FISH AND FISHING. 



ALMANAC FOR SALT WATER FISHERMEN. 



The following will be found accurate and val- 

 uable for the vicinity of New York City: 



Kinghsh — Barb, Sea-Mink, Whiting. June to 

 September. Haunts: The surf and deep channels 

 of strong tide streams. Baits: Blood worms, 

 shedder crabs and beach crustaceans. Time and 

 tide: Flood, early morning. 



Plaice — Fluke, Turbot, Flounder. May 15 to 

 November 30. Haunts: The surf, mouth of tidal 

 streams. Baits: Shedder crabs, killi-hsh, sand 

 laut. Time and tide: Ebb, daytime exclusively. 



Spanish mackerel — Haunts: The open sea, July 

 to September. Baits: Menhaden, trolling — metal 

 and cedar squids. 



Striped Bass — Rock Fish, Green Flead. April to 

 November. Haunts: The surf, bays, estuaries and 

 tidal streams. Baits: Blood worms, shedder crabs, 

 Calico crabs, small eels, menhaden. Time and 

 tide. Night, half flood to flood, to half ebb. 



The Drums, Red and Black. June to Novem- 

 ber. Haunts: The surf and mouths of large bays. 

 Bait : Skinner crab. Time and tide : Da}', flood. 



Blacklish — Tautog, April to November. Haunts: 

 Surf, vicinity of piling and old wrecks in bays. 

 Baits: Sand worm, blood worm, shedder crabs, 

 clams. Time and tide: Daytime , flood. 



Lafayette — Spot, Goody, Cape May Goody. 

 August to October. Haunts: Channels of tidal 

 streams. Baits: Shedder crabs, sand worms, clams. 

 Time and Tide : Day and night flood. 



Croker — July to October. Haunts: Deep chan- 

 nels of bays. Baits: Shedder crabs, mussels. 

 Time and tide: Day flood. 



Snapper — Young of Blue Fish. August to No- 

 vember. Haunts: Rivers and all tide ways. Baits: 

 Spearing and menhaden; trolling pearl squid. 

 Time and tide: Day, all tides. 



Sheepshead — June to October Haunts: Surf 

 and bays, vicinity of old wrecks. Baits: Clams, 

 mussels, shedder crabs. Time and tide: Day, 

 flood only. 



New England Whiting — Winter Weak-fish, 

 Frost-fish. November to May. Haunts: The 

 surf. Baits: Sand laut, spearing. Time and tide: 

 Night, flood. 



Hake — Ling. October to June. Haunts: Open 

 sea surf, large bays. Baits: Clams, mussels, fish. 

 Time and tide: Day and night, flood. 



Weak-fish — Squeteague, Squit. June to October. 

 Haunts: Surf, all tideways. Baits: Shedder 

 crabs, surf mullet, menhaden, ledge mussels, sand 

 laut, shrimp. Time and tide: Day and night, 

 flood preferred. 



Blue Fish — Horse Mackerel. June to November 

 1 st. Haunts: Surf, open sea and large bays. 

 Baits: Menhaden, surf mullet and trolling squid. 

 Time and tide: Daytime; not affected by tides. 



ANGLING ON SNAKE RIVER. 



Lewiston, Ida. 

 Editor Recreation : 



Of all fresh water fishes none affords the 

 angler more royal sport than does the 

 Columbia river salmon. Its size, cunning-, 

 vitality and courage have made it the most 

 famous of game fishes. 



The most generally known species is the 

 Chinook, although there are several other 

 varieties in this river; for instance, the 

 steelhead, the blueback, and the dog 

 salmon. All enter the Columbia from the 

 ocean twice during the year, in early 

 spring and in fall. Those fish mat are suc- 

 cessful in passing the many thousand nets 

 and fish wheels which line both banks of 



the river for many miles, keep on up 

 stream, becoming more wary as they ad- 

 vance. Though they breast the rapid cur- 

 rent of a rough, rocky river in their long 

 journey to the headwaters or spawning- 

 grounds, they take no food after leaving 

 the salt water. Nevertheless, they are 

 generally fat and in good condition when 

 caught. 



Only one of the species mentioned, the 

 steelhead, will take a hook, annd then only 

 when it is baited with salmon spawn. This 

 fish is as fine as any and weighs 10 to 35 

 pounds. 



Even when the fish is well hooked, a lone 

 angler can rarely land it, consequently he 

 needs a companion. It is usually a waste 

 of time to try for the steelhead before the 

 first freeze-up. The lower and colder the 

 water the better salmon take bait, and if 

 there is floating ice the chance of success 

 is increased. If an angler drags the river 

 a mile every day for a week without land- 

 ing a salmon, he need not despair. Hin 

 time will come when the school comes, and 

 then the fun begins. 



About 160 miles above the mouth 

 of the crooked, rocky Snake river, a 

 tributary of the Columbia, there stands on 

 a large sand bar 30 feet above low water 

 mark, the city of Lewiston, Idaho. A mile 

 above the city, where deep water runs 

 slowly around a rapid, is a favorite 

 fishing ground. There, during January 

 and February, may always be found 

 a number of boats, floating with the 

 current over the pool. In each boat 

 will be 3 or 4 men, all but one armed with 

 20-foot bamboo poles, large 100-yard lines 

 and reels. One man must stay by the oars, 

 keeping the boat headed up stream and 

 ready to stop it if a hook is snagged. 

 When a strike is made there is a pull, a 

 swish, and the salmon leaps 10 feet in air, 

 the line cutting the water like a knife. The 

 oarsman makes for the shore ; the angler 

 holds his pole straight and his line taut. 

 The fish lashes the water into foam. 

 Gradually he tires, and little bv little is 

 coaxed nearer shore. The oarsman takes 

 the gaff and leans over the gunwale to 

 strike ; often only to frighten the steelhead 

 into another and successful rush for liberty. 



A new lead sinker of about 4 ounces in 

 weight, with swivel, is attached to the end 

 of the broken line. Also, a 3-foot, 4-ply 

 gut leader, and a quadruple-snelled tarpon 

 hook, on which an ounce of spawn is care- 

 fully but loosely wrapped with silk thread. 

 The boat is rowed to the head of the pool 

 again for a new start. If fish are biting 

 well a new strike is soon made, and there 

 follows a tug, a swish, the same character- 



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