Chapter XXIII: Conclusion

In closing this account it occurs to me to say that the angler who has a genuine love for the finny tribe, and who has never visited the sunny waters of Florida, has in store an experience of joy and delight in the wonderful variety of its fishes. Some idea may be formed of their number from the fact that I have collected nearly three hundred species in the fresh and salt water of that sub-tropical wonderland. And the fishing lasts the year round, and is always good, except when an unusually cold "norther" is blowing. The warm-water species, like the tarpon, lady-fish, and ten-pounder, are more plentiful, and extend their range farther northward in the summer. At that season all of the inlets and passes of both the Atlantic and Gulf coasts abound with them; but the winter visitor will find them in Biscayne Bay, Barnes Sound, Cards Sound, and south-west along the keys to the Dry Tortugas. The brackish water species will be found all winter in the bays and estuaries of either coast.

A just idea of the fishing resources of Florida twenty years ago--and it is much the same today--may, perhaps, be gathered from the following excerpts from my "Camping and Cruising in Florida":--

"At flood-tide the channels under the mangroves teem with redfish, groupers, and snappers, while near the beds of coon oysters are schools of sheepshead and drum. In fact, all of the passes and inlets of the Gulf coast are fairly alive with fishes, from the mullet to sharks and sawfish. While lying in his bunk, one can hear all night long the voices of the deep, under and around him.

"The hollow, muffled boom of the drumfish seems to be just under one's pillow; schools of sparoid fishes feeding on shell-fish at the bottom, sounds like the snapping of dry twigs on a hot fire; while a hundred tiny hammers in the hands of ocean sprites are tapping on the keel. Then is heard the powerful rush of the tarpon, the blowing of porpoises, and the snapping jaws of the sea-trout among the swarms of mullet, which, leaping from the surface by thousands, awake the watery echoes like showers of silvery fishes falling in fitful gusts and squalls.

"Sanibel Island, at the entrance of Caloosa Bay and opposite Punta Rassa, is renowned for its fine fishing. The angler can here fairly revel in piscatorial abandon and cover himself with piscine glory and fish scales. If ichthyc variety is the spice of the angler's life, Sanibel and its sister keys are the Spice Islands. Sharks, rays, and devil-fish, tarpon and jewfish, redfish, snappers and groupers, Spanish mackerel and kingfish, sea-trout, bonito and cavallies, ladyfish and sergeant-fish, sheepshead and drum, a host of smaller fry--spots, grunts, and porgies, and the ever-present and ubiquitous catfish--can here be jerked, and yanked and snaked, and pulled and hauled, until the unfortunate angler will lament that he was ever born--under the last but not least of the zodiacal signs."

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The foregoing excerpts relate to fishing on the Gulf coast, but on the east coast, while the variety of fishes is not so great, the angler will find enough and to spare, and many that are worthy of his best efforts. Large-mouth black-bass are plentiful in Tomoka River, near Ormond on the Halifax, and in Elbow Creek, Turkey Creek. Sebastian River, Taylor's Creek, and the St. Lucie River, all tributaries of Indian River. At the mouths of these streams, brackish-water fishes will be found in more or less abundance, comprising most of the species inhabiting the Gulf coast. Some of the best localities are at Daytona. New Smyrna, Rock Ledge, Indian River Inlet, Gilbert's Bar, and Jupiter Inlet. Still farther south the fishing is much better, notably at Lake Worth, and on Hillsboro' and New rivers. Mangrove snappers, bluefish, amber-jacks, and barracudas are especially abundant south of Indian River Inlet, more so than on the Gulf coast. In all of the fresh-water lakes in the interior of the state the angler will be amply rewarded, as large-mouth black-bass, calico bass, warmouth perch, and bream are in most of them. As a matter of fact, one can hardly go amiss for some kind of fishing in Florida, wherever there is water, salt or fresh, provided one proceeds with patience and intelligence, and with a due regard for the amenities of the gentle art.

