12 Fishing in North Carolina. 



district where it has generally been "posted" 

 or preserved by the owners of adjacent land. 

 Wherever one goes there is pretty sure to be 

 some kind of fishing convenient, at all seasons 

 of the year. 



Strictly fresh water fishes are such as live 

 in lakes and ponds and rivers. These rarely 

 ever travel far from home. Nearly all the scaly 

 fresh water fishes possess six fins : two pectoral 

 fins, one on each side just back of the head, one 

 and sometimes two dorsal fins on the back, a 

 ventral and an anal fin on the belly and a caudal 

 fin or tail. The sharp, bony substances in the 

 fin are called hard rays, while the others are 

 called soft rays. 



When a fish is deprived of its fins, it floats 

 with its abdomen upwards. Therefore the fina 

 act as the motor and steering power. 



