SH 461 .R5 Copy 1 Prir, 12 ', Cents JOHN J. BROWN 8c CO.'S ANGLER'S DEPOT, p And General Emporium for the sale of IF D © MO M © TF A © K L.[ FINE CUTLERY, FANCY GOODS, SPORTING ARTICLES, &c, &c 122 Fulton Street, New York. Where may always bo had the following articles, all of which will be warranted of the beit materials and workmanship, and at the lowest cash prices. RODS. Trout, Perch, Pickerel, Bass, and Salmon Rods, of all qualities and descriptions. Also General Rods, with extra tips, Walking Stick, and Pocket Rods. REELS. Plain and Multiplying Reels of English and American manufacture. LINES. Silk, Hair, Gut and Grass Lines. Silk Hair and Gut Fly Lines, and all descriptions of Lines of flax and hemp. HOOKS. Limerick, Kirby, Aberdeen, and Carlisle Hooks for all kinds of fishing. FLIES. Trout, Pickerel, Basse, Salmon, and Herring Flies. LEADERS, Sinkers, &c. Single, double, and twisted Gut Leaders, plain slide and swivel sinkers, single and double swivels. FLOATS, Cork, Quill, and Hollow Floats of all sizes and shapes. Salmon Gut of the best quality, by the dozen, hundred, or thousand. Baskets, Nets, &c. Trout and Bass Baskets, Crab, Shrimp, Casting and Landing Nets, Baiting; Needles, Disgorgers, Clearing Rings, Tackle and Fly Books, Bait Boxes, Eel Spears, Fishing Stoola, &c, &c. Oilver -L late v£uickly XVestored. TO ITS ORIGINAL COLOR AND BEAUTY BY A SINGLE APPLICATION OF THE SILVER PLATING -FLUID. Castors, Candlesticks. Cake Baskets, Military Equipments, Carriage and Harness Furniture, or any article composed of Brass, Copper, or German Silver, can be instantly replated with pure silver by this invaluable fluid ; warranted to give satisfaction or the money returned. Price 25 cents per Bottle. A liberal discount to Jewellers and Fancy Goods Dealers. "Those of our lady friends whose plated ware has bee >nie worn so that it no hmger present* its accustomed lustre, will learn with pleasure that a fluid of easy application has been invented by Messrs J. J. Brown & Co., which will restore all articles of the description above to their pristine color, beauty, and polish. We can assure those who would wish to make use of the Plating Fluid, that it is a solution of pure silver, and none of the humbug articles of the day. It is extensively in use in the city, and its popularity is extending very fast." — Morning News. "The Silver Plating Fluid sold by Brown & Co., 122 Fulton street, is no humbug. We have seen it tried repeatedly, and it makes Brass, Copper, or German Silver look as good as pure silver. Those who have old plate that requires ' touching up,' will find this an excellent article."— Even- ing Mirror. "John J. Brown & Co, 122 Fulton street, near Nassau, manufacture an article for plating castors, candlesticks, or any kind of plated goods, which, whether the fluid be genuine silver or not, it has all the appearance of it, and wc have the assurance of those who have used it that it has all the durability and lustre of the purest silver. It is a most convenient article, and will be found useful in every family." — Tribune. A NIBBLE AS SURE AS A BITE. THE GRISWOLD HOOK. [Entered according to an Act of Congress, in the year 1847.] INVENTED BY GEO. W. GRISWOLD OF POTTERSVILLE, NEW YORK. This is the ne plus ultra of FISH HOOKS, and is destined entirely to supersede the ordinary hook now in use. It is arranged with a spring, lever, and striking hook. The striking hook is so adjusted that when sot it lies alongside of the main hook, and is retained by a slide ; when the fish nibbles the striking honk descends and takes him on the outside of the head. They are made of various sizes and adapted to taking all kinds of fnh. Small sizes can be sent by mail at regular postage rates, and an assortment of the different sizes at a very little additional expense . Price 25 cents each. A liberal discount to dealers. THE ANGLER'S 1. IS I uio ,•;•! » FOR 1848. CALCULATED FOR ALL PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES: CONTAINING, BESIDES THE USUAL INFORMATION, STATISTICAL ACCOUNTS OF FISHING, ANECDOTES OF ANGLING, &c, &c. BETTER TO FISH OR HUNT FOR HEALTH UNBOUGHT, THAN FEB THE DOCTOR FOR A NAUSEOUS DRAUGHT. NEW YORK: PUBLISHED BY JOHN J. BROWN & CO., AT THE ANGLER'S DEPOT, 122 FULTON STREET, AND FOR SALE BY THE PRINCIPAL BOOKSELLERS THROUGHOUT THE UNION. 1848. R. Cnighead, Printer, 112 Fulton it. c/ @ CUSTOMARY NOTES. 1. Venus ( 9 ) will be Morning Star until July 22d, then Evening Star until May 12th, 1849. 2. The Moon will run highest, this year, about the 2d degree of (Zc) Cancer, and lowest about the 2d degree of (V3) Capriconius. 