Perhaps the queer descriptions and homely comparisons of some of the fishes as given by my negro boatman from the Bahamas, whom I have before mentioned, may not be uninteresting. I always employed him when possible, for he was a good fisherman and sailor, and had a never-ending fund of anecdotes; and being a close observer, he had a good general idea of the fishes of the locality. I always encouraged him in his quaint and original remarks about fishes, and in this way obtained considerable knowledge of their habits from this faithful Achates. Some of his observations, as I remember them, and which seem very odd in his Bahamian lingo, were as follows:--

"Vell, sir, it's curious 'ow some fish is made; but w'atever their model in length, beam, and draft, there is some good reason vy they is built so."

"Yes," I would answer, "they are all endowed by Nature with the shape best fitted for their mode of life and environment."

"Vell, 'wironment or not, as you say, and I'm not gainsayin' it, there's as much diff'rence in their model as atween a man-o'-war 'awk and an 'ummin'-bird. Now, sir, just look at the stingaree and the wipporee; they is flat as pancakes, and goes a-skimmin' along like a turkey buzzard, or a-wabblin' like a jolly-boat in the breakers, and then they flops down on a sandbank like a flounder, when feedin', 'cause their mouth is hunderneath like a shark. And they crawls along on their belly a-gobblin' hup the periwinkles and fiddlers, and crounches 'em vith a set of teeth like a pair o'mill-stones."

"Yes," I assented, "the rays are curious creatures, and have very remarkable teeth."

"Now, on the hother 'and, sir, look at the moonfish. They is all length and draft and no beam, like the 'ind weel of a vaggon; it couldn't cast a shadder if it was facin' the sun. And the angel-fish 'aven't much more beam to swear by. Now, sir, hall these slimjims 'ave small mouths and pinchers for teeth, and goes a-nosin' 'round the rocks, and a-vorkin' of theirselves thro' the narrow crannies, and a-pinchin' hoff the coral-bugs and sea-lice. Now, sir, a flounder is wicey wersy from a moonfish, it 'asn't hany draft, and don't carry any sail to speak of, and so it 'ides in the sand a-waitin' for sumpthin' to turn hup in the vay o'grub."

"That's true," I would say, "they lead a very lazy, humdrum life, and don't hustle much for a living."

"But for a real racin' yacht," he would continue, "give me the kingfish, or Spanish mackerel, or boneeto; they ketches their food on the run and jump; and speakin' o'jumpin', sir, look at the tarpon, and bone-fish, and skipjack; they is the kankeroos o' the sea."

"Many fishes," I would observe, "have their analogues; that is, they seem to bear some fancied resemblance, either in habits or appearance, to some object or animal of the land."

"Vell, sir, it's as true as gospel; a man is like a fish out o' water; 'e puffs like a porpus and drinks like a fish. And the butterflies are the yellow grunts and pork-fish and little snappers and cockeyed pilots; and the red snappers and squirrel-fish are the fillimingoes and pink curlews; and the nigger-fish and conies is the le'pards; and the blowfish and puffers is the 'edge'ogs and porkupines. And then there's the poll-parrots, red, blue, yellow, and green, from the puddin'-wife to slippery-dick; if they'd vings like the flyin'-fish, we'd put 'em in cages."

"True, enough," I would assent; "and up north we have fish that go into hiding and sleep all winter, like the bears; and some that make nests for their eggs, and guard them, and take care of their young ones like a hen broods her chicks. And in some countries there are fish that crawl out on the land, and climb trees like squirrels."

He listened to this apparently very doubtfully, and frowned fiercely, but kept silent until he filled and lighted his pipe; then, after scanning the horizon, he said meekly:--

"I think we'll be goin' 'ome, sir; it looks werry squally in the sou' east."

INDEX

_Albula vulpes_, ladyfish, 355, 361.

_Ambloplites rupestris_, rock-bass, 2, 52.

