. The American angler. Fishing. 142 I'lie American Ans'lcr "1. A CAPE COD rOND. Marshfield home, he could be found in his boat, with a veteran sailor and fisher as companion, up and away long before day on a visit to some one of the numerous ledges or grounds of the Bay waters, or lingering until long after " sim-up " along the banks, content with any form of success in his adventures and enjoying all the scenes and their accompanying incidents with a true sportsman's appreciation. When thus boating and fishing upon the Bay, or chasing the deer in Plymouth and Sandwich Woods wit
. The American angler. Fishing. 142 I'lie American Ans'lcr "1. A CAPE COD rOND. Marshfield home, he could be found in his boat, with a veteran sailor and fisher as companion, up and away long before day on a visit to some one of the numerous ledges or grounds of the Bay waters, or lingering until long after " sim-up " along the banks, content with any form of success in his adventures and enjoying all the scenes and their accompanying incidents with a true sportsman's appreciation. When thus boating and fishing upon the Bay, or chasing the deer in Plymouth and Sandwich Woods with congenial com- panions, Mr. Webster relished these features of his life experiences with a zest that never left him to the end. The ledges and banks and grounds that thus furnished sport for the im- mortal Webster are to be found in in- finite variety of existence, situation and formation, off every part of the coasts of Southeastern Massachusetts ; and the fishing off the south shore is a type of that to be found under similar condi- tions and circumstances off Plymouth, the Cape shores, and in the Sound and Bay waters all about that section. At the same time, particular localities present almost always some fea- tural attraction for the sports- man and amateur fisherman. wSmelt, lobster and the like are especially present, both as re gards quality and quantity, within and about Massachusetts Bay waters; tautog may be sought with a certainty of suc- cess—and sea bass also—in A'ineyard Sound and Holmes Hole waters; scup abound in I>uzzards Bay in the spring and summer seasons, and bluefish, the princely game-fish of the Southern New England coasts, are to be found in the perfection of the sport of its seeking off the Cape Cod shores and in the troubled waters aroimd the islands of Nantucket and the Vineyard. The coast fishing for this variety in every part of upper Barnstable County, or Cape Cod, is full of attractions for many fishermen. Hast thou, O lover of sports p
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