FISH AND FISHING. 



ALMANAC FOR SALT WATER FISHER- 

 MEN. 



The following will be found accurate and valuable 

 for the vicinity of New York City : 



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

 tember. Haunts: The surf and ceep channel* of 

 strong tide streams. Baits: B'ood worms, shedder 

 crabs and beach crustaceans. J line and tide : Flcod, 

 early morning. 



Plaice— Fluke, Turbot, Flounder. May 15 to 

 November 30th. Haunts: 1 he surf, mouth of tidal 

 streams. Baits* Shedder crabs, kilii-fish, band laut. 

 Time and tide : Ebb, daytime exclusively. 



Spanish Mackerel. Haunts : The open ^ea, July to 

 September. Baits. Menhaden, troLin.,— metal and 

 cedar squids. 



Striped Bass— Rock Fish, Green Head, April to 

 November. Haunts: The surf, bays, estuaries and 

 tidal streams. Baits : Blot.d worms, shedder crabs, 

 calico crabs, small eels, menhaden. Time and tide: 

 Night, half-flood to fiood, to half ebb. 



The Drums, Red and Black. Time to November' 

 Haunts: '1 he surf and mout soflaige bays. Bait: 

 Skinner clam. Time and tide : Day, fiood. 



Blackfish — Tautog. April to November. Haunts: 

 Surf, vicinity of piling and old wrecks in bays. 

 Baits: Sand worm, bloodworm, shedder crabs, clams. 

 Time and tide : Daytime flood. 



Lafayette — Spot, Goody, Cape May Goody. 

 August to Octi.ber. Haunts: Channels of tidal 

 streams Baits: Shedder crabs, sand worms, clams. 

 Time 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 Novem- 

 ber. 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, hsh. 

 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 pre- 

 ferred. 



Blue Fish— Horse Mackerel. June to November 1st. 

 Haunts : Surf, open sea and large bays Baits : Men- 

 haden, surf mullet and trolling squid. Time and 

 tide ; Daytime not affected by tides. 



ALASKA NEEDS PROTECTION. 



As disputes regarding the identity of a 

 fish that runs up our rivers in spring have 

 gone far enough we come to you for help. 

 Three bets are awaiting your decision. I 

 have taken this fish before the ice is out of 

 the Skagway river. I have heard more 

 than a dozen names annlied to him, such as 



cutthroat, Dolly Varden, Salmo iridens, 

 etc. My opinion is, he is some species of 

 steelhead. 



I have taken them 2 to 5 pounds in 

 weight. His back is dark olive, or green, 

 with indistinct small black spots ; sides 

 below line more or less spotted with small 

 light red spots; top of head to just behind 

 eyes very dark green, almost black. There 

 is little red in his make up, nothing what- 

 ever to remind one of a cutthroat. In one 

 I took yesterday, of 2i x / 2 inches, the lower 

 jaw projects almost a half inch beyond the 

 upper. Lower jaw remarkably hooked. 

 The point or hook of lower jaw fits into 

 groove in the upper. The head is pointed, 

 but not exceptionally long. The flesh is 

 white. Anatomically, the fish I have taken 

 in 2 years are very uniform. He is a 

 strong fighter, but not so quick as the fon- 

 tinalis. Never shows himself near the sur- 

 face when hooked, but fights deep down. I 

 have never seen or heard of one being 

 taken on a fly on the surface, but have 

 taken 2 on sunken flies. There are times 

 when he will not deign t~ look at anything. 

 Then you can hear English as she is spoke 

 in Southeastern Alaska. I have seen none 

 of these trout later than July 10. 



While I look over my last copy of Rec- 

 reation I remember I have not missed a 

 copy since its first appearance in the West. 

 When I was in Europe 2 years I had it 

 sent to me, as you will see by referring to 

 your books. Hammer away at it. You 

 have already produced the best magazine 

 of its kind ever published, and you have 

 but to flash a few copies in England to 

 make it more of a success. My Recreation 

 was read by many Englishmen while 

 abroad. They marveled at the straightfor- 

 wardness of the thing, and the man who is 

 the maker thereof. 



The game hog must become a thing of 

 the past, but before the passing of the 

 game, not as in the case of the buffalo. 

 Give them hell ! 



There is a big, new field in Alaska for 

 the good work of the L. A. S., but with 

 our few and unsatisfactory laws it will be 

 a difficult matter to do anything. How- 

 ever, there are whispers of a territorial 

 form of government for us. Perhaps it 

 will be realized before we are gray. The 

 slaughter of deer in the Southeastern por- 

 tion of the Territory is something awful. 

 I heard of one man who has killed as many 

 as 20 in one day. Anyone can see what 

 the result must be. 



H. J. Burkhard, 



Skagway, Alaska. 



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