bass, etc.; b. b. most 

 numerous; croakers (helgramites), grubs, etc. as baits; July and Augustbest; hotels $1 

 p. d. ; boats and bait at moderate cost. 



Smith-town (L. I. See page XIX.) Nissequague r.; New Mill stream; Bly- 

 denburgh's p.; Branch stream; all within l l / 2 na.; Blydenburgh's p. best; trout, 

 perch, sunfish, etc.; trout most numerous; fly and worm baits; April and May 

 best; hotel $2 p. d.; guides $2.50 p. d.; boats can be procured at little or no charge. 



Sodus (R. W. & O.) Blind Sodus 2 m.; Fair Haven bay ,! 4 ' m.; Lake Ontario 2 m.; 

 Vanpatten br. \Y 2 m.; Fair Haven bay the best; b. b. (both varieties), pike, pick- 

 erel, perch, etc.; bass and pickerel most abundant; June, August and September 

 best months; artificial flies, worms and minnows used; hotels $1.50 p. d.; guides 

 $1.50 p. d.; boats 25c p. d. The best time for b. b is from June 10 to July 1; for 

 pickerel, by trolling from August 1 to November 1. These waters are first-class. 



Sodus Point (No. C.) The Great Sodus bay and Lake Ontario; also the streams 

 emptying into them; the Lake is best for bass; b. b., pickerel, perch, etc.; min- 

 nows, flies and spoons used; July to September best; hotels at reasonable prices; 

 guides $2 to $2.50 t>. d.; boats 50c p. d.; minnows $1 p. 100. The fishing is said to 

 be very fine. 



So. New Berlin (N. Y. O. & W. See page X) Unadilla r. 100 rods; b. b., pick- 

 erel, perch, etc.; minnows for bait; June and September favorite months; hotel $1 

 p. d.; boat- 50c p. d. 



South Corinth (Adirondack) Kayaderosseras cr. .'4 m.; Dry br. 1 m.; Black p. 

 5 m.; first best; trout, bass, perch etc.; trout most numerous; worms and minnow 

 baits; June and August best; hotel $2 p. d.; guide $2.50 p. d.; boats and baits rea- 

 sonable. 



South Livonia (N. Y. L. E. & W.) Conner 1. 3 m.; Hemlock 1. 3 m.; both good; 

 perch, pickerel, and b. b.; perch most numerous; September best; minnows mostly 

 used as bait; hotels $2 p. d. 



Southold (L. I. See page XIX) Long Island Sound 1 m.; Peconic Bay y z m.; 

 first best; striped bass, weakfish, porgiesetc.; weakfish most numerous; clam H and 

 menhaden as baits; May and June best; hotel $7 to $10 p. w.; boats can be had at 

 the bay at $3 to $5 p. d. 



South Schenectady (N. Y. W. S. & B.) Mohawk r. 2 m.; Sanders 1. 2 in.; first 

 best; b. b., pike, pickerel, perch etc.; b. b. and pike mostabundant; "black worms" 

 (?), crabs, crickets, and minnows as baits; September and October best; hotels at 

 reasonable rates; boats 50c to 75c p. d. 



Spraker's (N.Y. W. S. & B.) Mohawk r. X m.; Flatcr. adjacent; first Lest: pike, 

 pickerel, b. b., etc.; worms and dobwons as baits; spring best season; hotels fl p. 



