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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Nov. 30, 1883. 



plucky pound batb or kingfigh to the three-pounder snlt 

 water bass, in the tremqnftous rush of an incoming or out- 

 going title, in water twenty to thirty feet deep. "where a 

 pound dipsev or lend must of necessity be used to keep the 

 line in trim, with the bait near the bottom, and he must dis- 

 wvil the rod mid trust to the hand-liner's methods — hand 

 over hand, with stubbornness of muscle. Now. let him re- 

 verse tills method, take a Ifgkl rod of seven or eight ounces, 

 eight feet long, with line ns light as good service will per- 

 mit, and a niue fool single -gut leader, and drop the half- 

 ounce dipsey into the slack of the 1)1)1) or Hood, and ha will 

 0o« that a five-pound blaickfish Will call for more of skill 

 and tact than would a 200 or HOI.i-pound shark on a canal- 

 boat's towline. 



There is an old saviug among the fishermen of the East 

 River and the Sound that black tish begin to run when the 

 willows commence to turn green, but the fact is patent (bat, 

 blacklist, ive in their heal eondilion when (he leaves of the 

 willow are yellow. Below are meutioned a few of the best 

 grounds for' blackfish, winch are also good for the inn of 

 MCU.69 lafuvolles, small «ea bass, with an oe- 



' ionftl Fair-sized louicod and a stray snapper. The reader 

 will bear in mind (hat all the places noted aie excellent 

 grounds tor midsiimmei fishing, when large sea bass, sheeps- 

 h.-ad. porgies. hhiektish, and others can be canghl in goodly 

 numbers, particularly in ,lnmaiea Bay on the Block House 

 and Ncversink wrecks. The following are the favorite 

 grounds for local fishers: 



Tamaiea Bay— Broad channel, and the grounds named 

 tor striped bass. 



Graveseud Bay— The stone pile. 



Boekawav Beach— The wreck of flit Black Warrior. 



Prince's Bay— Pleasant View and Gin'ord'.--. 



Sandy Hook -The railroad and government piers. 



New Voile Hay— The .Monument abreast of Sand.\ Hook, 



and Fori Wnflsworth in the Narrows, 



She. pshead Hay — IV ear the bar. 



Flounders maybe caught as early as .March; in fact, all 

 through flic winter, it the angler elects to stand the temper 

 ature. The month of April, however, is Ihe best for (he 

 spiiug tish. and Qci m a id November for the Fall run. 

 ! i : is a bit of advice for flounder anglers: Take along in 

 your boat a pair of oyster tongs, and rake up Ihe BSTld with 

 them, and the flukes will be sure io bite In default of the 

 -, anchor n lew feel behind an oyster boat, on ihe beds, 

 .en; your total Catch will be large, and so will be the fish. 

 The best sputa for llnunder,, me in Flushing Bay and 

 Jamaica Bay. although these flsh bile freely in season on all 

 muddy bottoms, unlike the blackfish, which prefer the 

 Bandy bed of a tideway. 



Tomcods are now in full biting trim. These tish hardly 

 exceed half a pound in weight, and give litrle sport, 

 although they are considered *> good pan tish. Bergais, 



which are now feeding freely, are looked upon as a jiest, 

 particularly on blackly-h ground-, where thev are active in 

 [lira intended I or larger tish. 



l r or neighboring aalt-Tvater ftsliing such as we have 

 described,, the proper tackle and baits are as follows: 



Bods. — An ordinary joined natural bamboo, such as can 

 be bought for $8 to $5; ils weight from ten to fourteen 

 ounces, and is eight or nine feet long. 



/,•„/„ _a muiiipiver brass, costing $3, and holding 300 



feet ofline. which should lie a No. ft Cuttvhunkof that length. 

 //.«/,«•. -The Abbey & Imbrie Bprpal hook 'of various 

 afacs; tor striped bass use Nos. :.' to :i: for blackfish, lloun- 

 : and such fish, use the 2 size. Tie the hooks on double 

 - snoods, using also double gut leaders. 

 Bate.— For striped bass, the shedder crab, shrimp, sand- 

 worms and squid; For blackfish, tiddlers and skimmer clam. 

 The latter bait, will be found killing for all kinds of small 

 salt-water fish, excepting the snapper or young biueflsh, for 



which the spearing seems to be- the most seductive lure: hut 

 if you have not that, killies or mununychugs will be found 

 ■ nbslilutc. 

 The list of grounds will show where the above named fish 

 were biting freely up to last night: 



In the tideway's of Hell Gate — Striped bass; turn of the 

 tides; squid and sand worms. 



