FISH AND FISHING. 



ALMANAC FOR SALT WATER FISHERMEN. 



The following will be found accurate and val- 

 uable for the vicinity of New York City: 



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

 September. Haunts: The surf and deep channels 

 ot 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-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 crab. 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. 

 Tide and tide: Day and night flood. 



Croaker. 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 time: Daytime; not affected by tides. 



G. T. R. PROGRESSIVENESS. 

 Owing to the thousands of tourists and 

 anglers who each year make the districts 

 in Northern Ontario their summer resort, 

 the fish in several of the lakes have suf- 

 fered to some extent; and to obviate any 

 depletion or extermination the Ontario 

 Government, in conjunction with the 

 Grand Trunk Railway, has formulated a 

 scheme for restocking many of the waters 

 in the Highlands of Ontario, not by de- 

 positing eggs, fry or fingerlings, but by 



transplanting the parent fish early in the 

 spring, in time to take advantage of the 

 spawning season. With this end in view 

 the Grand Trunk Railway system had built 

 in its shops at Point St. Charles a special 

 car for the transportation of these fish 

 from the place of their capture to the dif- 

 ferent lakes which are being stocked. 



Heretofore the stocking of lakes has 

 been hampered by the want of proper 

 means for transportation of the fish. 

 Young fish, fry and fingerlingsi were car- 

 ried by messengers in baggage cars on 

 regular passenger trains. This method 

 was inadequate, and the Grand Trunk rec- 

 ognized the fact that a fish car would have 

 to be put in service to transport fish in 

 large numbers. A car was therefore con- 

 structed specially adapted for the distribu- 

 tion of live fish, the requirements of such 

 a car being compartments for carrying fish 

 in which an even temperature could be 

 maintained, proper circulation of water 

 and air in the tanks containing the fish, and 

 sleeping and living accommodations for 

 the attendants. The interior of the car is 

 arranged with a series of galvanized iron 

 tanks to hold 1,000 to 1,500 fish. At 

 one end of the car is an upper and lower 

 berth, like those in a Pullman car, to ac- 

 commodate 2 men. The ice for keeping 

 the water at a certain temperature is car- 

 ried in 2 compartments built for this 

 purpose and holding about one ton each. 

 Arrangements have been made for replen- 

 ishing the water in the tanks, en route, 

 which will be done by attaching a hose, 

 provided with a coupling, to any of the 

 hydrants at stations on the Grand Trunk. 



The Ontario Government has already 

 contracted for 10,000 parent bass. The 

 first shipment has been planted in the 

 waters known as the Lake of Bays, 

 situated in Northern Ontario, about 145 

 miles from Toronto. The fish now being 

 transplanted are what are known as the 

 small mouth black bass, one of the gami- 

 est species of the finny kingdom, and are 

 being caught at St. Williams on Lake 

 Erie. Those which have been captured 

 and transplanted are considered by ex- 

 perts an exceptionally fine lot of fish, 

 not one out of all that were loaded on the 

 first shipment being less than a foot in 

 length, and many weighing 3 to 4 pounds. 

 Another carload has been forwarded to the 

 Muskoka lakes, and the fish have been 

 deposited in Lake Rosseau. This work 

 will be continued until the lakes in the 

 Northern districts are thoroughly stocked. 



The other waters which will be re- 



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