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-fish, sand 

 iaut. 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 ^nd 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 

 ist ; Haunts: Surf, open' sea and large bays. 

 Baits: Menhaden, surf mullet and trolling squid. 

 Time and tide: Daytime; not affected by tides. 



FISHING IN NORTHERN VERMONT. 

 Early one August morning Robert and I 

 started for a day's fishing. Our objective 

 point was the inlet of a brook by Law- 

 rence's Mills. On the way we picked up a 

 boy to bring our team part way back and 

 save us a tramp. Before 8 o'clock we 

 reached the brook and started down stream 

 from the mills. I never fish up stream 

 when 1 can in any convenient way fish 

 down. At the start we caught half a dozen 

 8-inch trout in quick succession, and it 

 looked like a big day ahead; but then our 

 luck changed. As we followed the current 

 we noticed that sticks began to float by, 

 then more sticks and pieces of board, and 



we realized that the lumbermen had started 

 the sawmill. We had understood it was 

 closed for a week. 



We_ found a section clogged with brush 



and picked out a few more fair sized trout, 



but they nipped and darted away. We 



f finished a few, but they seemed to go more 



than to come and Robert remarked : 



"This reminds me of the darkey who said 

 to his boy, 'Wat foh you cross you gal- 

 lusus in front? Half de time I cawnt tell 

 wedder youse gwine or cummin.' " 



After considering the matter we con- 

 cluded to get out and walk down the road 

 till we reached the team, as it was about 

 noon, then have our lunch and try the 

 stream again below the grist mill, as the 

 flood from the saw mill would be set back 

 by the lower pond. 



We drove a mile to the mill, had our 

 team sent ahead and started fishing again 

 below the mill, and then out in the open 

 meadows, with rows of overhanging trees 

 skirting the brook and shading some most 

 enticing pools. Tramping half a mile along 

 the stream in the sunlight we found it hot 

 and did not blame the trout for not biting. 

 After fishing an unusually promising pool 

 for 10 minutes, I made a detour, crawled 

 flat on the upper bank, took a look into the 

 pool and counted half a dozen trout; but 

 not one of them was hungry. We lingered 

 dreamily in the shade, awaiting the cool of 

 the day. At sunset we went back to our 

 pool, taking 3 large trout out of it, and 

 continued our way down stream. All the 

 trout don't bite all the time but some of 

 the trout bite some of the time; otherwise 

 there would be no charm to trout fishing. 

 In the next half mile we took 3 or 4 half 

 pound trout and some smaller ones arid 

 then quit ; each with a basket of fish for our 

 day's sport. Then regaining our team, we 

 drove homeward, while 



"From purple to saffron, 

 From saffron to eray. 

 Fades on the twilight 

 The beautiful day." 



Frank S. Fay, Meriden, Conn. 



DYNAMITE PROBABLE CAUSE. 



Will you please give me some informa- 

 tion concerning a trout stream where I am 

 in the habit of going during the summer. 

 It is called the White Salmon river and is 

 about 50 miles East of this city in the State 

 of Washington. 



A large firm has been logging along this 

 stream and frequently strong jams of many 

 thousand feet of timber are wedged in be- 

 tween projecting ledges. To break these 

 jams a great deal of powder and dynamite 

 are used. Several sticks of the latter are 



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