Albula vulpes,ladyfish, 355,361.Ambloplites rupestris, rock-bass,2,52Anchovy, banded,320,big,320silver,320Angel-fish,384,description,385,tackle and fishing,386Angling, fresh-water,341,salt-water,341Anisotremus virginicus, pork-fish,323,334.Aplodinotus grunniens, fresh-water drum,232.Archoplites interruptus, Sacramento perch,2,57Archosargus probatocephalus, sheepshead,251,252Arctic grayling,176coloration,177,178description,177,178Argyrosomus artedi sisco, cisco,204,207Artificial flies,20,21rules for,21Artificial key to pike species,121,122Bachelor,80Balistes carolinensis, turbot,390Banded pickerel,121description,154tackle and fishing,155Bank lick bass,73Barb,221Bar-fish,80Bass, bank lick,73big-fin,74black, large-mouth,30black, small-mouth,3brassy,90calico,73family,85fresh-water striped,86grass,73Lake Erie,74rock,52,115sea,115sea, Gulf,119sea, southern,118silver,73strawberry,73striped,96white,86white lake,86yellow,90Bastard margaret,330Bastard weakfish,221description,221habits and habitat,222Beach-fleas,321Bermuda chub,382description,382tackle and fishing,383,384Besugo,231Big-fin bass,74Bitter-head,74Black-bass, small-mouth,3description,1-6,gameness,10-15.Black-bass [continued]—habits and habitat,7-9,tackle and fishing,15-29.Black-bass, large-mouth,30description,31gameness,34,35habits and habitat,32-43,spawning and nesting,33-43,tackle and fishing,36-52.Blackfish,115Black grunt,323description,323tackle and fishing,326Black harry,115Black sea-bass,115Black sunfish,58Black will,115Blue bream,62Bluefish,115Blue gill,62Blue perch,264Blue sunfish,62description,62tackle and fishing,64Bodianus fulvus, nigger-fish,287,300Bone-fish,355,361Bonito,282description,282tackle and fishing,283Bony-fish,361Boy and tobacco-box,67Boyhood days,72Bream, blue,62copper-nosed,62red-breast,68Bridge perch,74Bubbler,232Burgall,264Calamus arctifrons, grass porgy,348,353Calamus bajonado, jolt-head porgy,347,348Calamus calamus, saucer-eye porgy,348,350Calamus proridens, little-head porgy,348,352Calico-bass,73description,74habits and habitat,75tackle and fishing,75-78Campbellite,80Cancer, common crab genus,320Cape May goody,231Carangidæ, cavallifamily,306Carangus crysos, runner,306,307Carangus latus, horse-eye jack,306,310Carp, German,236leather,237mirror,237scale,237Catfish, blue,247channel,244chuckle-head,247eel,247family,244forked-tail,247white,245willow,247Cavalli family,306Centrarchidæ, sunfish family,1Centropomus undecimalis, snook,366Centropristes ocyurus, Gulf sea-bass,119Centropristes philadelphicus, southern sea-bass,118Centropristes striatus, sea-bass,96,115Cero,278description,278habits and habitat,278,279tackle and fishing,279-281.Chænobryttus gulosus, warmouth,2,58Chætodipterus faber, angel-fish,384Chætodipterus faber, angel-fish,384Channel catfish,244description,245tackle and fishing,245-247.Channel fishes,316tackle and bait,317,318Chincapin perch,74Chogset,264Chopa blanca,231Chub,231Cisco,207description,208tackle and fishing,209,210Clupeidæ, herring family,319Cobia,373description,374tackle and fishing,375,376Cobió,375Commercial fishing, Key West,316,317Common sunfish,69description,70tackle and fishing,71-73Conchs,318Conclusion,393Coney,286,299description,299tackle and fishing,300Copper-nosed bream,62Coral fishes,328polyps,328reefs,327,389,390Coralline formation, Florida reefs,316Coregonus williamsoni, Rocky Mountain whitefish,203,204Coregonus williamsoni cis-montanus,204,205Crab, common,320fiddler,320hermit,320lady,320mud,320spider,320stone,320Crappie,73,79-80description,80,81tackle and fishing,82,83Croaker,226,232description,226,227tackle and fishing,228Crocus,227Croppie,73,80Cunner,263,264description,264tackle and fishing,265,266Cynoscion nebulosus, spotted