3. Latitude of Herschel (1^1) about 38' south this year. 4. Longitude of the Moon's Asoending Node (SI) in the middle of this year, 5 signs, 25 deg. 5. Mean obliquity of the Ecliptic in the middle of this year, 23° 27' 32.6". True obliquity at the same time, 23o 27' 22.8". EQUINOXES AND SOLSTICES. BOSTON. WASHINGTON. CHARLESTON. NEW ORLEANS D. H. M. D. H. M. D. H. M. D. H. M. Vernal Equinox, March 20 6 35 M. 20 6 il M. 20 5 59 M. 20 5 19 M. Summer Solstice June 21 3 31 M. 21 3 7 M. 21 2 55 M. 21 2 15 M. Autumnal Eq. Sept. 22 5 35 E. 22 5 11 E. 22 4 59 E. 22 4 19 E. Winter Solsth-e, Dec. 21 11 16 M. 21 10 52 M. 21 10 40 M. 21 10 M. CHRONOLOGICAL CYCLES AND MOVEABLE EEASTS. Dominical Letters, B and A Golden Numbers, or Lunar Cycle, 6 Epact, (Moon's age, January 1st.) 25 Solar Cycle, 9 Roman Indiction 6 Julian Period, 6561 Easter Sunday April 2! Rogation Sunday May 28 Ascension Day June 1 Whitsunday (Pentecost), June 11 Trinity Sunday June 18 Advent Sunday December 3 ECLIPSES IN THE YEAR 1848. This year there will be six Eclipses, four of the Sun and two of the Moon. I. There will be a small Eclipse on the SUN'S northern limb on the 5th of March, at the time of the New Moon in the morning, visible only in the north-eastern parts of North Ame- rica, including Greenland and Iceland. At the following cities it will be visible, but very small, viz. — Boston, Albany, Rochester, Buffalo, Detroit. Chicago. II. There will bo an Eclipse of the MOON on the 19th of March, at the time of Full Moon in the evening, ending before rising at New York; visible about eleven minutes at Boston, with 2 digits eclipsed on the npper limb at rising. III. There will be an Eclipse of the SUN on the 3d of April, at the time of New Moon in the evening; visible only in the South Pacific and Southern Oceans, between Cape Horn and New Zealand, and between Easter Island and the South Pole. IV. There will be an Eclipse of the SUN on the 2Sth of August, at the time of the New Moon in the afternoon, visible only in a very small patch of the Southern Ocean. This Eclipse will be little more than a mere contact of the Moon's penumbra with the surface of the Ocean. Its magnitude will at one point exceed one eighth part of a digit. V. There will be an Eclipse of the MOON on the 12th and 13th of September, in the eve- ning and morning, visible and total. 1 BKGINNING BEGINNING 01 MIDDLE OF THE| END OF TOT. END OP ECL.I CITIES. 12th DAY EV. TOTAL DAUk'SS. ECLIPSE DARK. 13th 13th DAY H. M. D. H. M. D. H. M. DAY MORN. MORNING. | H. M. H. M. 11 11 47 35 13 13 46 34 M M. 13 13 1 35 1 23 M. M. 2 2 24 12 3 3 23 11 Philadelphia 11 30 13 29 M. 13 1 18 M. 2 7 Z 6 11 24 13 23 M. 13 1 12 M. 2 1 3 11 23 13 22 M. 13 1 11 ML. 2 2 59 11 21 13 20 Al. 13 1 9 M. 1 58 2 57 11 16 13 15 M 13 1 4 M. 1 53 2 52 11 11 13 10 M. 13 59 M. 1 43 o 47 10 10 59 53 12 12 11 58 11 52 E. E. 13 13 47 41 BL M. 1 1 36 30 2 2 35 29 10 47 12 11 46 E 13 35 M. 1 24 2 23 10 44 12 11 43 K 13 32 M. 1 21 2 20 Mobile 10 10 38 33 12 12 11 37 11 32 E E 13 13 26 21 M. M. 1 1 15 10 2 14 9 New Orleans. . . . 10 31 12 11 30 E 13 19 ML 1 8 o 7 10 25 12 11 24 E 13 13 M. 1 2 o 1 1 10 12 10 59 E 12 11 48 E. 37 1 36 Duration of total darkness, lh. 8m . Whole du rati on, 3h. 36m. Depth of im mersion in the Earth's shadow, 26.42 digits from the northern side. VI. There will be an Eclipse of the SUN on the 27th of September, at the time of New Moon in the morning, invisible in America excepting along the north-enstern coast of Greenland. It will be visible in the northeast of Europe, and a great part of Asia. TRANSIT.— There will be a Transit of the planet MERCURY across the northern limb of the Sun on Thursday, November 9th, in the morning, chiefly visible, commencing before the rising of the Sun. The Ingress will be visible from Africa and the greater portions of Europe and Asia. The Egress will be visible from the greater portions of North America and Africa, ind from the western extremity of Europe: The whole Transit will be visible from South Ameriea. * The apparent diameter of Mercury on this occasion will be to that of the Sun as 1 to 202. THE ANGLER'S ALMANAC. Chronological Cycles.— Dominical Letters, li and A; Golden Number, or Lunar Cycle, C ; Epact, 35; Solar Cycle, 9 ; Roman indlctlon, S; Julian Period, 6,561, Characters.—© Sun, ]) Moon, 8 Mercury, 9 Venus, © Earth, t Mars, 4 Jupiter, ^ Sa- turn, l, 1 ,! Herschel, Signs or thb Zodiac.— T Aries, head; 4 SPaurus, neck ; n Gemini, arms; S Cancer, breast ; SI Leo, heart; ill) \ r lrgo, belly; -c^ Libra, reins; in. Scorpio, secrets; t Sagittarius, thighs; VI Capricorn, knees; £? Aquarius, legs; X Pisces, feet. Aspects and Nodes.— i Conjunction; # Sextile, 60 degrees; Q Ouartile, 90 decrees; A Trine, 120 degrees.; Vc. Quincunx, 150 degrees; 8 Opposition, 180 degrees; Q Ascending Node; U Descending Node. PHENOMENA OF THE PLANETS FOR 1948. Morning and Evening Stars.— Venus ( 9J will be Morning Star until July 22, then Evening Star until May 12, 1849. Jupiter '.'