About tlie Sunken Meadow— Flood tide: striped bass and 

 blackfish; bait, shedder crabs and sand worms. 



Yaritins' Creek — Pantish; tide running up; sand worms. 



Bowery Bay — Blackfish, flounders, dogfish: same tide 

 and bait. 



Flushing Bay — Striped bass, panfish; same bait and tide. 



Arnold's i'o'iui,— Blacklist!, same bait; first of flood. 



Westchester Creek — Striped bass; flood tide; shedder crab. 



College Point and West Farms Creek— Panfish, bass; 

 same bait, and tides. 



Pelbam — Blackfish, bass, panfish; flood tide, clams, 



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The TajU'UM— -I have seen lately in the New York 

 1 article- on bass angling and the bass clubs, also the 

 Subject treated JO the FORES* AKO Stream. From these 

 articles one might infer Chat the striped bass are leaving our 

 Coast to such an extent that there will be no sport in this 

 line in the near future, Mow, why do not some of these 

 ; 1 1 > 1 ' ■ anglers who have caught their .-ixly-poundors, and 

 many others who are willing to try their skill on some of 

 thaf'weight or over, fry t lie tarpum of Florida waters'; 

 They can be hooked to a 'certainty; the next thing is to bring 

 them logaiv, ami no person who goes after tfiem need fear 



be will no! find them; they are verv plenty in some rivers 

 there. I have seen schools of I hem which 'l should judge 

 had tiliy larpum of from ?,1 io 130 pounds, 1 have 'often 

 been fast to them, but, with improper tackle to undertake 

 the capture of tln-in. ] mil) once tried Io catch them. I 

 then titled u strong troll line to a float, and thought 1 might 

 play him that way (having no bass tackle), but I lost my 

 B i the first leap from ihe water, breaking my line. I 

 should like to see a good-sized tarpum captured with rod 

 and red.— A, ii. 1). 



Sew York. — Medina, Orleans County, Nov. 23. — Pickerel 

 fishing at the Cove has been excellent the latter part of 

 summer and fall. The Cove is situated ten and one-half 

 miles southeast of this place, on Oak Orchard Creek; there 

 as where ihe creek has widened out 

 ;. The water is quite, deep, making 

 pickerel and Other fi$h to bleed and 

 18 from here have been tip there this 

 a than usual good luck, bringing home 

 from ten to twenty fine pickerel, weighing from two "and a 

 ball to i 'out pound-, each, and in one or two instances even 

 more. It is with feelings of much pleasure and longings to 

 be. !h< re that I hem th i I tcrans tell of their grand sport.— 

 Sal BflTfiS, 



are properly three r 



to small lakes or po 

 an excel I 



live in. Several pa 

 fall, and have had mor 



ANGLERS' TOURNAMENT ECHOES. 



^HE casting has made an impression upon the world of 



from acr'i 



rule thev do ttOl tli 

 i' , it the i barn 

 number of special, 

 contestants, forlm 

 distances. The fa 



the English anglen 

 pose to tell our tra 



can do it. The tw 

 Io the tournament 

 both have full and 

 correspondent, Mr. 

 tonally s 

 We iln n 



I be I 



lands, and the reverberations 

 reached our shores. As a 

 •ecords, as they have former 

 lniniHce in charge and the 

 Ihe jealousy of" the rival 

 u of an exaggeration of the 

 -ords exceed theirs 

 ive finish this artielt 

 utlanlie cousins just how and 



lich have given most a 



■e the Fishing Gazetu and ihe Meld, and 



fair accounts, the latter by its American 



Franklin Satterthwaitc, 'The FiM cdi- 



t that our 

 . and befoi 



othc 



ill-ion 



law io„) measured It), o 

 6 hnh oast twenty-U o 

 •wed into innumerable i 



Mono! ile-i.n-ii 

 the water to woi| 

 anything. Here 

 above the l&ki . « 

 in- rod, Of eon 



least) and quite i 



any sort, and no 

 wiiii perfect safe 



rod and line are 

 iongcasiing, a -., 

 fishing, l-'or.svii 

 with She o"i. U 

 Hi Winchester, il 



things. 

 its host, 

 make a, 1 



ieh the line was 

 me Of the most 

 B, >k.: the fric- 



himgled him. For all these reus 

 dislike anything Iiio .:■■■ si, i 

 uiiL-lniL, ,--- ileslriu-uve to the"! 

