April 26, 1902.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
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Hints for Salt-Water Anglers, 
Months when the Various Kinds of Fish May- 
be Caught, what Sizes of Hooks to 
Use, also the Best Baits to 
Use, with High Water 
for Angling* 
Fishing Grounds Near New York. 
The local fishing grounds are many in number and 
fruitful of fish. Boats can be had at all of them, and 
usually bait— the latter, however, had better be provided 
before starting out. The charge for boats ranges from 
50 cents up to $1 per day, and sufficient bait for a day's 
fishing can be had for 50 cents, excluding, however, shed- 
der crabs, which vary in price with the supply. The 
following usual baits, shedder crabs, blood worms, sand 
worms, fiddlers, shrimp and clams, can almost always be 
had at the tackle stores, but skimmers, killies, spearing, 
clams and fiddlers can be had at all fishing stations. Motor 
and sail boats can be hired at all fishing stations (at least 
a week's notice should be given). Boats and captain can 
usually be hired from $10 up per day at the following 
places : Seaside, Rockaway Park, Holland's, Hammel's, 
Broad Channel, Raunt, Goose Creek, Canarsie. All these 
places are situated on Jamaica Bay, L. I. Other places 
are Wreck Lead, L. I. ; Long Beach, L. I. ; Sheepshead 
Bay, Gravesend Bay, Fort Hamilton, Sea Bright, South 
Beach, etc, for outside deep-sea fishing. There are also 
the Fishing Banks, boats for which see daily papers for 
advertisements. 
Fishiag Grounds Within Easy Reach. 
STATEN ISLAND WATERS. 
Reached via Staten Island Rapid Transit Company, foot 
of Whitehall Street. 
Fishing for weakfish, bluefish, striped bass, kingfish and 
flounders, etc. Baits and boats obtained at following 
places : Annadale, Eltingville, Gifford's, Huguenot, New 
Dorp, Pleasant Plains, Princes Bay, Richmond Valley, 
Rossville and South Beach. 
LONG ISLAND WATERS. . 
Reached via Long Island Railroad from Long Island City, 
East New York, Bushwick and Flatbush Avenues, 
Brooklyn. 
Fishing for bluefish, striped bass, weakfish, kingfish, 
fluke, sheepshead, porgies, blackfish, snappers, flounders, 
etc. Boats and baits at all places : Barren Island (Jamaica 
Months. 
February. . 
March 
April 
May 
October. . . 
November. 
December. 
1 
FISH SEASONS, HOOKS AND BAITS. 
Fish. Hooks. 
Baits. 
Sproat, Nos. 7 to 9. 
\ Flounders. Chestertown, Nos. 9 to 12. 
Carlisle, Nos. 6 to 8. 
April 
May 
June 
July 
August. . . . 
September. 
October. . . 
November . 
Blackfish, Blackfish hooks, Nos. 2 to 5. 
Striped Bass. Sproat, Nos. 3-0 to 6-0. 
Fluke, 
Weakfish, 
June 
July.. 
August 
September I Kingfish, 
October J Sea Bass 
j Sandworms. 
{ Clam. 
j Clam. 
( Fiddler. 
i Bloodworm. 
Shedder Crab. 
Small Eels. 
Killiefish. 
Long Shank, Nos. 2 and 3. 
Carlisle, Nos. 5-0 to 7-0, or Pearl Squid. Bloodworm, Shedder Crab, Shrimp. 
July 
August. . . . 
September . 
October. . . 
1 
1 Bluefish, 
r 
j Porgies. 
August. . . . 
September . 
October. . . 
N. B- 
Snapper. 
Sproat, Nos. 4-0 to 6-0. 
Limerick or Sproat, Nos. 3-0 to 6-0. 
Trolling Squid. 
Chestertown, Nos. 6 to 10. 
Long Shank. 
Block Tin Squid, Nos. 2 to 4. 
Shedder Crab, Bloodworm. 
Sandworm, Skimmers. 
Menhaden for Chum. 
Clam, Sandworm. 
Spearing. 
Killies. 