.J' "ill be Morning Star until January 6, then Evening Star until July 24, then Morning Star until February 6, 1849. Jan. 5, □ ffl; 6, 8 4 ; 20, enters &; 20, sup. i © 8 . Feb. 13, D J ; 19, © enters 3€ ; 25, 8 's gr. elong. east. March 3, 8 stat. ; 5, A © ^ ; 6, 4 stat. ; 12, inf. A © 8 ; 20, eaters T ; 25, 8 stat.; 31, Q © 4- April 7, A ®]&; A 9 ^ ; 9, « 's gr. elong. west ; 19, enters H; 22, **s ring disappears. May 17. «J 4 ,$ ; 19, sup. <$ 8 ; 20, enters TJ. June 15.Q0 •> ; 20, ; 26, © enters ===; 28, A 9 8. Oct. 13, 8 iy ; 16, A © 4 ; 17, 8 \s gr. elong. east ; 23, enters m. : 29, 8 stat. Nov. 9, inf. <« 8 ; 8 's transit. ; 13. rj 4 ; 18, B stat. : 21, © f ; 22, •> stat.; 26, 8 's gr. elong. west. Dec. 8, 4 stat.; 10, D © > ; 21, enters V5 1 27, III stat. "TIME AND TIDE WAIT FOR NO MAN." The above adage should be engraven deeply on the mind of the Angler. They are both impor- tant items for consideration. Many a good mess offish has been lost by being on the ground a day after the fair, or an hour after the proper time of tide. The tides are variously affected both by the moon and wind, but more particularly the former. The positive rise of the tide, nevertheless, depends a great deal on the strength of the wind, and the source from which it comes. On some occasions, it happens that a tide which, under ordinary circumstances, would have been small, is much greater and fuller by the prevalence of a strong wind from a particular direction. When the wind blows strong from the north east, the tides i the Hudson and East Rivers are often very full ; and. on the contrary, when from the north west, there is very little tide, and sometimes none at all. When the sun and moon are in a favorable position, and a strong wind prevails from the north east, the tide is greatly increased, and often causes much damage by inundations. This is the case more or less with all our large rivers, and Anglers can do very little in the way of fishing until some time after. Tides are always very high at the new and full of the moon. The tides of the Hudson and East Rivers meet at Throgg's Neck, where they change and run in opposite directions. The tide in the Hudson Kiver often runs ebb two hours after the Hood has made in the East River. In the Gulf of Mexico they are more various than, perhaps, at any other place on the globe. At the mouth of the Mississippi they have usually one tide every twenty-four hours, and sometimes they will have no tide at all for two or three days. The following Tide Table will be found useful to the Angler calculating high water at New York. New London, Tarpaulin Cove, Sandwich Bay, Cockspur (Ga.), and Brunswick (N. C.) To find the time of high water at the following places, add to or subtract, as follows : h. m. h. m. Albany - add 6 30 Bridgetown, E. I. - - - subtract 45 Annapolis, N. S. - - - - "3 00 Cape Fear .... " 1 10 Burlington " 20 Cape May - "0 45 Cape Anu - - - - - " 2 45 Cape Canso - " 30 Cape llatteras - - - - - " 2 00 Georgetown Bar - " 2 00 Cape Henry - - - - - " 2 00 Main Ocean - " 45 Cisco Bay - - - - - " 2 20 Nantucket Shoals - " 1 30 Charleston Lighthouse - - - " 2 00 Port Royal, S. C. - - - "0 30 Fairfield - - - - - " 2 00 Point Roseway - " 50 Guilford - - - - - " ] 30 Providence ... - " 1 00 Hackensack " 3 00 Perrysburgh, S. C. - - - " 2 00 Halifax - - - - - - " 3 00 Rhode Island - " 45 Hartford " 2 15 Sandy Hook - 45 Hellgate - " 30 Plymouth - - - - - add 1 35 Huntington " 2 00 Polopel's Island - - - - " 3 00 Ipswich - - - - - - " 45 Portsmouth " 2 45 Jamestown - - - - - " 50 Quebec - " 3 00 Kingston - - - - - - •• 5 00 Reedy Island " 2 05 Newburyport - - - - - " 2 45 Salem " 2 45 New Haven - - - - - " 2 35 Saybrook - " 2 15 Newton, L. I. - - - - - " 1 09 Sunburv, Ga. - - - - - " 30 Penobscot " 3 00 Tybee Bar - - - - - " 15 Piscataway - - - - - " 2 40 Wilmington, Del. - - - - " 3 20 Amboy ----- subtract 45 Williamsburgh, Va. - - - " 2 15 Annapolis, Md. ... 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The stream side is ever dear to me, and I love to think of the times when I have trudged merrily along it, finding again in the fresh air and moderate exercise, and devout looks of nature, the strength of nerve, the buoyancy of heart and health of mind, which I had lost in my pent library and town duties ; I trust that I have drunk enough of the old angler's spirit* not to let such pastime break in upon better things ; but, on the other hand, I have worked the harder from thankfulness to HIM who taught the brook to wind with musical gurglings, as it rolls on to the Great Sea. — Rev. Geo. W. Bethune, D.D. We think the period is not remote when, on the banks of our choice rivers and beautiful lakes, villas, consecrated to piscatory purposes, may arise, far surpassing those of Walton and Cotton on the Thames and Dove ; and what more charming and appropriate nestling-places, during the summer solstice, for the merchant prince, where in imagi- nation he may fight over his financial battles ; or, for the poet to regale his senses, preparatory to embalming in epic strains the history of the past, or in delineating the deepening glories of the present ; or, for the retired statesman, who, while the sands of his life-glass are fast drop- ping, may serenely speculate on the duration and destiny of the repub- lic he has defended. — Knickerbocker Magazine. * Izaak Walton. 