 ntlaeh ton much importance to t 



We do not agree with the able wri 

 contests are of no value. As a scb 

 can be finer? And the old angler 

 with that of others. The platform 

 might have added a little to the long 

 two feet to the rod. Next year the ] 

 a foot high, and it, would no! have 

 except, for the benefit of the ba>- I 

 easl uuderhauded. The Fishin-j Ot 



terin 

 ;iol b 



the FiM that such 



jr beginners what 

 compare bis style 

 g three feel high 

 the east, but not 

 rni will not be over 

 i higher this year 

 i. some of w T liom 



a rnd'wiis simply an inipn'ssjbllitv, hut the stri 



„- ido:, e.e.li,,-, ,,.„■!- el:, -e. in . hi ' „■:-., ■-- siv.,j 



of the easting by the 

 ■ error was made. In- 

 r other anglers In this 

 or over twenty yards, 



itOOi ' - 







. and tuere ran !„■ 



no question win 

 given; this tad 



mind this wond 

 o-holf ounce roi 







[ .''.',' '''',^ l ,ra l !i ; 



wateriiioofed. a 



on the ^ 



■hole, by far the host that 1 



an be used by the 



, l , : li ;;. 1 , ' ;,:'': 



Uial'ug 



always looked with dfefav 



)r cm the Btned-np 



-nee of them had 



nship it is simply 



me, so Heme Unify 

 i impossible to see 



lited with ihe loDgest cast. 

 ornament. Wh h a ten-fool 

 .--. he s. ut his llv out ihiriv 

 lehverv is picidiar, as will 

 criptio"!! of it ; but peculiar 



The* editor of the Fiihmg Gazette is on the right trail 

 The reason that the Americans cast further than the English 

 is not thai they are belter anglers, but that they have better 

 tools. We ua've never seen an English made split-bamboo 

 rod; but from wdiat is said of them by the English p.-. pen., 

 they must be inferior ones. If the editor ot tin- Gct&tti 

 will go through the large fishing on kle establishments in 

 America, he will find no rods bid wlmt, are us beautifully 

 put together as those he describes. A fine rod that showed 

 its joining would not be allowed to leave the shop of any 



maker with a reputation to win or to sustain . Few English- 

 men care to pay the prices for rods that we do; and at the 

 same lime they will, as a rule, pay more for guns. Take as 



for 



nplc of < 



i iond of bolli 

 ion of worldly 

 : Englishman v 

 a fine gun, 



mt 



enable bin 



lii.-llilli .. 



The Ami 



hi;. I 



and an American, 

 and each with a fair 

 to gratify his tastes, 

 spend $400 or $600 

 nth that sum too 

 an would take the 

 g the outfit come lo 

 ik o $100 gun will 

 English excel in 



rod and a Aloreel, with a 



about S;5, and would Hum sav, "I tl 



kill all 1 can find to shoot at." "Just an 



high priced guns so do We in line rods, and this is the Tease 



that we can get more wink from the rods, 



We do not think that the limit of canting with a single- 

 handed rod has yet beeu reached, and we shall not be sur- 



prised to 

 cast We 



some delicac 

 east eighty f 



B the r>eord beaten each year, until 100 feet are 

 lieve that, long casting is the only way to test 

 i. but, anglers. It is just as desirable" to east 

 ) east delicately, and a long cast must have 

 ,-, for ils force is spent. The man who can 

 :el can fish more water than he whose limit is 

 has not seen I rout rise beyond reach V 

 glers are very thorough." Tilth' waters have 

 • long that unless a fly is deftly cast it might 

 The trout become educated. 



as on some bong Island 

 Country, on the contrary. WE h 

 fished waters that Ihe trout ar 

 thing; and this tends to make 

 hundred anglers at randm,, f 

 chances are that Hie English we 

 Of first 



easting because they have not the tools. 



shy. In this 

 ive so many new and un 

 : green and" will lake any- 

 earcle-,o anglers. Take "a 

 om each country and the 

 dd have a larger proportion 

 equal our experts in 



Kaxge oi-' the Sawfish. —Dr. John Wilkins look a ,,-nv- 

 flsh (JMstis nntiqtf/siiw) in his pond near Eastville, Va., 

 last month, which measured sixteen feet over saw, and all. 

 riiis is farther north on our coast than the fish has been re- 

 corded before. 



1) 



FISHCULTURE IN MINNESOTA. 



