. The fishes of the east Atlantic coast, that are caught with hook and line. dreds. The shad does not, however, possess the same interest for the fish-erman as does the mossbunker. The shad is found all along the Atlantic Coast from Florida toNewport; in fact the fish is seen all over the world; in Europeanrivers and in China waters. The migration of shad commences in Spring at the Florida coast,and as the fish move northward they increase in size and in which first reach the New York market come from the shoresof the Carolinas. The first North River shad was caught and takento Fu
. The fishes of the east Atlantic coast, that are caught with hook and line. dreds. The shad does not, however, possess the same interest for the fish-erman as does the mossbunker. The shad is found all along the Atlantic Coast from Florida toNewport; in fact the fish is seen all over the world; in Europeanrivers and in China waters. The migration of shad commences in Spring at the Florida coast,and as the fish move northward they increase in size and in which first reach the New York market come from the shoresof the Carolinas. The first North River shad was caught and takento Fulton market April 10. From that date onward to July 1st thefish are taken by thousands and get to be very cheap. At the closeof the run Connecticut River shad are brought in and bring fancyprices, as they have a far more delicate flavor than those calledSouthern shad. The shad run in from the ocean up to fresh water to deposit theirspawn, and advantage is taken of this great movement to take themin huge nets set across the current. Seine nets, stake nets, drift nets, •n. FISHES OF THE EAST ATLANTIC COAST. 91 •and pound nets are all used successfully at the mouth of the Dela-ware, at the Potomac Falls, in the Hudson, and at the mouth of theConnecticut River. In appearauce the shad is a heavy and broad fish, with rathersmall head and mouth, large eyes, forked tail and small fin develop-ment. His body is covered with a heavy coat of large scales ratherloosely held on, and when he is first drawn from the water his scalyarmor is resplendent with every tint, but this beautiful coloringsoon fades. But the chief wonder about the fish only comes to light when youeat him It is his prodigious amount of bones. Some one oncesaid that if all the bones of a six pound shad were placed end to endin a continuous straight line they would go twice around the world,and if they were piled up in a heap, it would form a pyramid twofeet taller than the pyramid of Cheops. But it is very apparentthat
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