889g8gB.SS o x> cjlj -j g; en .tw co w*-ctooc *joi en o.WiS-1 2C3 gg*pgg5ggfrggg3gg>ggg5gg>ggg:gg| 5»° »U I3^ M UUtM4> tia j z .u i L t~ kO it* lO A- — W Vn — _VJ p JC — '-J Vi -I < C — >S j- v C> -J -I 00 PC CO QE ^ -J a> Cn. 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At the close of the day, which was rather unlucky for all concerned, the gentleman that never caught a Basse showed a string of five good sized Basse, and three large Eels, besides a number of other small fry. Elated with his success, he stepped on board of the ferry boat on his return with an elastic step and buoyant spirits, and in anticipation smacked his lips over the prospect of a delicious evening repast on the fruits of his toil. On his return, which was rather late, he met Biddy on her way up stairs to bed, and as he was a bachelor, of course his wife wasn't home to cook the fish ; but Biddy assured Mr. Smith, that she would do 'em brown for him in the mornin.' The gentleman slept very well, with the exception of a fishy kind of a dream during the night, but was awake early in the morning, with a watery mouth for his first Basse breakfast. The anticipated dish was brought on the table at the appointed time, and looked very well. 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Ci cj o ci ci en e;» en. — ao x g -i ^> r. f t< a, t: t; ^ - ^ = ej c x I ■/• g. in-^n 13 « '- ^ ?«»? -J = — en Q" 1 ^i* » -J to 1 ' £ 's a W Cn K en nasi; jys 8J-? 5 »0 — «- > 5 a . CO 13 >- C — — = C3 TC' ■-) ^' en ^- *u co I r - ~ 1 _ _ ± z.\ v ) a 1 _ -^ ? ? •^ THE ANGLER'S ALMANAC. v A: TROUT FISHING. MARCH. This may be called the first fishing month at the north, and if the weather prove mild and spring-like, as described in the beautiful lines below, the Angler at the north can begin to count his game with his brother Angler of the south. Sometimes, however, Winter with Ins chilly northern winds delays his departure, and lingers in the lap of genial spring. This matters not much with the enthusiastic sportsman of New York, Long Island, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. Accoutred in his stout fishing habiliments, with his water-proof boots ; armed with his Trout rod, and equipped with his basket, bait box, and tackle book, he pursues the wily Trout with considerably more satis- faction, and a great deal more pleasure, than could the most sanguine Texian Ranger the most deceitful Mexican. The salt water Angler, also, has a taste of sport in this month in angling for Tom Cod and Flounders. As in successive course the seasons roll, So circling pleasures recreate the soul : When genial spring a living warmth bestows, And o'er the year her verdant mantle throws, No swelling inundation hides the grounds, But chrystal currents glide within their bounds ; The finny brood their wonted haunts forsake, Float in the sun, and skim along the lake ; With frequent leap they range the shallow streams, Their silver coats reflect the dazzling beams. Now let the fisherman his toils prepare, And arm himself with every wat'ry snare ; His hooks, his lines peruse, with careful eye, Increase his tackle, and his rods retie. — Gay. An Old Angler. — Henry Jenkins, who lived to the age of one hundred and ninety-six years, and who boasted, when giving testimony in a court of justice to a fact of one hundred and twenty years' date, that he could dub a fly as well as any man in Yorkshire, continued on, for more than a century after the greater number of those who were born at the same time, were mouldering in their graves. #- iX-)IMAWKI >'£2.$ £l$35?>&££%5g>g\ < a '-2- ' = o 10 u . , a a- v |3 ( . *. ;i . ■f- i2 ^ i !^. 