Within the past few years net-fishing 

 has been recklessly pursued, and the fish 

 are becoming less numerous. 



We first hear of Shad on our coasts 

 in January and February, when they as- 

 cend the Savannah River. Thereafter 

 they advance northward, and are an- 

 nounced as successively entering the North 

 Carolina sounds, Norfolk Bay, James 

 River, Chesapeake Bay, Potomac River, 

 Delaware River, Hudson River, Connecti- 

 cut River, and so on as far as the waters 

 of Maine. 



For angling use a strong Trout-rod, 

 long line and large, gaudy fly. 