weakfish,376Cynoscion nothus, bastard weakfish,221Cynoscion regalis, weakfish,214,215Cynoscion thalassinus, deep-sea weakfish,381Cypress trees, giant,61,62Cyprinidæ, minnow family,236Cyprinus carpio, German carp,236Darky and catfish,248Deep-sea weakfish,381description,381tackle and fishing,381Diplectrum formosum, sand-fish,287,303Dog snapper,344description,344tackle and fishing,345Drum family,213,232fresh-water,232Eastern pickerel,149description,149,150tackle and fishing,151,152Elops saurus, ten-pounder,361Engraulididæ, anchovy family,319,320Epinephelus adscensionis, rock hind,286,295Epinephelus adscensionis, rock hind,286,295Epinephelus guttatus, red hind,286,297Esocidæ, pike family,120Esox americanus, banded pickerel,121,154Esox lucius, pike,121,137Esox nobilior, mascalonge,120,121,122Esox reticulatus, eastern pickerel,121,149Esox vermiculatus, western pickerel,121,153Eupagurus, hermit crab genus,320Eupomotis gibbosus, common sunfish,3,69Fascination of the float,71Fishes not sensitive to pain,114Fishing through ice,145,146with the cork,72Flasher,371Flatfish,266Float, fascination of,71Florida Keys,341Flounder,263,266description,266,267tackle and fishing,268Fresh-water drumfish,232description,232,233tackle and fishing,234,235Frozen fish reviving,78,79,147Gag,285,287description,288tackle and fishing,289-290Gammurus, shrimp genus,321Gaspergou,232Gelasimus, fiddler crab genus,320Generals Sheridan and Stager,77German carp,236description,236-238tackle and fishing,238-243Giant cypress trees,61,62Goggle-eye,53perch,74,80Goody,228Cape May,231Grass-bass,73Grass porgy,353description,353tackle and fishing,354Grayling, Arctic,176description,176,177fishing,178Grayling, English,174fishing,191,197-201Grayling, Michigan,178fishing,179scarcity of,179-181Grayling, Montana,181description,184,185gameness,185,186propagation of,194,195tackle and fishing,188-193Gribble,321Grouper family,285yellow-finned,286,294Grunt, black,323boar,327common,321,323family,321French,331gray,331margate,329s ow,324white,329yellow,322,326Gulf sea-bass,119description,119habits and habitat,119Gymnosarda pelamis, oceanic bonito,283Hæmulidæ, grunt family,321Hæmulon album, margate-fish,322,328Hæmulon album, margate-fish,322,328Hæmulon flavolineatum, French grunt,331Hæmulon macrostomum, gray grunt,331Hæmulon parra, sailor's choice,322,330Hæmulon plumieri, black grunt,321,323Hæmulon sciurus, yellow grunt,322,326Hannahills,115Hard-tail,309Henshall rod,25Hind, brown,296John Paw,296red,286,297rock,286,295spotted,296Hippa, sand-bug genus,321Hog-fish,331,333Holocentrus ascensionis, squirrel-fish,388Horse-eye Jack,306,310description,310tackle and fishing,310Hybrids,309Ichthyophagous dog,284Ictalurus anguilla, eel-cat,247Ictalurus furcatus, chuckle-head cat,247Ictalurus punctatus, channel-cat,244Jack, horse-eye,310Jack salmon,157Jolt-head porgy,348description,348,349tackle and fishing,350Jurel,309Key to pike species,121,122Kingfish,221description,222-224tackle and fishing,224,225Kingfish-mackerel,279,280Knot, for leader,19jam, for eyed hook,19Kyphosus sectatrix, Bermuda chub,382Lady anglers,148,149Lady-fish,355Lafayette,228description,229tackle and fishing,230,231Lagodon rhomboides, pin-fish,330,386Lake Erie bass,74Lake-herring,207Lake-sheepshead,232Lamplighter,74Lane snapper,339description,340habits and habitat,341Large-mouth black-bass,30Leather-fish,390Leiostomus xanthurus, Lafayette,214,228Lepomis auritus, red-breast sunfish,67Lepomis megalotis, long-eared sunfish,65Lepomis pallidus, blue sunfish,62Lewis and Clark,181-183Libinia, spider crab genus,320Limnoria, gribble genus,321Little Giant rod,101,102Little-head porgy,352description,352tackle and fishing,353Lobotes pacificus, berrugate,371Lobotes