. American fish-culture [microform] : embracing all the details of artificial breeding and rearing of trout, the culture of salmon, shad and other fishes. Fish culture; Fishes; Oyster-culture; Pisciculture; Poissons; Ostréiculture. CULTURE OF THE SHAD. 177 from the rivers that furnish these fish, come every spring and take away immense numbers of them. " One of the greatest hauls with a seine that I ever heard of, was made by a fisherman on the Potomac near Dumfries, Va. With one sweep of his long net he en- compassed a school which supplied all applicants. He sold them as long as they wo
. American fish-culture [microform] : embracing all the details of artificial breeding and rearing of trout, the culture of salmon, shad and other fishes. Fish culture; Fishes; Oyster-culture; Pisciculture; Poissons; Ostréiculture. CULTURE OF THE SHAD. 177 from the rivers that furnish these fish, come every spring and take away immense numbers of them. " One of the greatest hauls with a seine that I ever heard of, was made by a fisherman on the Potomac near Dumfries, Va. With one sweep of his long net he en- compassed a school which supplied all applicants. He sold them as long as they would bring a price, and then, after furnishing tiiem to the people of the immediate neighbor- hood without charge, lifted his net and allowed the remain- der of the imprisoned fish to escape. " The herring will occasionally take a bait, and on a sun- shiny day in May, when the wind is from the south, will jump at a piece of red flannel tied to a hook. An old Scotch merchant of x\ew York-a superannuated t^out- fisher—some years back was in the habit of fishing for fchem with a fly, from the decks of vessels in the East ;. M. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Norris, Thaddeus, 1811-1877. Philadelphia : Porter & Coates; London : S. Low
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