American food and game fishes : a popular account of all the species found in America, north of the equator, with keys for ready identification, life histories and methods of capture . he hook, or hisquick downward lunges are apt to snap the line; then the fisher takesin slack or lets the line run through his fingers, as the actions of thefish dictate, and when a proper opportunity offers, throws him intothe boat. His pull is at first strong and steady, but as he comes tothe surface, his lunges are quick and desperate. Our personal experience with the sheepshead has been chiefiy atIndian River
American food and game fishes : a popular account of all the species found in America, north of the equator, with keys for ready identification, life histories and methods of capture . he hook, or hisquick downward lunges are apt to snap the line; then the fisher takesin slack or lets the line run through his fingers, as the actions of thefish dictate, and when a proper opportunity offers, throws him intothe boat. His pull is at first strong and steady, but as he comes tothe surface, his lunges are quick and desperate. Our personal experience with the sheepshead has been chiefiy atIndian River Inlet, one of Senator Quays favourite fishing-grounds,and about Baldwin Lodge, Mississippi, where the Hon. A. Baldwin andother enthusiastic anglers of New Orleans find royal sport with thisand other gamy species. So well known is the sheepshead that it needs no detailed de-scription. GENUS DIPLODUS RAFINESQUE This genus is close to Archosargus, from which it differs chieflyin having no procumbent dorsal spine. There are 3 species in our 443 Diplodus waters, the only one of any importance being the pinflsh or spot,Diplodus holbrooki. This fish is found on our South Atlantic and. y fiM^^^m v^
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