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Identifier: annualreport891901021newy (find matches)
Title: Annual report
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: New York (State). Forest, Fish and Game Commission
Subjects: Forests and forestry Fisheries Game and game-birds
Publisher: (Albany, N.Y. : The Commission)
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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An old-time sanitarium.
Stillwater on the Beaver River.
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good fishing is the silver lining. The less cloud,however, the better. The camp, if possible, should face toward the prevailingbreeze. That drives away some thousands of the pests. Sunlight, to make thecamp dry, is desirable. A breezy, sunlit camp, near a good spring of water,facing a pleasant view, near good fishing grounds, is a joy forever — in memoryas well as realization. The game fish of the Adirondacks, until recently, were all of the troutfamily. The black bass is a new comer, and he came because he had to. Hewas drafted to fill the depleted ranks of the trout. Perhaps he continues theprocess of thinning out the trout — which the lumberman began and the multitudecontinued. It probably depends largely on conditions. If he can otherwise getall the food he wants, quite likely he will not seriously disturb the spawningbeds of the trout or chase to their death the troutlings. But the black bass is aglorious fighter, game to the last, and the sportsman will not quarrel with his
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FISHES AND FISHING IN THE ADIRONDACKS. 279 coming in waters that practically have ceased to be inhabited by trout. A finefeature in Adirondack fishing certainly has been added. The great enemy of the trout is the wicked pickerel. Anathema MaranatJia!say all sportsmen, upon the heads of the villains who for revenge or from pure,unadulterated accursedness have introduced this fish demon into the happy homeof the trout family! How to catch trout, is the question the beginner asks, and the answers willdepend on various facts — seasons, waters, weather, times of day, and amountand quality of food the fish are having, and the mood of the fish themselves.Then, again, the ardent fly fisherman will decry bait fishing; the bait fishermanwill boast of his catches and tell you that his basket contains the larger and morenumerous fish. Again, the fly caster will descant upon flies learnedly and show yousuch a variety that you will wonder how he learned so much of the tastesand preferences of the

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