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The business man, the lawyer, the minister, the student, the mechanic, after a tedious winter's confinement to city life, should seek a few days' enjoyment amid the green hills of the country, in pur- suit of sport, previous to commencing their season of toil. Narrow Escape. — A correspondent of the Portland Argus, at Mt. Desert, says that the two "fishing women," somewhat celebrated on that coast, reside on the island. One of them came near being carried to the bottom by a hallibut a short time since. As is their custom, one sat in the bow and the other in the stern, with the little skiff nearly filled with fish. The woman in the bow of the boat hooked a very large hallibut, and called her associate in the stern of the boat to come to her help. In other circumstances, they would have managed the unwelcome visitor well enough, and, in fact, he would have been very welcome to the bait ; but now the mistress of the " stern" dared not leave her seat, for fear of sinking their loaded boat. The fish was al- lowed to run to the bottom two or three times, to get worried, and then drawn alongside, to be killed and drawn in. The unsubdued monster, being in his native element, now set out for the bottom again ; but the heroine of the " bow," not wishing to accompany him, clung to the boat. She was drawn nearly overboard, but, before losing her hold of the boat, the line providentially parted and he thus became disengaged ! To this fact alone she owes the preservation of her life. 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The mildness of the weather, the soft and balmy atmosphere, the beauty of the fields, clad in their new and pleasing verdure, the bud- ding trees and flowers, so eloquently described by the poet, " Moist, bright, and green, the landscape laughs around ; Full swell the woods ; their every music wakes, Mixed in wild concert, with the warbling brooks Increased, the distant bleatings of the hills, And hollow lows responsive from the vales, Whence blending all the sweetened zephyr springs. " When with his lively ray the potent sun Has pierced the streams, and roused the finny race, Then, issuing cheerful, to thy sport repair : Chief should the western breezes curling play, And light o'er ether bear the shadowy clouds, High to their fount " all tend to make him in love with his art, and lead him to happy and holy reflections. Verily, Angler, thou should 'st be a Christian in these months, if in no other. 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All deni- zens of the metropolis who get any fresh air during the summer season, if they do not go before, generally go some time during this month. The old tackle lain by since the last fishing frolic is overhauled, reple- nished, and put in order, or new purchased ; those that never fished are tempted to try their luck, and those who always fished are ott tor their old stamping grounds, sure of a mess of their favorite game. The fly fisher of the Middle States makes his excursions further north, where the Trout are rather later in taking the fly ; thus he takes his last sip of this trouterian treat, after which he lays by his pliant rod and light tackle and adapts his sport to a more seasonable game. Henry Inman.— " Next to his devotion to his friends and his art, was Inman's fondness for field sports. In trout fishing, especially, he ex- celled ; as in the case of Professor Wilson, and other kindred spirits, this was emphatically his hobbv. And a more ardent, accomplished, or delightful disciple, good old Izaak Walton never had. In throwing a fly or spinning a minnow, he had few equals. He was ready to say with Hood, that 'of all the sports ever sported commend me to angling, it being in the opinion of both, ' the wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best, the safest, cheapest, and, in all likelihood, the oldest of pastimes. It is a one-handed game that would have suited Adam himself; it was the only one in which Noah could have amused himself in the Ark. Hunting and shooting come in second and third. The common phrase, « fish, flesh, and fowl," hints clearly at this order of precedence. Such was the cordial belief of our departed friend, he not only agreed that ' angling comes by nature,' but it was < in his system, as the doc- tors say. His experience, like our own, was, that he certainly ^be- came acquainted with the angling rod next after the birchen one . — Spirit of the Times, obituary. 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Within the first autumnal month commences the Striped Basse fishing: those who delight in this branch of the Angling art, should watch their old haunts and be oil* at the first run of these favorite fish. The Black Basse, Perch, Pickerel, and all descriptions of fresh and salt water fish are angled for with eood success during this month. The largest Trout. — A few years ago, a man by the name of Penny, whilst fishing for trout through the ice on White Lake, Sulli- van Co., in the month of March, hooked a very large trout, which he with great difficulty brought to the surface of the ice ; when just at this point of success, with his prize suspended between air, ice, and water, some part of the tackle parted, and his majesty was near regaining his native element, but, by the presence of mind and activity of the fisher- man, he was again seized, and when brought out weighed 7f lbs. The fish was taken to Newburgh