Fishing in North Carolina. 



North Carolina has a dozen sounds that have 

 been dignified with names. Albemarle is the 

 largest body of fresh water, covering more than 

 400 square miles; while Pamlico Sound has an 

 area of 1,800 square miles, and the waters of 

 several other sounds empty into it. 



"Black bass and white perch are very abun- 

 dant in northeastern North Carolina waters. 

 Currituck Sound, for instance, is filled with 

 them. Albemarle Sound, the water of which is 

 normally quite fresh, also has a great number 

 of these and other fresh water species, as do 

 also the eight rivers entering the sound, partic- 

 ularly the Roanoke and Chowan. This sound, 

 with its tribiitaries, is an exceedingly important 

 spawning ground, furnishing our waters with 

 many of its most valuable species, such as shad, 

 striped bass, white perch, alewives, etc. Its 

 shad fisheries (the Capehart Fishery, at Avoca, 

 particularly) are the largest in the world. So 

 favorable is this point for the propagation of 

 fishes that the Goverimient has established, near 

 Edenton, IST. C, a hatchery for stocking the 

 waters of northeastern North Carolina and 

 southeastern Virginia." 



