ilO Fishing in North Carolina. 



The migration is down stream to sea by night 

 and upstream to fresh water by daylight. They 

 are enormously prolific. According to one au- 

 thority, a single female, 32 inches long pro- 

 duced over ten million eggs! ISTo wonder she 

 died then. 



Probably the old idea that the eel was the 

 male catfish, arose from the fact that no eggs 

 have been noticed in fresh water eels. 



I have seen a continuous string of eels, miles 

 long, passing a jutting, rocky point, while bass 

 fishing on the Potomac above Washington City. 



Eels feed chiefly at night, hiding in holes or 

 mud during daylight. It is then they strip all 

 the bait off trot lines. 



Earth worms likewise come to the surface 

 and feed at night. On a frosty day they may 

 be enticed to the surface by pouring a little 

 warm, sweetened mustard and water into their 

 holes in the turf. They have no perceptible 

 sight nor hearing; but are very sensitive to 

 touch or jar; as may be verified by watching 

 how cautiously a thrush will approach a worm- 

 hole during twilight, or by placing a nearly 