and sold, and afterwards presented to a gentleman of that place for his Easter dinner. Two portraits were painted of him by C. W. Tice, the celebrated game painter of New- burgh. One is in possession of a gentleman of the latter place, and one in the citv of New York. Antiquity of Angling. — The earliest authentic information we have of Angling, as an amusement, can be dated as far back as the days of the Romans. Trajan, the Roman Emperor, is mentioned as one who loved Angling, and also, if we may credit history, of eating his day's sport in epicurean style. Plutarch, also, speaks of Mark Antony and Cleopatra, as using Angling as a principal recreation. — "Angler's Guide." oo co to to ggggggggg*;»;SHiiSSS--^i "?.» S5 K? p -i > er — ' GO 3 — ta Blj: CO w> I s| in CO CO -4 — ' *.* o> — tor 1 Cn — A. CO r/, 00 00 i- oo — . re 3- 3- ev p S £t CsaaCiOS001C*CSCl010lCaOSOOSO*OSClCSG30SWClO»SlClCiOSOS6C«jSjrtC/3 K^^^g^ilg£ Sag5S^oS:z:5^Q t g D< t gi^-. 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OCTOBER. This is the best month in the year for Striped Basse or Rock Fish Angling. The Basse Angler should be on the alert and let no favorable opportunity pass while this delightful month runs its course. He should be well supplied with stout tackle adapted to the largest sized fish, for if he do not take them during this month his chance will be less in the next. The southern Angler again puts his house in order for his sport- ing season, and the last sport is had for the season among the various fresh and salt water fish at the north. Beware of Sharks. — Some people who fish in bays and rivers are in the habit of stringing their game on a piece of stout cord, and hang- ing them over the side of the boat ; and some sharks are in the habit, when they- see such a good chance for indulging their rapacious appe- tite, of gulping down the whole mess, without leave or license. The day's sport has, in many instances, been thus carried off. The best way of taking care of your mess is to put them immediately into your basket, or if you have no basket, let them remain in the bottom of the boat until you are ready to go on shore. Fish do not keep any better by being put in the water after they are dead, and very few survive any length of time after being strung and put overboard. Next to keeping them in ice, the best method is to lay them between layers of grass, hay, or straw. A word to the wise, &c. Shad by Telegraph. — The following dialogue occurred in a barber's shop, between a green one from the country and a celebrated joker. " I understand," says the green one, " that they are selling shad here (in the month of February), at the eating houses. How is that ? I thought they didn't catch 'em till May." " Oh !" says the joker, " they get them from the south." " From the south !" answers the surprised one. " How do they get them from the south ?" 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If the weather he mild in this month, the same sport is had as in the last, and while the northern sportsman winds up his line, as he expects, every time as winter approaches with chilly apprehension, for the last time, his more southern brother of the rod looks forward with bright prospects for the future. Nine months of the year patient Angling is sufficient to satisfy the most enthusiastic disciple of Walton. Should he not be satisfied let him step on board a New Orleans packet, troll along the ocean as he goes, and try more southern climes, and if he be in pursuit of health as well as sport he can angle for a twelvemonth. Sie Walter Scott's opinion of Salmon Fishing. — " Salmon fishing is to all other kinds of Angling, as buck shooting to shooting of any meaner description. The Salmon is, in this particular, the king of fish. It requires a dexterous hand, and an accurate eye, to raise and strike him ; and when this is achieved, the sport is only begun, where, even in Trout, unless in cases of unusually lively and strong fish, it is at once commenced and ended. Indeed the most sprightly Trout that ever was hooked, shows mere child's play in comparison to a fresh-run Sal- mon. There is all the difference which exists between coursing the hare and running the fox. The pleasure and suspense are of twenty times the duration, the address and strength required are infinitely greater, the prize, when attained, not only more honorable, but more valuable. The hazards of failure are also a hundred fold multiplied ; the instinct of the Salmon leads to the singular efforts to escape, which must be met and foiled by equal promptitude on the part of the Angler." Fecundity of the Cod. — One of the most important features in this fish, is its astonishing fecundity. 