298 
FOREST AND STREAM 
May, 1918 
Canoe see-saw back and forth. 
Then superior vim, vigor and 
skill force it forward to victory. 
Don’t waste time hoisting dumb¬ 
bells in your room when an Old Town 
offers you real sport outdoors. Get out 
on the water where air and exercise 
will send the red blood coursing 
through your veins. 
Start a canoe club and race, tilt, hunt 
and fish. Explore rivers, inlets and 
bays. Go on week-end camping trips. 
There is vibrant health and endless 
pleasure in an Old Town, the master 
canoe. Write today for catalog of 
latest models. 
OLD TOWN CANOE CO. 
795 Fourth St. Old Town, Maine 
Find the Best Load 
for Your Gun 
To find out what your gun, 
be it shotgun or rifle, will 
do with different loads and 
which is the load best 
suited to it for each par¬ 
ticular need,, there is no 
way to get at the facts ex¬ 
cept .to experiment and 
none so good as to load 
your own ammunition, and 
try it out. Why don’t you 
experiment ? • It's a mighty 
interesting pastime — you 
get better results—and save 
considerable*money. 
Write us your needs and we will help you out 
Ideal Manufacturing Company 
270 Meadow Street New Haven, Conn. 
You Can Tramp All Day 
You can do the 
hardest work or 
play withoutstrain, 
chafing or pinching 
if you wear a Sep- 
erate Sack Sus¬ 
pensory. The S.S. 
* S. has no irritating-leg straps, 
no oppressive band on the 
... Back,, no scratching metal 
, Elides. It is made just as nature 
intended. (Note illustration)A3“ 
With the S.S.S. you always have a clean 
Suspensory every morning. Each outfit 
*ias two sacks, you can clip one fast to the sup- 
porting straps while theother sack is cleaneed 
All sizes.. Mailed in plain package on re- 
Ceipt of price. Money refunded if not satis- 
factory. Send stamp for booklet. 
MEYERS MANUFACTURING CO. 
Park PLACE, WATERTOWN. N. Y. 
Price $1.25 
SPECIAL OFFER 
A complete outfit— 
one 7x7 Army Tent, 
one cot, one chair; 
list price. $16.25. 
Limited quantity at 
s p e c i a 
price 
NOW IS THE TIME 
Tents. Cots. Blankets, Camp Furniture. Cooking 
Shirts, Pants, Sweaters. Hats, Boots, 
Ponchos, and every article you need is 
listed in our new catalogue "C." Send 4 c post¬ 
age. Write for it today. 
Prompt delivery—Money back guarantee 
f\ 
’$14.50 
I'HTVfK'MlJi 
37 West 125th Street, New York City 
r ire 
Arms 
Fishing 
Tackle 
Athletic 
and 
Camp 
Outfits 
Military 
Supplies 
iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiliiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiii 
Send for Booklet 
lllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!llllllli 
/ 
“Serviceable Gifts For 
Those Who Serve” 
niitiiiiiiiHiiiiniiiiiiiiNiwiiir 
SCHOVERLING, 
DALY ca. GALES 
302 and 304 BROADWAY 
NEW YORK CITY 
THE K1NGF1SH 
(continued from page 279) 
rig throughout is all that is needed. The 
hook as described should be used, how¬ 
ever, with only lead enough to carry the 
bait down. Where practicable, fish outside 
the channel just a little off from the deep¬ 
est water. This applies particularly to 
night fishing, as they apparently feed at 
the edges of the flats during the night 
hours, and if quiet in the boat is main¬ 
tained good results are assured. 
If an oyster reef can be located, fishing 
near it is recommended. It is a familiar 
sight to the oystermen to see a school of 
kingfish fighting for the worms on the 
bottom, as the oysters are removed where 
the water is shallow enough for such ob¬ 
servation. 
It is perhaps in this method of fishing 
that the kingfish appears at his best, as the 
tackle being so much lighter than that em¬ 
ployed in surf fishing the battle is so 
much more royal. It is really a great 
pleasure to take this fish on light tackle 
and in a strong tideway, and when boated 
he is no less a prize. Beautiful in color 
and contour he must ever rank with the 
choicest of our American fishes. Com¬ 
manding a high price in the markets only 
outrivalled by the Spanish mackerel and 
pompano, he is esteemed by the epicure as 
well as the angler. 
As environment doutbless plays a most 
important part in fish coloration it is a 
strong question if the southern surf mullet 
and the kingfish are not one and the same 
species. I have examined many specimens 
of the former in southern waters and save 
for the light color they have there is no 
noticeable difference. The bottoms of the 
bays and rivers, as is well known, have a 
marble-like whiteness and this is also true 
of the surf all along the Florida coast, 
where they are very abundant. One thing 
also which apparently tend to confirm this 
theory is that when first taken from the 
water the whiting is a beautiful silvery 
creature; but when exposed to the atmos¬ 
phere for a few hours it takes on a dark 
gray cast, although never showing the 
bronze bars which run latterly or in some 
instances diagonally on the body of his 
northern relative. In the Gulf of Mexico 
I found them to be most abundant and 
they were continually sought after by the 
ubiquitous “small boy” with the crudest of 
tackle. Along the wharves near Galveston 
they are so abundant that the bottom 
seems to fairly be alive with them. 
While the two fish have been classified 
and are held as distinct by those who have 
been .long recognized as authorities on the 
subject, still it is openly questioned by the 
observant army of anglers whether or not 
the only difference lies in latitude and en¬ 
vironment. Like so many fish which are 
natives of southern waters the flesh of the 
whiting is not so palatable as his northern 
relative, being much softer. It also lacks 
that delicious flavor which so character¬ 
izes the kingfish, who is a gentleman among 
his fellows and whose presence is ever 
welcomed by the angler. As the years go 
by if the diminution of our coast line fishes 
continues, he will become a rare tidbit on 
the table and a greater prize to him who 
loves the contemplative man’s recreation on 
the sweeping tideway or at the foot of the 
murmuring sea. 