surinamensis, triple-tail,370Long-eared sunfish,65description,65tackle and fishing,66Lucky stones,233Lutianidæ, snapper family,336Lutianus analis, mutton-fish,347Lutianus analis, mutton-fish,347Lutianus apodus, schoolmaster,338,345Lutianus aya, red snapper,337,342Lutianus griseus, mangrove snapper,347Lutianus jocu, dog snapper,337,344Lutianus synagris, lane snapper,337,339Mackerel family,272kingfish,279Spanish,273Margate fish,328description,328,329tackle and fishing,330Mascalonge,122coloration,127-129description,126,127distribution,126nomenclature,122-126tackle and fishing,132-135Maskinonge,124Menippe, stone crab genus,320Menticirrhus americanus, whiting,225Menticirrhus littoralis, silver whiting,225Menticirrhus saxatilis, kingfish,221Michigan grayling,178Micropogon undulatus, croaker,214,226Micropterus dolomieu, small-mouthblack-bass,1,3Micropterus salmoides, large-mouthblack-bass,2,30Minnow family,236Minnow gangs,143Montana grayling,181Morone americana, white-perch,95,110Morone interrupta, yellow-bass,90Mud-dab,266Mugil cephalus, common mullet,319Mugil curema, white mullet,319Mugil trichodon, fan-tail mullet,319Mugilidæ, mullet family,319Mullet, common,319fan-tail,319whirligig,319white,319Multiplying reel, invention of,13Muskellunge,125Mycteroperca falcata phenax, scamp,286,291Mycteroperca microlepis, gag,285,287Mycteroperca venenosa, yellow-fin grouper,286,294Newlight,80Nigger-fish,287,300description,300,301tackle and fishing,302Not all of fishing to fish,92-94Oceanic bonito,283Ocyurus chrysurus, yellow-tail,336,338Orchestia, beach-flea genus,321Orthopristis chrysopterus, pig-fish,322,330,331Osmerus mordax, smelt,263,269Osprey on the fly,64Palinurus, sea-crawfish genus,318Palæmonetes, prawn genus,321Panopeus, mud crab genus,320Perca flavescens, yellow-perch,165Perch, black,371blue,264bridge,74chincapin,74family,156goggle-eye,74,80pike,157raccoon,166red-bellied,68red-bellied,68ringed,166Sacramento,57warmouth,58white,110,234yellow,165Percidæ, perch family,156Permit,312Petrometopon cruentatus, coney,286,299Pickerel, banded,154brook,154eastern,149great northern,137Long Island,154reticulated,149western,153Pig-fish,322,330,331description,331,332tackle and fishing,333Pike,137description,137-140fishing through ice,144-146tackle and fishing,141-147Pike family,120glass-eyed,157gray,164rattlesnake,164sand,164wall-eyed,157yellow,157Pike-perch,157description,157-160night fishing,162tackle and fishing,161-163Pikes, key to,121,122Pin-fish,386description,386,387tackle and fishing,387Piscatorial polemic,44Platyonichus, lady crab genus,320Pomoxis annularis, crappie,3,79Pomoxis sparoides, calico-bass,3,73Pompano,311description,311-314best of food-fishes,312,314tackle and fishing,313,314Pompano, common,307,311gaff top-sail,312permit,312round,312Porgy,259big-head,347,348family,347grass,348,353jolt-head,348little-head,348,352saucer-eye,348,350Pork-fish,323,334description,334,335tackle and fishing,335Prawn,321Pseudopleuronectes americanus, flounder,263,266Pumpkin-seed,69Pyrula, mollusk genus,318,339Querimana gyrans, whirligig mullet,319Razor back,74Record fly-casting,16Red-bellied perch,68Red-breast bream,68Red-breast sunfish,67Red-eye,53Red hind,286,297description,297tackle and fishing,298Red snapper,342description,342tackle and fishing,343,344Red sunfish,67Reel, click,17Reel, multiplying,13Roach,231Roccus chrysops, white-bass,86Roccus lineatus, striped-bass,95,96Roccus lineatus, striped-bass,95,96Rock,96Rock-bass,52description,53tackle and fishing,54-57Rockfish,96Rock hind,286,295description,295,296tackle and fishing,297Rocky Mountain whitefish,204description,204tackle and fishing,205,206Rod, Henshall,25Little Giant,101,102Rovallia,366Rules for artificial