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Sport is continued during this month by the enthusiastic northern and western sportsmen, by cutting holes through the ice, while at the south and south-west, more genial climes produce the regular cata- logue of game for the season. Those who conclude to put by their tackle should see that all their equipments are free from dampness, and that they are placed where they will not get too dry, or they will want many repairs before being again fit for use. Shark Story. — Sharks are very abundant this season, and hundreds of them are daily taken by the fishermen of Martha's Vineyard. But the greatest quantity ever taken by one boat, atone time, was by Wm. B. Chadwick, accompanied by William Milton, Esq., of Boston. These gentlemen succeeded in taking forty, from 10 to 12 feet in length, on an average. Mr. Milton was very successful in catching the sharks, pulling in 17 with his own hands. He also caught, at the same time, with a shark hook, an extra large blue fish. One shark, taken on the same day, by another boat, weighed 500 pounds. That strangers may have some idea of these sharks, we would state that one was caught in this town, last year, which had swallowed a fellow shark of over one yard in length, the tail of which was visible in the monster's mouth. — Vineijard Gazette. p IKE . — A Pike is a prince in his own liquid country, and like a universal monarch, can command all the regiments of the scaled army ; can lord it over all his vassals, and, like a potent tyrant, can enslave all the residents in his own territories, without the least resistance. — Nobbs. The Pike, according to German authors, is said to live upwards of two hundred and fifty years. Admiral Lord Nelson was so passionately fond of the sport of an- gling that he used the rod for many years with his left hand, after he had lost his right. 28 THE ANGLER'S ALMANAC. FISHING AT NEW YORK AND VICINITY. February. — In the month of February Anglers at New York and Long Island begin to set their house in order against the commencement of the sea- son. On the first of the month ensuing Trout is the first fish in season, and those who know the grounds, without much regard to the weather, are off for the following places : March. — Trout. — Spring Creek, near the race course : this was formerly a very good fishing-ground, but being very near the city is shorn of some of its former honors, as far as regards this favorite fish ; nevertheless there are a few more left of the same sort, as the Razor Strop Man says, and the early birds catch the worms. Those who take the first opportunity often succeed in getting a good mess. The other places are favorite spots for the Trout Angler. There are good public houses near to all the grounds, well kept by gentlemanly land- lords, who are very attentive to their sporting friends. We enumerate Hemp- stead, Oyster Bay, Patchogue, Babylon, Islip, and Fire Place. The sport con- tinues on the Island until the month of August. In the months of June and July, large quantities of Trout are taken at the Beaver Kill, the Calikoon, and other streams, in Sullivan County, and in all the western and northern counties as far north as, and including, Hamilton County. April. — Flounders, Tom Cods, and Basse, or Rock Fish. — The two former of these fish are generally taken early in the month, and also in the previous month, in Harlem River, at McComb's Dam, at most of the Basse fishing- grounds, and at the docks of the city. About the first of the month, and often before, if the weather be favorable, the Basse commence taking the hook at Kingsbridge, and soon after at McComb's Dam, Newtown Creek, in the Passaic and Hackensack Rivers, at Staten Island, and on the Jersey Flats. May. — Basse and Black Fish. — Basse can be taken during this month at the following places : Kingsbridge, Pelham Bridge, McComb's Dam, Passaic River, Hackensack River, Jersey City, Communipaw, Port Richmond, Bergen Point, Newark Bay, Newtown Creek, Manhattanville, Fort Washington, Croton River, Gowanus Creek ; and Black Fish at Harlem River, Hurlgate, New Ro- chelle, Mamaroneck, Robins's Reef, Black Tom on Jersey Flats, Port Rich- mond, Fort Diamond, Atlantic Dock, Oyster Pond Point, L. I., Staten Island Bluffs, The Monument or Dumb Beacon, and the different wrecks in the Lower Bay. Angling for Black Fish, at the above-mentioned places, continues good until late in the fall. June, July, and August. — Basse, Black Fish, and Weak Fish (Squeleague). — The greatest amount of Fishing in this month is done with the two last men- tioned descriptions, little being done among the Basse. Weak Fish are taken in great abundance at the usual Basse grounds above mentioned, but the favorite places are in the North River opposite the Flag Staff on the Battery, at Man- hattanville, in Buttermilk Channel opposite Governor's Island, at the Old Hancock Wreck near Staten Island, and other wrecks in the Lower Bay. September, October, and November. — Weak Fish, Black Fish, and Basse. — Good sport is had during these months with the Weak Fish and Black Fish at the before mentioned places, but the favorite sport is Basse, the largest fish and the greatest quantity being taken during these months, October gene- rally (weather favorable) being considered the best of the three. They are taken at all the places hefore mentioned, and also at the docks about the city generally. The best places are Harlem River, Hellgate, Croton River, Passaic River, Novelty Docks, Wallabout, Manhattanville, Port Richmond, Cavern Point, Jersey Flats, and Piermont. THE ANGLER'S ALMANAC. 