Bass, Pike, Perch, and Others

INDEX

Reading edition

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

s ow, 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

f ly-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