flies,21Runner,306,307description,307tackle and fishing,308Sac-a-lait,80Sacramento perch,57description,57tackle and fishing,58Sailor's choice,330,331,386description,330tackle and fishing,331Salmon family,203Salmonidæ,203Sand-bug,321Sand-fish,287,303description,303tackle and fishing,304Sarda sarda, bonito,273,282Sardine, silver,319striped,319Sardinella humeralis, silver sardine,319Sardinella sardinia, striped sardine,319Saucer-eye porgy,350description,351tackle and fishing,352Sauger,164description,165tackle and fishing,165Scamp,286,291description,292tackle and fishing,293Schoolmaster,345description,345,346tackle and fishing,347Sciænidæ, drum family,213,232Scomberomorus cavalla, kingfish,279,280Scomberomorus maculatus, Spanish mackerel,272,273Scomberomorus regalis, cero,272,278Scombridæ, mackerel family,272Scup,259description,260tackle and fishing,261Scuppaug,259Sea-bass,115description,115,116tackle and fishing,117,118Sea-bass, family,95,285black,115Gulf,119southern,118Sea-crawfish,318Sergeant-fish,366,374Serranidæ, bass family,85,95,285Shad,80Sheepshead,252description,252-254tackle and fishing,255-259Sheepshead family,251lake,232Sheridan and Stager,77Shrimp,321Siluridæ, catfish family,244Silver-bass,74Small-mouth black-bass,3Smelt,263,269description,269tackle and fishing,270,271tackle and fishing,270,271Snapper, black,371dog,337,344family,336lane,337,339red,337,342schoolmaster,338,345Snook,366description,366,367tackle and fishing,368-370Southern sea-bass,118description,118habits and habitat,119Spade-fish,385Spanish mackerel,273description,273-275tackle and fishing,276-278Sparidæ, porgy family,251,347Speckled perch,74,80Spot,228Spotted weakfish,376description,377,378tackle and fishing,379,380Squeteague,215Squirrel-fish,388description,388tackle and fishing,389Stenotomus chrysops, scup,251,259Stenotomus aculeatus, fair maid,259Stizostedion canadense, sauger,156,164Stizostedion vitreum, pike-perch,156,157Stolephorus brownii, big anchovy,320Stolephorus mitchilli, silver anchovy,320Stolephorus perfasciatus, banded anchovy,320Strawberry-bass,73Striped-bass,96description,96-100f ly-fishing,109still-fishing,101surf-fishing,104-108tools and tackle,101-105Strombus, mollusk genus,318,339Sunfish, black,58blue,62common,69family,1long-eared,65red-breast,67Susquehanna salmon,157Tally-wag,119Tautogolabrus adspersus, cunner,263,264Ten-pounder,361description,361,362tackle and fishing,363-365Thunder-pumper,233Thymallidæ, grayling family,173Thymallus montanus, Montana grayling,173,181Thymallus signifer, Arctic grayling,173,176Thymallus tricolor, Michigan grayling,173,178Tip-ups,146Tobacco-box,65Toboggan episode,92-94Trachinotus carolinus, common pompano,307,311Trachinotus falcatus, round pompano,312Trachinotus glaucus, gaff top-sail pompano,312Trachinotus goodei, permit pompano,312Triple-tail,370description,370,371tackle and fishing,372Trolling-spoon,141-143Turbot,390description,390,391habits and habitat,392habits and habitat,392Wall-eyed pike,157Warmouth perch,58description,58,59tackle and fishing,60-62Weakfish,215description,215-217tackle and fishing,218-220Weakfish, bastard,221deep-sea,381northern,214spotted,376Western pickerel,153description,153tackle and fishing,154White-bass,86description,86tackle and fishing,87-89Whitefish, Rocky Mountain,204White lake-bass,86White-perch,110,234description,110,111tackle and fishing,112,113Whiting,221Wonders of the sea,327,389,390Yellow-bass,90description,90,91tackle and fishing,92Yellow-finned grouper,294description,294habits and habitat,295Yellow grunt,326description,326tackle and fishing,327Yellow-perch,165description,165-167tackle and fishing,168-172Yellow-tail,338description,338tackle and fishing,339Youthful angling,72