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1886 i^KGLER'S (^UIDE AND Tourists Gazetteer ALBERT R. MANN LIBRARY New York State Colleges OF Agriculture and Home Economics AT Cornell University THE GIFT OF WILLARD A. KIGGINS, JR. in memory of his father Cornell University Library The original of tinis bool< is in tine Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924003440421 THE ANGLER'S GUIDE BOOK AND Tourist's Gazeteer OP THE FISHING WATERS OF THE United States and Canada, 1886. COMPILED AND EDITED BY WILLIAM C' BARRIS, Editor of "The American Angler." THE ANGLEES' PUBLISHING COMPANY, NEW YORK. THE WESTERN ANGLEBS PUBLISHING COMPANY. CHICAGO. Sh! H3 *> f? O .''^ 5^ O d b *! '1 o Entered according to Act of Congrefsa in the year 1886, by "WILLIAM C. HARRIS, in the office of the Librarian of Congreee at Waehiiigton- DEDICATED To tlie AUGLEBS OF AMEKIOA. ) rNTRODUCTION TO EDITION" OF 1886. The yearly changes in the fish lawB of the States and Territoriea, and the varia- ble conditions, from eeasou to season, of the fishing waters, create the necessity of an annual revision and reissue of The Anglers' Guide Book. In Ihe present edition (1886) nearly one thousand waters have been i..dded to those described in 1885, making an aggregate of over eight thousand designated points where angling can be had in American -waters.' In repeatiug the urgent call xipon the anglers of the country to aid me in system- izing and timx3lifying the popular names of fi.shes, I \* ould further state that any one defeirous of assisting in this good work, upon applying to n;e by letter or other- wise, will be furnished free of charge with preservative powder, through the use of which specimen fish for identification and classification can be forwarded by mail. In this connection please note the following. ERRATA. The "herring " at Beaver Canon, Idaho (page 55), is the whitefish, probably—C. wiLLiAMSONi. These fish are gamy and rise with spirit to the artificial fly. ' " The ' bar fish at Camden, Ark. (page 17), is the fresh water striped bass {Roccu;? CHBYS01'«.) The "trout" of Hills Lake, Ark. (page 17), is the large-mouth black bass. There are no native brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) in Louisiana, Missisbippi, Arkan- sas or Florida. For "gaspergon " (page 72) read gaspergou. This fish belongs to the same family as the buffalo fish. The "jack-salmon" in North Carolina and Tennessee (pages 156, 180 and 181) is the pike-x^erch. "Jack" means "pike" ninety-nine times out of a hundred iu the youth. The "rock" at Ashepoo, S. C. (page 178), is the saltwater striped bass {Roccrs LINEATUS The "warmouth" at Millet, S. C. (page 179), is not the strawberry bass an indi- cated in the text. It is the C. gulosus, a flah of the perch family, and about on a par with the ro:k bass a.^ to game qualities. The * red breast" at Salkehatchie, S. C. (page 179), is one of the "breitms" so called in the South. The "jackfiah"afWinfield, Tenu. (page 182), is the pike (Esox Lrcrus. The "grayling" of Grand Lake, N. S. (page 25), is probably the laud-locked sal- mon. The "mascalonge" of Lake Megan tic. P. Q. (page 37), is the lake trout. This lake ie on the International Railway, not the Intercolonial, um wtattul in the text. "North Pond" at Starkwater, N. H. (page 119) in not open t) the public, being the Percy leased by Summer Club. -^Vji, c. Hariu-;. New Youk, May ir>, 1B86, INTUODJJCTION TO EDITION" OF 1885. In coUatiug the material for this Guide Book, 17,827 Bpeclal communicatioiiB, and 2500 pagea of The Amkeican Angleb and other accredited authorities, have been received, examined and in journalistic parlance, "hoiled down." The result is before the reader in the form of 2,105 centre points from whence over 7,000 angling waters are more or less accessible; of these the following data are given: 1st. —How they are reached. Sth—Accommodations and charges at 2nd—Distance from nearest point by hotels, also those of private boarding railroad, or other public transportation houses. routes. 9th—The favorite grounds, when known, 3rd—The species of fish therein. of local anglers. 4th—The fishes that are most abund- 10th—Cost of guides, boa4B and bait. ant. 11th —Where salt water exists, the best 6th—The best months for fishing. tide to fish in. 6th—Local baits used. 12th—Cost of permits when required. 