. With rod and gun in New England and the Maritime provinces [microform]. Hunting; Fishing; Hunting; Fishing; Chasse; Pêche sportive; Chasse; Pêche sportive. and the Maritime Provinces. V ^ U is strictly a sca-lish. i)ein{; very rarely found in brackish waters, and it generally locates for the summer on the rocky reefs, where there are mussel-beds and growths of kelp and sea weed, such as ai)oimd in Vineyard sound and lUizzard's bay. It makes its tirst appearance at Martha's Vine- yard early in May and remains about our shores until late in the autumn, when it returns to the deep water for t
. With rod and gun in New England and the Maritime provinces [microform]. Hunting; Fishing; Hunting; Fishing; Chasse; Pêche sportive; Chasse; Pêche sportive. and the Maritime Provinces. V ^ U is strictly a sca-lish. i)ein{; very rarely found in brackish waters, and it generally locates for the summer on the rocky reefs, where there are mussel-beds and growths of kelp and sea weed, such as ai)oimd in Vineyard sound and lUizzard's bay. It makes its tirst appearance at Martha's Vine- yard early in May and remains about our shores until late in the autumn, when it returns to the deep water for the winter. It is a bottom feeder, and a voracious one, but is not as destructive to other (ish as an; the scjueteague and bluetish, its food consisting chiefly of crustaceans and small shell fish. It is a (|uick, greedy biter, and will accept almost any l)ait, a piece of quahaug, clam, or a strip of menhaden being apparently as attractive as the most dainty bit of sheddar-crab, or lobster. It is generally taken with a hand-line, but when a rod is used the angler linds, if a large tish is hooked and played, considerable sport before it is landed; the rod, however, must be a stout one, for the tish is a heavy puller, hugging down to the bottom in a most dogged manner and tugging away from the boat with a strength that is truly astonishing. It does not, however, make quick runs like those of the scpieteague, and it never leaps above the surface. All along the New Jersey shore it is quite a favorite species, both with rod and hand-line fishermen, and all sorts of crafts are utilized to carry the anglers out to the "banks" where the bass abound. In the height of the season it is not an uncommon occurrence to see fifty or more yachts or other boats lying at anchor at some favorite locality, and even steamers I. â Mi m ThK SCUP, or SCUl' Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - co
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