The American angler . H a Oai ow 01 O»-t-cn 3-i. lOO The American Angler Dr. Morris Gibbs has, however, whentraveling through Florida, as the staffcorrespondent of Thk Amkrican , made a partial study of this fishat or near Lake Worth, and presentssome new facts as to its habits. It issaid that the gaff-topsail reaches aweight of twelve pounds, but nothingas large infests Indian river, and itmay be that the larger specimens aremore confined to deep water. Six andeight pounds is as large as they growin the Indian river waters, and the ma-jority are not so large. Most of thespecimens met
The American angler . H a Oai ow 01 O»-t-cn 3-i. lOO The American Angler Dr. Morris Gibbs has, however, whentraveling through Florida, as the staffcorrespondent of Thk Amkrican , made a partial study of this fishat or near Lake Worth, and presentssome new facts as to its habits. It issaid that the gaff-topsail reaches aweight of twelve pounds, but nothingas large infests Indian river, and itmay be that the larger specimens aremore confined to deep water. Six andeight pounds is as large as they growin the Indian river waters, and the ma-jority are not so large. Most of thespecimens met with were from three tofive pounds in weight, a size evidentlymatured, as many females were loadedwith spawn. January is, no doubt, thespawning season, as a great many arethen taken in small inlets and themouths of rivers, evidently intent onspawning. Some females, dissected,contained from fifty-four to sixty-eightmatured eggs. These eggs were ar-ranged on each side and much re-sembled bunches of grapes when takeninto the hand. In two specimens
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