The Republican journal., 1895-08-15
Game Fish OF America.


dHSlGI >cul " SpSttI. ~ - q lOnS, tilIlS
since Izaak passed to the reward which
awaits all good fishermen and in his day
little was known of the 1inny inhabitants
OF the brooks, streamlets. rivers and seas
of the mighty new world. | have in
dulged in a labor of love-for my ideal of
happiness is cool sequestered nook
where, with rod and reel, | await the
sharp pull at the fly which tells me that
my game is at work-and desiring to
benefit all true lovers OF piscatorial pleas
ures, have prepared list Of the game
fishes Of the United States. With informa-
ton as to their whereabouts, the time
when they are fit for the sport Of the
angler and the necessary accoutrements
for campaign against them. With this
short introduction give to you the re
suits ois many months OF mental labor:
OF Eastern coast fishes. the striped bass
OF rock fish are found ali along the East
eIn coast from Florida to Cape Cod. They
enter fresh watel in the >pling to breed;
they spawn in May. a strong, eight-toot
rod with reel and four hundred feet If
good bass line Should be used in the sea.
a shorter line viii answer in fresh water.
NtlINtTsNl. Stit t'iiNi t'NNlSNt 1lstbS. Attt-
Tie iisli. wulln> musselS, shrilnps and lie
skin II tile bass Itself are all GOOD bats.
The bltlet>h winter III the South and
summer in the North. They are caught
of the Carolina coast III March and April :;
New jersey in May: east OF Long Island
In June: Vineyard >uInd in August. They
are taken both by trolling and with live
bait When fish are plentiful. sixty feet
Of line j. enough when scarce, one hun
bred teet should De used.
Smells are caught from New jersey to
Maine. from the middle OF February to
the middle Of March. They are taken
WITH 4 light roa. hook and line. baitetl
With shrimp.
The Atlantic salmon, which are the
finest game fish in the world spawn in
November and December They feed i'll
salt water and breed III fresh. They do
not eat while travelling. only when rest
ing in pools Will they take tile bait The
salmon rod should he eighteen feet in
length. The best hours for fishing are in
the early morning and from I O clock in
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 vari
Gus styles OF fly. The salmon ranges
naturally from middle Labrador to tile
Connecticut river but it has been intro
tinccd much further south
The sea trout are found only in Cana
dian waters and are caught only in mid
summer the seas IN lasting about six
weeks. They are taken with the fly, the
Best time being al half tide
shad have in later Years been taken
with the hook. baited With tlv. worms or
shrimp. They are taken by the fisher
man. after the water begins TO get warm,
as long Is they remain in the rivers and
are >'uglst from the Connecticut river to
Florida.
Tile -asperean Or herring d alewite.
are caught with the fly by fishermen in
Nova Scotia and New Brunswick in the
spring wien tAey enter tile rivers to
spawn.
sya bs>~ eau To taken viii almost any
kind Of bait. They can be captured either
with hand lire or rod
Tie poigN. on Dream. are taken from
May to October. bat are most plentiful lii
.Iunc. The tackle >hould Ike light. With
cork tinat and small >ihke3 i tine line and
roc eleven 1eei in length. ANS. shrimp,
sglid aha crabs are the Nett used.
HE slaeepslei,d ale rauyhs in bavS ana
estualivs from THE inst 81 Jnne to the
ni,dle ii >eattmbei THEY are very
| nAmesuu, aieng tle Shores III New l4-l-
NY. Nvi.s stlon HOOKS ana heavy sink
er> ale required, With lno- foot rod and
/ suitable reel ana fifty wards Ut line
Tine kin@ti>li are taken along the >outh
bstv and the New Jersey Shore Will 4 corr
anon bass rod anu shrimp shetlder soft
crabs am. Holsters Ipl baif
Tie weaktiSh come IN with the tide in
va>t shoals and ATE caught within 4 few
feet u The surface The bait used is
shrimp On shetltlrr. ThcS are taken III
great Numbers of Long Island. At Mon
tauk and Newport the custom is for the
angler TO stand waist deep in the water.
rs best season is from the middle of
june until the first Of September.
The cero is comparatively new conner
On the coast from Virginia to Rhode Is
land. 1t is taken by trolling with a metal
squid.
The spanish mackerel are taken in
Northern waters from June until Deem
ber. The method is by trolling squids in
the open ocean and bays and estuaries.
They are sometimes caught with hook
haited with slledder crabs
The bnnto belong to the mackerel fam
lily and are taken by trolling in deep water
outside inets.
The mackerel are found in vast quanti-
ties from Cape Cod to Labrador. Light
bass tackle is used, with caplin, porgy and
CLANS for bait. The fishing is done from
boats. They are caught from early in
April until the last OF November.
The founders ale caught with clans
and other slelltish. They are taken from