Anchovy, banded, 320,
big, 320,
silver, 320.

Angel-fish, 384,
description, 385,
tackle and fishing, 386.

Angling, fresh-water, 341.
salt-water, 341.

_Anisotremus virginicus_, pork-fish, 323, 334.

_Aplodinotus grunniens_, fresh-water drum, 232.

_Archoplites interruptus_, Sacramento perch, 2, 57.

_Archosargus probatocephalus_, sheepshead, 251, 252.

Arctic grayling, 176.
coloration, 177, 178.
description, 177, 178.

_Argyrosomus artedi sisco_, cisco, 204, 207.

Artificial flies, 20, 21.
rules for, 21.

Artificial key to pike species, 121, 122.

Bachelor, 80.

_Balistes carolinensis_, turbot, 390.

Banded pickerel, 121,
description, 154.
tackle and fishing, 155.

Bank lick bass, 73.

Barb, 221.

Bar-fish, 80.

Bass, bank lick, 73.
big-fin, 74.
black, large-mouth, 30.
black, small-mouth, 3.
brassy, 90.
calico, 73.
family, 85.
fresh-water striped, 86.
grass, 73.
Lake Erie, 74.
rock, 52, 115.
sea, 115.
sea, Gulf, 119.
sea, southern, 118.
silver, 73.
strawberry, 73.
striped, 96.
white, 86.
white lake, 86.
yellow, 90.

Bastard margaret, 330.

Bastard weakfish, 221.
description, 221.
habits and habitat, 222.

Beach-fleas, 321.

Bermuda chub, 382.
description, 382.
tackle and fishing, 383, 384.

Besugo, 231.

Big-fin bass, 74.

Bitter-head, 74.

Black-bass, small-mouth, 3.
description, 1-6.
gameness, 10-15.

Black-bass [_continued_]
habits and habitat, 7-9.
tackle and fishing, 15-29.

Black-bass, large-mouth, 30.
description, 31.
gameness, 34, 35.
habits and habitat, 32-43.
spawning and nesting, 33-43.
tackle and fishing, 36-52.

Blackfish, 115.

Black grunt, 323.
description, 323.
tackle and fishing, 326.

Black harry, 115.

Black sea-bass, 115.

Black sunfish, 58.

Black will, 115.

Blue bream, 62.

Bluefish, 115.

Blue gill, 62.

Blue perch, 264.

Blue sunfish, 62.
description, 62.
tackle and fishing, 64.

_Bodianus fulvus_, nigger-fish, 287, 300.

Bone-fish, 355, 361.

Bonito, 282.
description, 282.
tackle and fishing, 283.

Bony-fish, 361.

Boy and tobacco-box, 67.

Boyhood days, 72.

Bream, blue, 62.
copper-nosed, 62.
red-breast, 68.

Bridge perch, 74.

Bubbler, 232.

Burgall, 264.

_Calamus arctifrons_, grass porgy, 348, 353.

_Calamus bajonado_, jolt-head porgy, 347, 348.

_Calamus calamus_, saucer-eye porgy, 348, 350.

_Calamus proridens_, little-head porgy, 348, 352.

Calico-bass, 73.
description, 74.
habits and habitat, 75.
tackle and fishing, 75-78.

Campbellite, 80.

_Cancer_, common crab genus, 320.

Cape May goody, 231.

_Carangidæ, cavalli_ family, 306.

_Carangus crysos_, runner, 306, 307.

_Carangus latus_, horse-eye jack, 306, 310.

Carp, German, 236.
leather, 237.
mirror, 237.
scale, 237.

Catfish, blue, 247.
channel, 244.
chuckle-head, 247.
eel, 247.
family, 244.
forked-tail, 247.
white, 245.
willow, 247.

Cavalli family, 306.

_Centrarchidæ_, sunfish family, 1.

_Centropomus undecimalis_, snook, 366.

