Contents. 



CHAPTER VI. 



I. Trolling among the Thousand Islands 



II. The Maskinonge 



III. The Black Bass, 280 ; the Oswego Bass, 282 ; the Black Bass of 



the South, 284 ; the Spotted Bass or Speckled Hen, 285 ; Rook 

 Bass of the Lakes 



IV. The Sunfish, 286 ; the Perch, 287 ; the Glass-eyed or Wall-eyed 



Pike, 288 ; the Whitefish, 290 ; the Lake Herring, 291 ; the Cis- 

 co or Ciscoquette, 292; the Shiner 



v. Bait-can and Baits, 294 ; Spinning-baits, 295 ; Hackett's Spinning- 

 tackle, 296 ; Haskell's TroUing-bait, 297 ; the PropeUing Min- 

 now, 298 ; Buel's Patent Feather Troll, 299 ; Spinning Tackle 

 for Live Baits, 299 ; Spoon Victuals for Long-6nouts, 302 ; Troll- 

 ing Weather and Baits, 303 ; Fish - hooks, 304 ; Salmon - flies, 

 306 ; Fly-dressing, 308 ; Mounting Salmon-hooks, 310 ; the Pon- 

 derating Sinker 



PART III. 



COMMERCIAL FISHERIES. 



CHAPTER L 

 Lake Fisheries 



CHAPTER IL 



COAST nSHBS AND FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



I. The Mackerel 



IL The Shad '. 



III. The Mossbunker or Menhaden, 326 ; Menhaden for Bait — Frozen 



Herrings.. 



IV. The Codfish — Catching and Curing it 



CHAPTER IIL 

 Whale Fishing, 332 ; the Striped Red Mullet 



CHAPTER IV. 

 Salt-water Fisheries, 339 ; the Chesapeake Bay Fishery, 342 ; Findon 

 Haddocks, 342 ; Preserving Food-fishes Fresh 



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PART IV. 



ANCIENT AND MODERN PISH-CULTURE. 



CHAPTER L 

 The Art among the Ancients 



