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 

 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-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 Novem- 

 ber. 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. 

 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 

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

 Baits: Menhaden, surf mullet and trolling squid. 

 Time and tide: Daytime; not affected by tides. 



PRIVATE TROUT STREAMS. 

 Sheriff E. J. Tallman has appointed Willard 

 Brown as special deputy sheriff to look after and 

 protect the lands of Milo L., Merritt A. and Ste- 

 phen R. Cleveland. This is for the purpose of 

 restraining fishermen from angling in that part of 

 Cold creek which runs through the Gifford and 

 Gotham farms, recently purchased by the Cleve- 

 land brothers. 



Above clipping refers to a small trout 

 Stream which runs almost its entire course 

 through pasture lands recently bought by 

 the Clevelands. This creek has for years 

 been regularly stocked with trout from the 

 New York State hatcheries, the consent of 

 the old owners having been obtained. 



We who have worked to keep ov~ 



streams supplied with trout had understood 

 that waters once stocked with State fish 

 could not be controlled by club or individ- 

 ual and that all had an equal right to fish. 

 If the Messrs. Cleveland are acting within 

 their rights, then all farmers can do the 

 same, and we poor mortals are "not in it." 

 Will you be good enough to advise wheth- 

 er you know of a remedy? 



Harvey R. Waite, Watertown, N. Y. 



The question you raise is a serious one 

 and is constantly being confronted and dis- 

 cussed all over the country. My sym- 

 pathies are usually with the under dog, 

 provided he is a good dog, and so my sym- 

 pathies are with the man who does not 

 own land through which a trout stream 

 runs. At the same time I am compelled 

 to recognize the right of eminent domain 

 which has existed in all countries for hun- 

 dreds of years past. If a man owns a farm 

 or even a plot of ground 10 feet square he 

 has a right to control it and to forbid per- 

 sons walking across it whom he does not 

 wish to have do so. If you own a town lot 

 and should plant a garden on it you would 

 not want Tom, Dick or Harry to help 

 themselves to your onions, radishes, beets, 

 or whatever else you might happen to raise 

 there. If either of these fellows undertook 

 to do so you would doubtless forbid him, 

 and then, should he persist, you would re- 

 sort to your right of ownership and call in 

 an officer to put either Tom or Dick or 

 Harry, whichever it might be, into the 

 cooler. So if you owned a farm and had 

 some fish or some birds on it which you 

 wanted to keep for your own use you 

 would not want a gang of dagoes, or any 

 other kind of gang, to come out from town 

 Sunday, overrun your property and kill 

 your game or catch your fish. 



The, Cleveland 'brothers certainly have a 

 monopoly of the stream, and I trust no law 

 may ever be enacted in this country to de- 

 prive them or other land owners of their 

 just rights or privileges. Each State should 

 provide ample playgrounds for its citizens. 

 New York should own thousands of miles 

 of trout streams which should be regularly 

 stocked and in which residents of the State 

 should be allowed to fish under proper reg- 

 ulations. Such provisions are gradually 

 being made for the people of various States, 

 and I hope the good work may continue. 

 — Editor. 



THE SHAD AND ITS' HABITS. 

 Does the shad inhabit salt water and run 



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