_Centropristes ocyurus_, Gulf sea-bass, 119.

_Centropristes philadelphicus_, southern sea-bass, 118.

_Centropristes striatus_, sea-bass, 96, 115.

Cero, 278.
description, 278.
habits and habitat, 278, 279.
tackle and fishing, 279-281.

_Chænobryttus gulosus_, warmouth, 2, 58.

_Chætodipterus faber_, angel-fish, 384.

Channel catfish, 244.
description, 245.
tackle and fishing, 245-247.

Channel fishes, 316.
tackle and bait, 317, 318.

Chincapin perch, 74.

Chogset, 264.

Chopa blanca, 231.

Chub, 231.

Cisco, 207.
description, 208.
tackle and fishing, 209, 210.

_Clupeidæ_, herring family, 319.

Cobia, 373.
description, 374.
tackle and fishing, 375, 376.

Cobió, 375.

Commercial fishing, Key West, 316, 317.

Common sunfish, 69.
description, 70.
tackle and fishing, 71-73.

Conchs, 318.

Conclusion, 393.

Coney, 286, 299.
description, 299.
tackle and fishing, 300.

Copper-nosed bream, 62.

Coral fishes, 328.
polyps, 328.
reefs, 327, 389, 390.

Coralline formation, Florida reefs, 316.

_Coregonus williamsoni_, Rocky Mountain whitefish, 203, 204.

_Coregonus williamsoni cis-montanus_, 204, 205.

Crab, common, 320.
fiddler, 320.
hermit, 320.
lady, 320.
mud, 320.
spider, 320.
stone, 320.

Crappie, 73, 79-80.
description, 80, 81.
tackle and fishing, 82, 83.

Croaker, 226, 232.
description, 226, 227.
tackle and fishing, 228.

Crocus, 227.

Croppie, 73, 80.

Cunner, 263, 264.
description, 264.
tackle and fishing, 265, 266.

_Cynoscion nebulosus_, spotted weakfish, 376.

_Cynoscion nothus_, bastard weakfish, 221.

_Cynoscion regalis_, weakfish, 214, 215.

_Cynoscion thalassinus_, deep-sea weakfish, 381.

Cypress trees, giant, 61, 62.

_Cyprinidæ_, minnow family, 236.

_Cyprinus carpio_, German carp, 236.

Darky and catfish, 248.

Deep-sea weakfish, 381.
description, 381.
tackle and fishing, 381.

Diplectrum formosum, sand-fish, 287, 303.

Dog snapper, 344.
description, 344.
tackle and fishing, 345.

Drum family, 213, 232.
fresh-water, 232.

Eastern pickerel, 149.
description, 149, 150.
tackle and fishing, 151, 152.

_Elops saurus_, ten-pounder, 361.

_Engraulididæ_, anchovy family, 319, 320.

_Epinephelus adscensionis_, rock hind, 286, 295.

_Epinephelus guttatus_, red hind, 286, 297.

_Esocidæ_, pike family, 120.

_Esox americanus_, banded pickerel, 121, 154.

_Esox lucius_, pike, 121, 137.

_Esox nobilior_, mascalonge, 120, 121, 122.

_Esox reticulatus_, eastern pickerel, 121, 149.

_Esox vermiculatus_, western pickerel, 121, 153.

_Eupagurus_, hermit crab genus, 320.

_Eupomotis gibbosus_, common sunfish, 3, 69.

Fascination of the float, 71.

Fishes not sensitive to pain, 114.

Fishing through ice, 145, 146.
with the cork, 72.

Flasher, 371.

Flatfish, 266.

Float, fascination of, 71.

Florida Keys, 341.

Flounder, 263, 266.
description, 266, 267.
tackle and fishing, 268.

Fresh-water drumfish, 232,
description, 232, 233.
tackle and fishing, 234, 235.

Frozen fish reviving, 78, 79, 147.

