Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-07-27
GAME FISHOF AMERICA
How, When and Where They
May Be Caught.
A NEW AMERICAN ANGLER.
Calvin Dill Wilson's Labor of Love
viii Be Welcome.
IT IS, INDEED, A "FISHY" STORY.
Tut knights OF the Rod and Reel
VIII hnil the Author ns IL Sec
ond I4nnls walton.
A NEW AMERICAN ANGLER.
IT is, INDEED, A "FISHY" STORY.

Old Gzans Walton. bless his patient
soul, Is the patron Of the fisherman
The anglers Noah Webster. II is long
time since taaak passed TO the reward
which awaits an good fishermen, and
In his day little was known of the
nnuy inhabitants of the brooks. stream
lets, rivers and sens Of the mighty new
world { have INDUCED In labor OF
loyc-ror my Ideal of happiness Is a
cool acuucstcred nook where. with rod
and rapl ! await the sharp pun at the
ny which tells me that my game is at
wnrlJ-lnl desiring to benefit all true
lovers of pisrat1rial pleasures. / have
prepared a Us. uf the game fishes Of the
United States, with Information as to
their whereabouts the time when they
are NJ for the sport Of the angler and
the necessary Announcements for a
campaign against them with this
short Introduction give to you the re-
suits Of many months Of mental labor;
OF EaGtern coast nshos, the striped
bass or rock fish are found all along
the Eastern coast from Florida to
Cape cod. They enter fresh water in
the spring to breed: they spawn In
May strong, elght-foot rod, with reel
and four hundred feet Of good bass
lire should he used in the sea;a shortei
line viii answer In fresh water. Live
sund-eel, sort and peeled crabs, cutie
fish, worms, mussels, shrimps and the
skin Of the bass itself are all good
bats,
The blucnsh winter In the South and
summer In the North. They are caught
on the Carolina coast In March aud
Iii N8. .
Long Island In June, Vineyard Sound
in August, They are taken both by
trolling and with live bait. When fish
| are plentiful sixty feet of line is
enough; when scarce, one hundred feet
should be used,
Smells are caught from New Jersey
To- Maine. from the middle OF February
to the middle of March They are
taken with a light rod. hook and line,
haited with shrimp
The Atlantic salmon, which are the
| finest game tish In the world, spawn
In November and December, They feed
| in salt water and breed In fresh. They
do not eat while travelling; only when
resting In pools viii they take the bait
| The salmon rod should be eighteen feet
| In length. The best hours Tor fishing
are In the early morning and from 4
o'clock Ia the afternoon until dark
| The best salmon fishing Is to be had
| from the middle of June to the middle
| OF July. one hundred yards Of SILK
waterproof with nine feet OF gut form
| the line. and the bait Is various styles
| of NY, The salmon ranges naturally
| from middle Labrador to the Connect,
/ cut river; but II has been introduced
much further south,
The sea trout are found only In
Canadian waters, and are caught only
| in midsummer, the season lasting
about six weeks, They are taken with
the tly. the best time being ut half.
/ tide.
shad have In later years been taken
with the hook, baited with fiy worms
or shrimp. They are taken by the
fisherman, after the water begins tc
/ get warm. as long as they remain In
the rivers, and are sought from the
Connecticut river TO Florida.
The gaspereau, or herring, or ale
wife. are caught with the fly by fish.
ermen In NOVA Scotia and New Bruins
wick in the spring when they enter the
rivers 60 spawn.
Sea bass can be taken with almost
any kind OF bait. They can be cnp.
tured either with II hand line or d
rod.
Tho porgy, or Dream. are taken from
May to October but are most plentiful
in June, The tackle should be light
with cork iioat and small sinker. q
fine line and rod eleven feet IN length
CLAIMS. shrimp, squid and crabs are
the bait used.
| The sheepshead are caught in BAY,
and estuarles from the first OF Jun,
10 the middle OF September They arr
very numerous along the shores OF
! New Jersey. Very strong hooks and