This table applies to all tidewaters of Greater New York and vicinity. 
METHODS USED IN CATCHING THE VARIOUS KINDS OF FISH. 
Flounders, Sea Bass, Tomcods, Porgies and Blackfish — 
Still (anchored), bottom fishing. 
Striped Bass — Trolling, still (anchored) and casting. 
Fluke — Still (anchored), drifting (bottom fishing) 
is best. 
Weakfish — Still (anchored), no sinker, line drifting 
with tide. 
Kingfish— Still (anchored), casting, etc. 
Bluefish and Snapper — Trolling and still (anchored) 
fishing. 
Bay), Broad Channel (Jamaica Bay), Canarsie (Jamaica 
Bay), Coney Island piers, Ft. Hamilton, Flushing, Glen- 
wood Bay, Goose Creek (Jamaica Bay), Gravesend Bay, 
Hammel's, Holland's (both in Jamaica Bay), Long Beach, 
Raunt, Rockaway Beach Pier, Rockville Centre, Seaside 
(Jamaica Bay), Sheepshead Bay, Whitestone and Woods- 
burgh: 
NEARBY WATERS IN NEW JERSEY. 
Reached via Central Railroad of New Jersey, foot of 
Liberty Street, New York; Lehigh Valley Railroad, 
Lake Erie & Western Railzvay, and steamboats. 
Fishing for bluefish, striped bass, weakfish, fluke, king- 
fish, flounders, etc. Baits and boats obtained at these 
places : Barnegat, Bayonne, Elizabethport, Highland 
Beach, Long Branch Pier, Monmouth Beach, Newark 
Bay, Oceanic, Sandy Hook, Seabright, Sewaren and 
South Amboy. 
UPPER NEW YORK WATERS. 
Reached via New York, Neiv Haven & Hartford 
Railroad; New York Central at Grand Central Depot; 
New York & Putnam Railway at One Hundred and 
Fifty-fifth Street, and steamboats. 
Flounders, blackfish and tomcods principally at City 
Island, Pelham Bay. Striped bass fishing is good at Exe- 
cution Rock. Between Sands Point and New Rochelle 
striped bass ranging from a half to a pound are princi- 
pally caught, with occasionally a large one, a few weak- 
fish, tomcods, perch, catfish, eels, flounders, etc. Boats 
and bait can be had at most all places: Manhattanville 
or 125th street, N. R. Old Split Rock, off 126th street, 
N. R. Kerrigan's Rock, off 118th street, N. R. One Hun- 
dred and Fifty-second street, N. R. Fort Washington, 
N. R. Hudson River, 96th street up to Riverdale. Hell 
Gate, E. R. Kingsbridge, Harlem River. Malloy's Rock, 
off 108th street, N. R. Point of Rocks, just above Fort 
Washington. Rye, on the Sound ; Spuyten Duyvil, Tarry- 
town and Ossining, Hudson River. 
NEW YORK BAY AND FISHING BANKS. ' 
Reached via Fishing Banks steamers, steamboats from 
Barge Office Dock. Motor, sailboats and rowboats 
can also be had from the various seaside stations, as 
heretofore named. 
Fishing for the usual run of salt-water fish. Bedloe's 
Island or Liberty Island, Cholera Banks (eleven miles off 
Long Beach, L. I.), Farm Banks (twelve miles off New 
Jersey Highlands), Middle Ground (short distance north- 
west off Cholera Banks), Monument (or Stone Beacon), 
reached by row or sail boat from the different points; 
Robin's Reef, between Liberty Island and St. George, 
S. I. (row or sail boat) ; Sandy Hook, via steamboat to 
railroad landing; Southwest Cholera Banks (two miles 
southwest from Cholera Banks). 
SURF FISHING. 
New Jersey coast, on the Atlantic ocean from Sandy 
Hook to Barnegat ; Coney Island, on the Atlantic Ocean ; 
Rockaway Beach, on the Atlantic Ocean, and all of Long 
Island coast is fine for all salt-water game fish. 