Gag, 285, 287.
description, 288.
tackle and fishing, 289-290.

_Gammurus_, shrimp genus, 321.

Gaspergou, 232.

_Gelasimus_, fiddler crab genus, 320.

Generals Sheridan and Stager, 77.

German carp, 236.
description, 236-238.
tackle and fishing, 238-243.

Giant cypress trees, 61, 62.

Goggle-eye, 53.
perch, 74, 80.

Goody, 228.
Cape May, 231.

Grass-bass, 73.

Grass porgy, 353.
description, 353.
tackle and fishing, 354.

Grayling, Arctic, 176.
description, 176, 177.
fishing, 178.

Grayling, English, 174.
fishing, 191, 197-201.

Grayling, Michigan, 178.
fishing, 179.
scarcity of, 179-181.

Grayling, Montana, 181.
description, 184, 185.
gameness, 185, 186.
propagation of, 194, 195.
tackle and fishing, 188-193.

Gribble, 321.

Grouper family, 285.
yellow-finned, 286, 294.

Grunt, black, 323.
boar, 327.
common, 321, 323.
family, 321.
French, 331.
gray, 331.
margate, 329.
sow, 324.
white, 329.
yellow, 322, 326.

Gulf sea-bass, 119.
description, 119.
habits and habitat, 119.

Gymnosarda pelamis, oceanic bonito, 283.

Hæmulidæ, grunt family, 321.

Hæmulon album, margate-fish, 322, 328.

_Hæmulon flavolineatum_, French grunt, 331.

_Hæmulon macrostomum_, gray grunt, 331.

_Hæmulon parra_, sailor's choice, 322, 330.

_Hæmulon plumieri_, black grunt, 321, 323.

_Hæmulon sciurus_, yellow grunt, 322, 326.

Hannahills, 115.

Hard-tail, 309.

Henshall rod, 25.

Hind, brown, 296.
John Paw, 296.
red, 286, 297.
rock, 286, 295.
spotted, 296.

_Hippa_, sand-bug genus, 321.

Hog-fish, 331, 333.

_Holocentrus ascensionis_, squirrel-fish, 388.

Horse-eye Jack, 306, 310.
description, 310.
tackle and fishing, 310.

Hybrids, 309.

Ichthyophagous dog, 284.

_Ictalurus anguilla_, eel-cat, 247.

_Ictalurus furcatus_, chuckle-head cat, 247.

_Ictalurus punctatus_, channel-cat, 244.

Jack, horse-eye, 310.

Jack salmon, 157.

Jolt-head porgy, 348.
description, 348, 349.
tackle and fishing, 350.

Jurel, 309.

Key to pike species, 121, 122.

Kingfish, 221.
description, 222-224.
tackle and fishing, 224, 225.

Kingfish-mackerel, 279, 280.

Knot, for leader, 19.
jam, for eyed hook, 19.

_Kyphosus sectatrix_, Bermuda chub, 382.

Lady anglers, 148, 149.

Lady-fish, 355.

Lafayette, 228.
description, 229.
tackle and fishing, 230, 231.

_Lagodon rhomboides_, pin-fish, 330, 386.

Lake Erie bass, 74.

Lake-herring, 207.

Lake-sheepshead, 232.

Lamplighter, 74.

Lane snapper, 339.
description, 340.
habits and habitat, 341.

Large-mouth black-bass, 30.

Leather-fish, 390.

_Leiostomus xanthurus_, Lafayette, 214, 228.

_Lepomis auritus_, red-breast sunfish, 67.

_Lepomis megalotis_, long-eared sunfish, 65.

_Lepomis pallidus_, blue sunfish, 62.

Lewis and Clark, 181-183.

_Libinia_, spider crab genus, 320.

_Limnoria_, gribble genus, 321.

Little Giant rod, 101, 102.

Little-head porgy, 352.
description, 352.
tackle and fishing, 353.

_Lobotes pacificus_, berrugate, 371.

