. American angler's guide : or, complete fisher's manual, for the United States: containing the opinions and practices of experienced anglers of both hemispheres ; with the addition of a second Fishing. THE KING-FISH, OR 175 alight brown, glossed with silvery and blue, and interspersed with spots and blotches of a darker hue. Some of these clouds slant obliquely forward from the dorsal fin; some run obliquely backward from the nape of the neck; and some pass midway from the sides to the tail. There is here and there an insulated dark patch, with dirty discolorations to- wards the white
. American angler's guide : or, complete fisher's manual, for the United States: containing the opinions and practices of experienced anglers of both hemispheres ; with the addition of a second Fishing. THE KING-FISH, OR 175 alight brown, glossed with silvery and blue, and interspersed with spots and blotches of a darker hue. Some of these clouds slant obliquely forward from the dorsal fin; some run obliquely backward from the nape of the neck; and some pass midway from the sides to the tail. There is here and there an insulated dark patch, with dirty discolorations to- wards the white belly. He grows rapidly thick and stout towards the thorax, and then gently and gradually slopes away towards the ; He is taken by the angler for basse and weak fish with their ordinary tackle, with the exception of the hook, which should be rather smaller, say No. 4, Limerick or Kirby sal- mon, to accommodate the mouth of the barb, which is rather small. The following description of his grounds, and manner of taking him, by a friend who has had much experience, will close our ai-ticle on the king-fish to the gratification of all who have or ever expect to bite or get a bite from this interesting fish: "This is one of the finest fish for the table, procured from the salt water. They are not plenty in the neighborhood of this city, though occasionally a season occurs when they are taken in considerable numbers. I have often taken 20 or 30 in a tide, in the neighborhood of Communipaw, that delight- ful little Dutch town, rendered famous in history by the re- nowned Knickerbocker. " A little below this village there is a piece of hard bot- tom on the extensive flat which is spread out from Jersey City down nearly to Bergen Point. A single rock is bare at low water on this hard ground, called Black Tom. The best ground, in my experience, is found thus: Row your boat from Black Tom directly for the Jersey shore, sounding with an oar until the bottom becomes soft
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