

he fresh \virBer fishing is excel- 

 lei\t in man}' portions of tiie Southern 

 States, the principal varieties of fish 

 being- hhiclv bass, perch, pike, mullet, 

 and occasionally trout. A few of the 

 favorite angling resorts are: Broken 



Arrow^, Decatur, Eutaw, and Wetumpka, Ala.; Corning, Eureka Springs, 

 Pine Bluff, and Van Buren, Ark. ; Cantonment, Enterprise, and Kissimee, 

 Fla.; Acworthy, Calhoun, and Powersville, Ga.; Vinita, Ind. Ter. ; 

 Bowling Green, Rock Castle Springs, ^nd Williamsburgh, Ky.; Raceland, 

 and Washington, La.; Hagerstown, Oakland, and Seven Locks, Md.; 

 Crocker, Jerome, New Florence, and Missouri City, Mo. ; Chama, Espa- 

 nola, and Fort Stanton, New Mex.; Clyde, Pigeon River, and Sylva, 

 X. C. ; Gourdins, Kingston, and Scranton, S. C; Boyce, Huntington, 

 Manchester, Reelfoot Lake, and Waverly, Tenn.; Kountze, La Coste, and 

 Waelder, Tex. ; Lexington, Riverton, and Wytheville, Va. ; Berkeley 

 Springs, Harper's Ferry, and Sleepy Creek, W. Va. 



References: J. H. Hardaway, Montgomery, Ala.; Col. J. A. Wood- 

 son, Little Rock, Ark.; J. Mortimer Murphy, Sponge, Harbor, Fla.; 

 Harry C. Brown, Atlanta, Ga., Harry L. Means, Louisville, Ky.; Col. J. 

 R. Thornton, Alexandria, La.; J. A. Hartner, Orangeville, Md.; Geo. J. 

 Chapman, 720 Pine Street, St. Louis, Mo.; J. Minium, E. Las Vegas, 

 New Mex.; Edw. S. Latimer, Wilmington, N. C; V. O. Hendrick, 

 Huntingdon, Tenn.; J. B. Gilbert, Houston, Tex.; W. M. Williams, 

 Richmond, Va. 



EASTERN STATES. 



Bluefish and striped bass fishing t;ake first rank in the way of angling 

 along the coast of the Eastern States — squidding or trolling for bluefish 

 being a popular recreation in connection with sailing, and bass casting tak- 

 ing precedence over all other forms of sea fishing, among the scientific 

 anglers whose principal pastime is with rod and line on the ocean tides 

 from Cape May to Cape Cod. 



For striped bass fishing a few of the popular resorts are near Milford, 

 New London, Southport, and Stonington, Conn.; Buzzard's Bay, Catan- 

 met, E. Marshfield, Fair Haven, and Woods Holl, Mass.; Newmarket and 

 Portsmouth, N. H.; Barnegat, Elizabeth, Sewaren, and Tuckerton, N. J.; 

 Canarsie, Mamaroneck, Giffords, Fort Hamilton, and Sheepshead Bay, 

 N. Y.; Block Island (via New London), and Warren, R. I. 



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