_Lobotes surinamensis_, triple-tail, 370.

Long-eared sunfish, 65.
description, 65.
tackle and fishing, 66.

Lucky stones, 233.

_Lutianidæ_, snapper family, 336.

_Lutianus analis_, mutton-fish, 347.

_Lutianus apodus_, schoolmaster, 338, 345.

_Lutianus aya_, red snapper, 337, 342.

_Lutianus griseus_, mangrove snapper, 347.

_Lutianus jocu_, dog snapper, 337, 344.

_Lutianus synagris_, lane snapper, 337, 339.

Mackerel family, 272.
kingfish, 279.
Spanish, 273.

Margate fish, 328.
description, 328, 329.
tackle and fishing, 330.

Mascalonge, 122.
coloration, 127-129.
description, 126, 127.
distribution, 126.
nomenclature, 122-126.
tackle and fishing, 132-135.

Maskinonge, 124.

_Menippe_, stone crab genus, 320.

_Menticirrhus americanus_, whiting, 225.

_Menticirrhus littoralis_, silver whiting, 225.

_Menticirrhus saxatilis_, kingfish, 221.

Michigan grayling, 178.

_Micropogon undulatus_, croaker, 214, 226.

_Micropterus dolomieu_, small-mouth
black-bass, 1, 3.

_Micropterus salmoides_, large-mouth
black-bass, 2, 30.

Minnow family, 236.

Minnow gangs, 143.

Montana grayling, 181.

_Morone americana_, white-perch, 95, 110.

_Morone interrupta_, yellow-bass, 90.

Mud-dab, 266.

_Mugil cephalus_, common mullet, 319.

_Mugil curema_, white mullet, 319.

_Mugil trichodon_, fan-tail mullet, 319.

_Mugilidæ_, mullet family, 319.

Mullet, common, 319.
fan-tail, 319.
whirligig, 319.
white, 319.

Multiplying reel, invention of, 13.

Muskellunge, 125.

_Mycteroperca falcata phenax_, scamp, 286, 291.

_Mycteroperca microlepis_, gag, 285, 287.

_Mycteroperca venenosa_, yellow-fin grouper, 286, 294.

Newlight, 80.

Nigger-fish, 287, 300.
description, 300, 301.
tackle and fishing, 302.

Not all of fishing to fish, 92-94.

Oceanic bonito, 283.

_Ocyurus chrysurus_, yellow-tail, 336, 338.

_Orchestia_, beach-flea genus, 321.

_Orthopristis chrysopterus_, pig-fish, 322, 330, 331.

_Osmerus mordax_, smelt, 263, 269.

Osprey on the fly, 64.

_Palinurus_, sea-crawfish genus, 318.

_Palæmonetes_, prawn genus, 321.

_Panopeus_, mud crab genus, 320.

_Perca flavescens_, yellow-perch, 165.

Perch, black, 371.
blue, 264.
bridge, 74.
chincapin, 74.
family, 156.
goggle-eye, 74, 80.
pike, 157.
raccoon, 166.
red-bellied, 68.
ringed, 166.
Sacramento, 57.
warmouth, 58.
white, 110, 234.
yellow, 165.

_Percidæ_, perch family, 156.

Permit, 312.

_Petrometopon cruentatus_, coney, 286, 299.

Pickerel, banded, 154.
brook, 154.
eastern, 149.
great northern, 137.
Long Island, 154.
reticulated, 149.
western, 153.

Pig-fish, 322, 330, 331.
description, 331, 332.
tackle and fishing, 333.

Pike, 137.
description, 137-140.
fishing through ice, 144-146.
tackle and fishing, 141-147.

Pike family, 120.
glass-eyed, 157.
gray, 164.
rattlesnake, 164.
sand, 164.
wall-eyed, 157.
yellow, 157.

Pike-perch, 157.
description, 157-160.
night fishing, 162.
tackle and fishing, 161-163.