,R. R. O. SWEENEY, of Ihe Minnesota Coi 



ssion. has 

 ad Mmne- 



ing fish 

 that at 

 the ap- 



Any 



been interviewed 

 apolis Pioneer Press who 

 sinner nt present is ea.i p. 

 for the ponds and strea 

 present he is expecting a, 

 plication- of the resident 

 which have been forward 

 inner within the past tw 

 St. Paul he does not knoi 

 official notification that I 



mislaid or lost. Ha will, he expects, take charge of the carp 

 when thev arrive and distribute them over the State, a-s they 

 may be allotted by the United States Cominissiviier on the 

 applications made to hiin. The remaining fish — if there are 

 any— will be placed in Ihe h. , , I,, , -, di.ept there lor distri- 

 bution. 



Mr. Sweeney says that he received oOa carp some time ago 

 from Prof. Baird, but upon his advice had kept them in the 

 hatchery for breeding pui jioses. Then- they had grown well 

 and had bred well, but the commissioners did not know to 

 what extent as they did not wish to disturb them in the pond, 

 and to find out just what, the result war. would necessitate the 

 drawing off Of the pond or the use of nets, as the fish woidd 

 not bite. He believes that within a short time thera wdl lie 

 plenty of carp at, the hatchery to distribute throughout the 

 States. 



The specifications for a batehei-y will afford scientific infor- 

 mation for extensive breeders, 

 of ponds how to manage the 

 The. usual requirements are 

 than the other, tor the purpi 

 These plans will be embodied in the animal i 



feeding ihe tish" it seine especial spot oa 11 

 This will drawt.be fish there with period i ■■-. 

 can then be selected and drawn out with 

 process will keep the house supplied very re; 

 "Will it pay to raise the earpf" is a que; 

 It is believed that it will, as the rapidity m 

 places them much in advance of other fish. The fish market, 

 to-day requires a large number of all kinds oi fish, and these 

 always bring from eight, to ten cents per pound, and the carp 

 is a 'vpvy good table tish. Th-re ha\ e been lotl carp rbs 

 tributed within the past two years in Minnesota by the com- 

 - on. U'het the result of this distribution is. is 'not known 



Sweeneythat those win. have n iVeS - i ran ' 



should report progress at once so ihat the facts in ihe matter 

 can be placedin the annual report, i hat the ideas suggested 

 by the experimenters maybe practically tested by Un oom- 



Of other flsh in the State, it can lie said that 1,500,000 ha,vo 

 been distributed during the past two years. These embrace. 

 the brook trout, whitefish. wall-eyed pike, German carp and 



eepthe carp well. 



spends, one lower 



ing off the water, 

 rcporl of the eom- 

 londsMr, Sweeney 



bashaw .a: i/js, 

 gularity.aud they 

 a hand net. This 

 jenlarly. 



if'ten asked. 



the California brook trout, kn> 

 TheBe have each good quailitios and 



The most satisfactory rep 

 which has been placed n 

 north and south of St. Ps 

 very definite figures exce 

 locality. The Brook bro 

 propagates wh.ire no othc 

 stream that is warm enoi 

 brook trout, 

 but the oldei 

 pickerel and 

 county, thei 

 altyof raisii 



•ts, ho- 



lino, t allth, 



I. The repc 



ov trout, 

 be Bonrlsniag. 



' - 



The 



I :',-■! 



Intact it, is sa 

 or Hsh i- boo wa 

 nemy of the vu 

 rithoristooqu 



give no 



m every 

 lives and 

 tiiat any 

 ti for the 

 iff trout, 

 M- the 

 ilmore 

 a apeoi- 

 ofltable 

 koui ho 

 trout is 



:!•: I 



have 



s *1 per pound for all thev catch. The brool 

 xi the St. Paul market from forty to fifty cents, 

 ahioroi.i salmon are progressing well, it is believed, 

 lot known positively. The salmon 

 hej please, aud they don't seem 

 treams. Some 150 of these flsh 

 son, and they arc seen in large 



numbers raised 

 r ay of biting v, 

 to feel like it in Minue- 

 are reported caught en 

 droves in the various li 

 escaped from a hatehei 

 ing place in the Missis; 

 have been caught neal 



mou 

 y in some way and have found a lodg- 

 !ppi. During the past season a few 

 Stahlman'sorewery. The whiterish, 

 iod fish throughout the country, ha-s 

 nuiioer of rivers aud is doing well. The next 

 shipment expected will be whilelish and thev will be placed 

 in the Mississippi. Minnesota, and St. Croix rivers. U'hite- 

 iish which have loi't the hatchery have been caught which 

 have measured over two feet long. Besides then - size thev are, 

 good breeders, giving 30,000 to (10,000 spawn per year. VVhite. 

 Sear, Minnetonka and the lakes from Clearwater north, havo 

 had a very good supply of this fish. The black bass, croppies 