29 ANGLING EXTRA, 1846 & '47. A Coney Island Fish.— Some day or two ago, a gentleman of this city, accompanied by several friends, carried a seine down to Coney bland, with the intention of having a little sport. The seine was dropped, and the dragging commenced. As the net approached the shore, a huge monster of a fish was seen occasionally darting from point to point, with fearful rapidity. He had discovered his danger, but it was too late. J [e was soon entangled in the cun- ning meshes, and dragged " high and dry" upon the beach ; when, to the aston- ishment of our amateur fishermen, their prize proved to be a " ravenous salt sea shark" eight feet long ! The despot of the deep was soon laid open by the knives of his captors, and ten small fish, each about a foot in length, and all alive and kicking! were taken from his inside. But the surprise of our sportsmen was still further increased, when in throwing the youngsters into the water, they darted off into the " deep sea," as if nothing had occurred. Now here is a ques- tion for naturalists — were these latter the young of the shark, or were they the shark's purveyors, the pilot fish ? Trout Fishing. — The sportsmen are down among the brooks of Lonk that should be in the hands of every angler."— Courier Sf Enquirer. " The contents of this book are collected from various sources, including conversation with ex- perienced American anglers, and they are neatly digested in this little volume. It is worthy the attention of all brethren of the rod and angle." — Evening Post. "This work could not have been presented to the public at a more seasonable time. We should suppose it to be indispensable to the amateur. It possesses all the information requisite to enable any one to pursue this healthful recreation successfully." — Golden Rule.. " We have received from John J. Blown & Co., of 102 Fulton-st., the second edition of the abovo work. Being an ardent disciple of 'Old 1/aak,' we hail the appearance of this volume as a new era in the sciente of angling in this country, and the very fact of the publishers issuing a second edition within a year from its first appearance, speiks more in its favor than the most studied eulo- gitiuis. It gives full directions for taking all of the tinny tribe that are fit for the table, in a style at once pleasing and instructive. " We would advise all who are fond of the sport, and can possibly get out of the city, to go to John J. Brown, 1-2'i Fulton-st., and let him tit you out with proper tackle (and he can do it. he can), and go and enjoy a lew days' sport with the rod and line. Our word for it you'll not repent of it." — A' V. Former 4 Mechanic. "It is a work full of practical knowledge, and one which corroborates many an impression we have formed before now in our experiments with the rod. Every angler should possess it." — Sport- ing Rambler. " A book that deserves more credit than it has received, for it contains much sound information, nnd, with the exception of the Sportsman's Manual, is the only book of good counsel on the subject as yet brought out by an American."— American Editor of Walton. " It embraces the opinions and practice of the various English writers on Angling, from Walton down to the present time, with such additional information as could be gathered from American books and American sportsmen. The work is written in plain and simple language, and Is mainly restricted to the description of fishes most generally angled for in the United States, although the (mules of angling adopted in till countries are given in detail." — Kniekcrboekt r .Magazine. THE COMPLETE A X G L E R , BY 1/AAK WALTON AND CHARLES COTTON. With copious Notes, for the most part original ; a Bibliographical Preface, giving an account of fishing anil fishing book-, from tin.- earliest antiquity to the time of Wallop. ; and a notice of Cotton and his Writings, by the American Editor. In two volumes with paper covers at 62J cents per volume, or in one volume handsomely bound in cloth at $1 75. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS III II I II II 002 881 959 6 ( *j =