Now about the rigs used. Every angler has his own 
method as to rigging. Those who do not know, I would 
recommend to watch others who are successful. and ! learn 
from them. I do not rig the same way twice, and there- 
fore solicit instructions as to the different methods used 
for the various kinds of fish. 
T. Biedinger. 
Note. — It may be well to note that while fishes are de- 
creasing, fishers are increasing, so do not slaughter them. 
T. B. 
HIGH TIDE TABLES, FOR GOVERNOR'S ISLAND, NEW YORK HARBOR. 
Specially prepared from the Tide Tables of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. 
1902. 
Day of Month. 
I 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 
10 
11 
12 
13 
14 
15 
16 
17 
18 
19 
20 
21 
22 
23 
.24 
25 
26 
27 
28 # 
29 
30 
3i 
April. 
A. M. P. 
M. 
1 12 
2 8 
3 10 
4 13 
5 8 
6 o 
649 
738 
825 
9 12 
10 2 
1057 
11 59 
12 29 
1 36 
244 
3 49 
4 49 
5 42 
630 
7 14 
7 54 
831 
9 8 
940 
10 8 
10 41 
11 21 
t * • • ■ 
12 22 
1 40 
2 50 
3 56 
4 54 
5 44 
630 
7 16 
8 3 
850 
9 39 
-10 31 
11 26 
1 10 
2 22 
3 30 
4 30 
5 22 
6 10 
6 55 
7 35 
8 14 
851 
923 
9 54 
10 26 
10 57 
11 35 
12 8 
1 4 
May. 
A. M. P. M. 
June. 
A. M. P. M. 
July. 
M. P. M. 
August. 
A. M. P. M. 
1 19 
2 21 
3 27 
431 
5 29 
6 24 
7 17 
8 9 
9 o 
9 55 
10 51 
11 53 
12 12 
1 14 
2 19 
323 
4 22 
z - 
6 4 
650 
7 30 
8 8 
8 43 
9 12 
941 
•10 15 
10 54 
11 39 
12 42 
1 40 
2 8 
3 13 
4 16 
5 12 
6 2 
652 
742 
832 
924 
10 17 
11 12 
1258 
2 2 
3 5 
4 4 
4 55 
5 -5 
627 
711 
7 45 
820 
851 
9 21 
9 50 
1023 
11 1 
11 47 
12 34 
1 34 
238 
2 45 
3 54 
5 2 
6 4 
7 2 
7 58 
852 
9 45 
10 41 
11 38 
12 48 
148 
248 
3 48 
444 
5 36 
624 
7 6 
7 45 
819 
x 8 4 8 
9 18 
9 5i 
1030 
Ji 14 
12 10 
1 6 
2 14 
3 42 
4 43 
5 40 
6 33 
725 
8 19 
9 10 
10 3 
10 56 
11 5i 
12 35 
135 
2 34 
3 29 
423 
5 13 
5 57 
6 39 
7 15 
7 5o 
822 
852 
923 
9 58 
10 37 
11 21 
12 5 
1 3 
2 6 
3 14 
329 
4 45 
5 49 
649 
7 45 
8 39 
9 32 
10 23 
11 15 
12 21 
1 i5 
2 11 
3 8 
4 6 
5 1 
5 49 
6 33 
7 12 
7 49 
825 
8 59 
9 35 
'10 15 
11 0 
11 50 
12 54 
2 o 
" 3 17 
4 3i 
424 
5 24 
620 
715 
8 6 
858 
9 49 
10 39 
11 29 
12 9 
1 3 
1 59 
2 53 
3 46 
4 36 
5 24 
6 6 
648 
724 
8 o 
836 
9 12 
9 49 
1028 
11 10 
11 58 
12 46 
1 50 
258 
4 4 
5 8 
5 37 
6 37 
7 31 
822 
911 
10 o 
10 47 
11 35 
12 35 
1 26 
2 22 
324 
4 21 
5 13 
5 59 
640 
7 19 
7 57 
8 34 
9 13 
9 54 
1039 
11 29 
1238 
1 49 
3 8 
423 
527 
623 
6 6 
7 0 
7 5 
841 
929 
10 15 
11 1 
11 47 
1225 
1 16 
2 9 
3 4 
3 56 
4 45 
5 31 
6 14 
6 54 
7 34 
813 
851 
929 
10 10 
10 54 
11 42 
12 26 
1 3i 
2 40 
3 49 
4 53 
55i 
6 44 
September. 