Pikes, key to, 121, 122.

Pin-fish, 386.
description, 386, 387.
tackle and fishing, 387.

Piscatorial polemic, 44.

_Platyonichus_, lady crab genus, 320.

_Pomoxis annularis_, crappie, 3, 79.

_Pomoxis sparoides_, calico-bass, 3, 73.

Pompano, 311.
description, 311-314.
best of food-fishes, 312, 314.
tackle and fishing, 313, 314.

Pompano, common, 307, 311.
gaff top-sail, 312.
permit, 312.
round, 312.

Porgy, 259.
big-head, 347, 348.
family, 347.
grass, 348, 353.
jolt-head, 348.
little-head, 348, 352.
saucer-eye, 348, 350.

Pork-fish, 323, 334.
description, 334, 335.
tackle and fishing, 335.

Prawn, 321.

_Pseudopleuronectes americanus_, flounder, 263, 266.

Pumpkin-seed, 69.

_Pyrula_, mollusk genus, 318, 339.

_Querimana gyrans_, whirligig mullet, 319.

Razor back, 74.

Record fly-casting, 16.

Red-bellied perch, 68.

Red-breast bream, 68.

Red-breast sunfish, 67.

Red-eye, 53.

Red hind, 286, 297.
description, 297.
tackle and fishing, 298.

Red snapper, 342.
description, 342.
tackle and fishing, 343, 344.

Red sunfish, 67.

Reel, click, 17.

Reel, multiplying, 13.

Roach, 231.

_Roccus chrysops_, white-bass, 86.

_Roccus lineatus_, striped-bass, 95, 96.

Rock, 96.

Rock-bass, 52.
description, 53.
tackle and fishing, 54-57.

Rockfish, 96.

Rock hind, 286, 295.
description, 295, 296.
tackle and fishing, 297.

Rocky Mountain whitefish, 204.
description, 204.
tackle and fishing, 205, 206.

Rod, Henshall, 25.
Little Giant, 101, 102.

Rovallia, 366.

Rules for artificial flies, 21.

Runner, 306, 307.
description, 307.
tackle and fishing, 308.

Sac-a-lait, 80.

Sacramento perch, 57.
description, 57.
tackle and fishing, 58.

Sailor's choice, 330, 331, 386.
description, 330.
tackle and fishing, 331.

Salmon family, 203.

_Salmonidæ_, 203.

Sand-bug, 321.

Sand-fish, 287, 303.
description, 303.
tackle and fishing, 304.

_Sarda sarda_, bonito, 273, 282.

Sardine, silver, 319.
striped, 319.

_Sardinella humeralis_, silver sardine, 319.

_Sardinella sardinia_, striped sardine, 319.

Saucer-eye porgy, 350.
description, 351.
tackle and fishing, 352.

Sauger, 164.
description, 165.
tackle and fishing, 165.

Scamp, 286, 291.
description, 292.
tackle and fishing, 293.

Schoolmaster, 345.
description, 345, 346.
tackle and fishing, 347.

_Sciænidæ_, drum family, 213, 232.

_Scomberomorus cavalla_, kingfish, 279, 280.

_Scomberomorus maculatus_, Spanish mackerel, 272, 273.

_Scomberomorus regalis_, cero, 272, 278.

_Scombridæ_, mackerel family, 272.

Scup, 259.
description, 260.
tackle and fishing, 261.

Scuppaug, 259.

Sea-bass, 115.
description, 115, 116.
tackle and fishing, 117, 118.

Sea-bass, family, 95, 285.
black, 115.
Gulf, 119.
southern, 118.

Sea-crawfish, 318.

Sergeant-fish, 366, 374.

_Serranidæ_, bass family, 85, 95, 285.

Shad, 80.

Sheepshead, 252.
description, 252-254.
tackle and fishing, 255-259.

Sheepshead family, 251.
lake, 232.

Sheridan and Stager, 77.

