FISH AND FISHING. 



ALMANAC FOR SALT WATER FISHERMEN. 



The following will be found accurate and 

 valuable for the vicinity of New York 

 City: 



Kingfish — 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 

 15th to. November 30th. Haunts: The 

 surf, mouths of tidal streams. Baits: Shed- 

 der crabs, killi-fish, 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 Head, 

 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 

 November. Haunts: The surf and mouths 

 of large bays. Bait: Skinner clam. Time 

 and tide: Day, flood. 



Blackfish — 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. 



Croaker. July to October. Haunts: 

 Deep channels of bays. Baits: Shedder 

 erabs, mussels. Time and tide: Day, flood, 

 flood. 



Snapper — Young of Blue Fish. August 

 to November. Haunts: Rivers and all 

 tideways. 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, spear^* 

 ing. 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, men- 

 t 375 



haden, ledge mussels, sand laut, shrimp. 

 Time and tide: Day and nighf; flood pre- 

 ferred. 



Blue Fish — Horse Mackerel. June f 

 November 1st. Haunts: Surf, open sea 

 and large bays. Baits: Menhaden, surf 

 mullet and trolling squid. Time and tid 

 Daytime, not affected by tides. 



FISH PARASITES. 

 What causes grubs in fish? Why are 

 fish grubby in some waters and not in 

 others? Why do grubs affect bass more 

 than they do other fish? Do perch ever 

 get grubby? If perch, pickerel and bass 

 are taken out of the same water, why will 

 grubs be found only in the bass? 



J. C. Newbrough, Greenville, Mich. 



ANSWER. 



The parasites affecting fishes are of va- 

 rious kinds. Some are plants, some are 

 animals, the latter representing several dif- 

 ferent groups or classes. The parasitic 

 plant found most often on fishes is Sapro- 

 Icgnia. This fungus develops on any part 

 of the body, but chiefly on the tail fins or 

 head, or on any abraded portion of the 

 fish. Its usual appearance is that of a tuft 

 of fine white threads which radiate out 

 from the body 1-3 of an inch or less. This 

 fungus first develops beneath the scales. 

 By the time it appears on the surface the 

 fish will be in a bad way, and quite likely 

 to die. It may be saved sometimes by dip- 

 ping it in brine or salt water. This will 

 often kill the fungus without hurting the 

 fish. 



The animal parasites of fishes are nu- 

 merous, and belong to several different 

 groups. Among the most numerous, al- 

 though inconspicuous, are the Myxospo- 

 ridia, on which Dr. Gurley has written a 

 big book, which may be had by applying to 

 the U. S. Fish Commission. These usually 

 affect the outer parts of the fish. Most 

 fishes are infested by various kinds of in- 

 testinal parasites, the most common being 

 several sorts of tapeworms. Then, again, 

 certain species of insects lay their eggs in 

 the flesh of fishes. Thefe they hatch and 

 remain during their grub stage, after which 

 they leave the fish. 



Certain species of insects attack certaiu 

 species of fishes, and other insects attack- 

 other .fishes. Ordinarily, each species of 

 fish has its own peculiar species of para- 

 site. These different parasites attack dif- 

 ferent kinds of fishes for exactly the same 

 reason that certain diseases affect man, 

 others affect horses, others chickens, and 

 yet others each other kind of animal. Cer- 