A. M. 
7 14 
8 2 
848 
9 33 
10 17 
11 o 
11 45 
12 41 
1 32 
2 33 
3 35 
4 32 
520 
6 4 
646 
728 
8 9 
850 
9 34 
10 22 
11 13 
12 34 
148 
3 5 
4 14 
5 14 
6 6 
6 54 
October. 
November. 
December, 
P. M. 
A. M. 
P. M. 
A. M. 
P. M. 
A. M. 
P. M. 
£34 
8 22 
740 
8 0 
838 
8 59 
8 47 
911 
823 
8 43 
9 16 
9 35 
9 22 
944 
9 6 
9 5 
925 
9 52 
10 11 
9 54 
10 15 
9 50 
946 
10 3 
10 26 
10 46 
1024 
1049 
10 32 
10 25 
10 41 
10 59 
11 20 
11 59 
11 30 
11 14 
11 4 
11 18 
11 36 
11 41 
11 56 
11 43 
11 57 
12 3 
12 9 
12 20 
1230 
12 31 
12 24 
1257 
1 10 
1 16 
1 28 
1 19 
1243 
1 10 
156 
2 9 
2 17 
2 24 
2 11 
1 39 
2 6 
2 59 
3 12 
3 19 
3 29 
3 5 
2 44 
3 4 
3 58 
4 13 
4 19 
4 35 
3 59 
3 44 
4 2 
4 5i 
5 10 
5 15 
5 36 
4 49 
4 38 
4 55 
5 42 
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6 9 
6 35 
5 37 
526 
5 46 
632 
656 
7 2 
7 30 
6 22 
613 
6 34 
7 21 
746 
7 54 
824 
7 5 
6 59 
7 20 
811 
838 
846 
918 
7 46 
740 
8 6 
9 r 
930 . 
9 38 
10 13 
828 
829 
8 52 
9 52 
10 24 
10 31 
II 9 
9 9 
9 16 
9 4i 
1045 
II 22 
11 25 
9 53 
10 5 
1042 
11 42 
12 6 
12 22 
10 40 
1059 
11 29 
1225 
12 44 
1 5 
1 21 
11 32* 
11 56 
1 29 
I 46 
2 4 
221 
12 10 
1234 
1 1 
2 33 
2 51 
3 4 
321 
1 14 
145 
2 9 
3 33 
3 53 
3 59 
420 
2 24 
2 54 
3 13 
4 29 
4 50 
4 51 
5 15 
3 34 
3 57 
4 18. 
5 £9 
5 43 
5 39 
6 6 
4 37 
4 54 
5 15 
6 6 
631 
624 
652 
5 35 
5 45 
6 6 
6 50 
715 
7 5 
7 32 
6 27 
631 
- J4 
7 56 
744 
811 
7 IS 
7 15' 
8 11 
8 35 
820 
r - 
7 57 
£' :o 
8 54 
9 18 
The local time of high water at the following places may be found approximately for each day by adding to or subtracting from the time of high water at Governor's 
Island, N. Y., the hours and minutes annexed. 
H. 
Canarsie (Jamaica Bay) .add 
City Island , add 
Coney Island sub. 
Elizabethport add 
Flushing add 
port Hamilton .sub. 
M. 
50 
05 
10 
25 
40 
25 
H. 
Fort Washington add 
Gravesend Bay sub. 
Hell Gate .*. . : '. add 
Long Beach sub. 
Newark Bay add 
Princes Bay . . .............. , . .sub. 
M. 
35 
35 
55 
05 
40 
OS 
H. 
Sandy Hook sub. 
Seaside (Jamaica Bay) add 
Spuyten Duyvil add 
Whitestone T add 
Willet's Point add 
M. 
30 
30 
40 
10 
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