Shrimp, 321.

_Siluridæ_, catfish family, 244.

Silver-bass, 74.

Small-mouth black-bass, 3.

Smelt, 263, 269.
description, 269.
tackle and fishing, 270, 271.

Snapper, black, 371.
dog, 337, 344.
family, 336.
lane, 337, 339.
red, 337, 342.
schoolmaster, 338, 345.

Snook, 366.
description, 366, 367.
tackle and fishing, 368-370.

Southern sea-bass, 118.
description, 118.
habits and habitat, 119.

Spade-fish, 385.

Spanish mackerel, 273.
description, 273-275.
tackle and fishing, 276-278.

_Sparidæ_, porgy family, 251, 347.

Speckled perch, 74, 80.

Spot, 228.

Spotted weakfish, 376.
description, 377, 378.
tackle and fishing, 379, 380.

Squeteague, 215.

Squirrel-fish, 388.
description, 388.
tackle and fishing, 389.

_Stenotomus chrysops_, scup, 251, 259.

_Stenotomus aculeatus_, fair maid, 259.

_Stizostedion canadense_, sauger, 156, 164.

_Stizostedion vitreum_, pike-perch, 156, 157.

_Stolephorus brownii_, big anchovy, 320.

_Stolephorus mitchilli_, silver anchovy, 320.

_Stolephorus perfasciatus_, banded anchovy, 320.

Strawberry-bass, 73.

Striped-bass, 96.
description, 96-100.
fly-fishing, 109.
still-fishing, 101.
surf-fishing, 104-108.
tools and tackle, 101-105.

_Strombus_, mollusk genus, 318, 339.

Sunfish, black, 58.
blue, 62.
common, 69.
family, 1.
long-eared, 65.
red-breast, 67.

Susquehanna salmon, 157.

Tally-wag, 119.

_Tautogolabrus adspersus_, cunner, 263, 264.

Ten-pounder, 361.
description, 361, 362.
tackle and fishing, 363-365.

Thunder-pumper, 233.

_Thymallidæ_, grayling family, 173.

_Thymallus montanus_, Montana grayling, 173, 181.

_Thymallus signifer_, Arctic grayling, 173, 176.

_Thymallus tricolor_, Michigan grayling, 173, 178.

Tip-ups, 146.

Tobacco-box, 65.

Toboggan episode, 92-94.

_Trachinotus carolinus_, common pompano, 307, 311.

_Trachinotus falcatus_, round pompano, 312.

_Trachinotus glaucus_, gaff top-sail pompano, 312.

_Trachinotus goodei_, permit pompano, 312.

Triple-tail, 370.
description, 370, 371.
tackle and fishing, 372.

Trolling-spoon, 141-143.

Turbot, 390.
description, 390, 391.
habits and habitat, 392.

Wall-eyed pike, 157.

Warmouth perch, 58.
description, 58, 59.
tackle and fishing, 60-62.

Weakfish, 215.
description, 215-217.
tackle and fishing, 218-220.

Weakfish, bastard, 221.
deep-sea, 381.
northern, 214.
spotted, 376.

Western pickerel, 153.
description, 153.
tackle and fishing, 154.

White-bass, 86.
description, 86.
tackle and fishing, 87-89.

Whitefish, Rocky Mountain, 204.

White lake-bass, 86.

White-perch, 110, 234.
description, 110, 111.
tackle and fishing, 112, 113.

Whiting, 221.

Wonders of the sea, 327, 389, 390.

Yellow-bass, 90.
description, 90, 91.
tackle and fishing, 92.

Yellow-finned grouper, 294.
description, 294.
habits and habitat, 295.

Yellow grunt, 326.
description, 326.
tackle and fishing, 327.

Yellow-perch, 165.
description, 165-167.
tackle and fishing, 168-172.

Yellow-tail, 338.
description, 338.
tackle and fishing, 339.

Youthful angling, 72.

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