LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



Thk Black Bass m Frontispiece 



FACE 



Oswego (Large-mouth) Bass 36 



The Small-mouth Black-bass. The Large-mouth 



Black-bass. The Rock-bass 62 



Surf-fishing for Bass 96 



Catching Sea-bass off Newport 100 



The Sea-bass. The Mascalonge. The Pike . .114 

 The Mascalonge of the Weeds. Trolling with Hand- 

 line 120 



The Eastern Pickerel. The Western Pickerel. The 



Pike-perch. The Yellow-perch . . . .140 

 The Arctic Grayling. The Michigan Grayling. The 



Montana Grayling 174 



The More Sportsmanly Way of catching Mascalonge 200 



The Weakfish. The Kingfish. The German Carp . 226 



The Channel-catfish. The Sheepshead. The Cunner 244 



Fishing for Gunners 250 



The Flounder. The Smelt. The Spanish Mackerel 264 



The Bonito. The Nigger-fish. The Pompano . . 280 

 Catching Spanish Mackerel on the Edge of the Gulf 



Stream 300 



The Black Grunt. The Red Snapper . . . .322 



The Jolt-head Porgy. The Lady-fish. The Cobia . 348 



Taking Bonito by trolling off Block Island . . 350 



The Angel-fish. The Turbot 384 



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