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]
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 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 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 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]
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]
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]
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]
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]