7th—Methods of local anglers. In addition to the above I have given the quality of the fishing when authenti- cated by my own experience or that of a responsible correspondent. In this connection anglers should bear in niind that fish are erratic in their humors; that in the same water fishing may be good to-day and bad to-morrow; that wind, weather, water and the feeding hours of fish are all essential factors in an angler's success or failure. In waters of which I have no authentic information the reader will find recorded, without comment, the names thereof, distance from station, charges, species of fish caught, etc. The plan of compilation which has been adopted, I believe to be the beat form for making the Guide Book concise and of ready reference. It was a subject of much thought and several methods were experimented upon, particularly that of classification by waters, but the immense mass of material to be utilized and the geographical range and area of the rivers and lakes, indicated that if this latter form waa used, the book would grow to the size of a ponderous encyclopedise rather than the pocket volume in which it now appears. I have endeavored to make plain to the angling reader, resident in any section, the perplexity experienced in the identification of a fish under its localname, vary- ing in different localities. In a few instances I have been unable to do this and have called for information from anglers familiar with the fishes and the waters where peculiar names for the former are in use. This confusion exists more gen- erally in the Southern States, particularly for the local names of the salt water fish on the Atlantic coast belt from the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay to the southern limit of the State of Georgia; also, for the fresh water fishes in the states of Vir- ginia, "West Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky and Tennessee. I urge upon my brother anglers to assist me in simplifying the popular nomenclature of the fishes of the country. For errors of omission I can only claim indulgence based on the scope, newness and magnitude of the compilation; Doubtless many fruitful angling waters are not named, owing to my ignorance of their existence, and to the impossibility of covering the entire continent in the first issue of a work of thie character, yet of this I am assured, that nearly four thousand excellent fishing "grounds " are here- in located, concerning which I have been entirely ignorant, despite an angling experience of over a quarter of a century. To those of our selfish brethren of the angle, if such there be, who are inclined to grow surlily critical over the "giving away "of their favorite waters, I beg to quote what old Walton's Pisc»*or said to "Venator over two hundred years ago: "Go your way presently; take my rod and do as I bid you, and I will sit down and mend my tackling till you retitm back." WM. C, HARRIS. — CONTENTS. Explanatory HI Index to Abbrevieticns of Titles of Transportation Companies, -with ad- dresses of General Passenger Agents 244-249 Index to Additional Fishing Waters. 1886 IV-IX " - 1885 209-243 Summary of the Fish Laws of the States, Territories and of the Canadian Provinces IX-XIII Index to Advertisements 250 Fishing "Waters of Alabama 15, 17 Arizona XXVII-XXVIII Arkansas XIV-XV, 17, 18 British Columbia 39 California XV, 18, 21 Colorado XVI, 89, 43 Connecticut 43, 47 Dakota, Territory 47, 50 District of Columbia 50 Florida XVI-XVII, 60, 63 Georgia XVII- XIX, 63, 65 Idaho, Territory 65, 66 Indian, Territory XX, 66 Illinois XIX-XX, 66, 61 Indiana 61, 64 Iowa XX, 64, 69 Kansas XX-XXI, 69, 70 Kentucky XX-XXI, 70, 72 Louisiana XXI, 72 Maine XXI, 72, 78 Manitoba, Province of 21, 22 Maryland XXII, 78, 81 Massachusetts 81, 90 Mexico 90 Michigan XXIII, 90, 101 Minnesota XXIV, 101, 111 Mississippi XXV, lU, 112 Missouri XXVl-XXVn, 112, 114 Montana, Territory 114, 116 Nebraska XXVIII, 116, 117 Nevada XXVIIl, 117 New Brunswick, Province of XXVIII-XXIX, 22, 24 New Hampshire XXIX-XXXII, 117, 120 New Jersey 1'2U, 124 New Mexico XXXII, 125 New York XXXII, 125, 155 North Carolina XXXIII, 155, 156 Nova Scotia, Province of XXXIII-XXXIV, 24, 27 Ohio lS(i, 161 Ontario, Province of XXXIV, 27, 36 Oregon XXXIV-XXXV, lOl, 164 Pennsylvania XXXV-XXXVI. 164, 177 Prince Edward Island XXXYI-XXXTII Quebec, Province of XXXVII, 36, 39 Rhode Island XXXVIII, 177, 178 South Carolina 178, 180 Tennessee 180, 182 Texas XXXVIII, 182, 184 Utah, Territory 184, 185 Vermont XXXVIII, 186, 190 Virginia XXXIX, 190, 193 Washington Territory 193^ 195 West Virginia XL-XLI, 195, 197 WiBconsin XLI-XLIII, 197, 207 Wyoming, Territory 207, 208 EXPLANATORY. The alphabetical headingB of the test indicate the stations of transportation com- panies, for instance: On page 48 will be found Lennox {C. M. & St. P.). and by refer- ring to the *' Index of Ti-ansportation Companies " on pp.