The American Angler's Guide: Or, Complete Fisher's Manual, for the United StatesD. Appleton, 1876 - 428 Seiten |
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Seite 177 - The name of this fish is derived from the color of its back and sides, being of a bluish or crow black. "The black fish abounds in the vicinity of Long Island, and is a stationary inhabitant of the salt water.
Seite 266 - Sea ; that when they come into the fresh water, do inebriate and turn up their bellies, so as you may take them with your hand.1 I doubt there hath not been sufficient experiment made of putting sea-fish into fresh-water ponds and pools. It is a thing of great use and pleasure ; for so you may have them new at some good distance from the sea : and besides, it may be, the fish will eat the pleasanter, and may fall to breed.
Seite 266 - ... salt water which goes up into the freshwater streams to spawn, could be domesticated, and made a tenant of fresh-water ponds that are supplied with fresh-water springs. There are many other descriptions worthy a trial. The celebrated Dr. McCulloch, of Edinburgh, succeeded in naturalizing eight different kinds of fish from salt water into fresh, with an improvement in their flavor ; and the philosopher Bacon says, " that fish used to. the salt water do nevertheless delight much more in the fresh.
Seite 42 - Away to the brook, All your tackle out-look, Here's a day that is worth a year's wishing, See that all things be right, For 'twould be a spite To want tools when a man goes a-fishing.
Seite 82 - I advise the bush-angler to take a hedging-bill, or hatchet, and cut off two or three branches here and there, at proper places and distances, and so make little convenient openings, at which he may easily put in his rod and line ; but this is to be done some time before you come there to fish. " If you come to a woody place where you have no such conveniences, and where, perhaps, there is a long r ANGLER'S MANUAL.
Seite 248 - Colonel Meynell, of Yarm in Yorkshire, kept Smelts for four years in a fresh-water pond having no communication with the sea : they continued to thrive, and propagated abundantly. They were not affected by freezing, as the whole pond, which covered about three acres, was so frozen over as to admit of skating. When the pond was drawn, the fishermen of the Tees considered that they had never seen a finer lot of Smelts. There was no loss of flavour or quality.
Seite 82 - I always find the most and the largest trouts on that side. I suppose the sun's being more intense and warm on the north side, may occasion more flies, erucas, and insects, to creep upon those bushes, and, consequently, the more fish will frequent them. " When the trees, or bushes, are very close, I advise the bush-angler to take a hedging-bill, or hatchet, and cut off two or three branches here and there, at proper places and distances, and so make little convenient openings, at which he may easily...
Seite 82 - ... exhaust him, and make him your own by a landing-net, the handle of which should be two yards long; or he may be landed by a hook or gaff, with a long handle; and this, in some situations, amidst close, thorny brambles, will be found more useful than a landing-net, which is liable to be caught in the bushes.
Seite 82 - Angler to take a hedge-bill or hatchet, and cut off two or three branches here and there, at proper places and distances, and so make little convenient openings, at which he may easily put in his rod and line; but this is to be done some time before you come there to fish. " If you come to a woody place, where you have no such conveniences, and where perhaps there is a long pool, and no angling with...
Seite 82 - The North Country Angler says : " There are some observations I have made, which the Angler may find the benefit of ; one is, that although the shade of trees and bushes, is much longer and greater on the south or sun side of the river, than on the north ; yet I always find the most and largest trout on that side.