American Fish And How To Catch Them. A Hand-Book For Fishing | by W. C. Weidemeyer- The author of this volume has taken pains to make it a practical
manual for amateur as well as professional anglers. The disciple of
Isaak Walton will find that, while the subject matter is condensed and
made free from technicality and literary extension, nothing of value
has been omitted. The work covers a ground embraced by no other
volume, and will prove valuable as a reference-book to all lovers of
the gentle art.
The extent of the territory and waters referred to does not range
beyond the inland streams and sea-coast of our Eastern and Middle
States. Apart from a few kinds of fish that swim in the great chain of
Northern Lakes, save Black Freshwater Bass and Pike-Perch, hardly
anyvarieties occur inland, toward the Mississippi River, that draw the
attention of either naturalist or angler. Not until the shores of the
far Pacific are reached does angling again become remunerative and
interesting.
