The book of fish and fishing; (1908) (14774284045)

Identifier: bookoffishfishin00rhea (find matches)
Title: The book of fish and fishing;
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Rhead, Louis, 1857-1926
Subjects: Fishing
Publisher: New York, C. Scribner's sons
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation



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the coast from Delaware to Maine,wherever the sea-weed grows from beds of mussels.It is eminently a coast fish, seldom venturing farabove the bays and back waters; as a food fish, themeat of the sea-bass is excellent; as a game fishit may be placed next in rank to its cousin thestriped bass. The sea-bass is known in variousplaces as the blackfish, black Will, black Harveyhannahills, blue-fish, rock bass, black bass, andby many other titles. TAUTOG OR BLACKFISH The tautog is one of the species of parrot fishes,stockily built, with hard scales, and harder mouth;it is slippery as an eel, and salt-water anglers liketo fish for it because of its strength and hard fight-ing. Although not a large fish, only averagingtwo to three pounds, individuals weighing tenand even fourteen pounds are by no means un-usual. The largest tautog on record was obtainednear New York and weighed nearly twenty-threepounds. It is found in greater and lesser abun-dance from St. Johns to Charleston, S. C, and is100
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POPULAR BOTTOM SEA FISH Popular Bottom Sea Fish known in various places as hlackfish, tautog,chub, moll. Will gorge, and oyster fish. East ofNew York it is usually called tautog,Names^ a name given to it by the NarragansettIndians. As may be inferred from itshaunts and the character of its strong, sharpteeth, the tautogs food consists of hard-shelledmollusks, squids, scallops, barnacles, and sanddollars; many of the mollusks they swallow, shellsand all, ejecting the hard parts after the flesh hasbeen digested. Angling from the rocks for thetautog is a favorite pursuit all alongCaueift *^^ coast, particularly about New York,where there are precipitous shores, onwhich the fishermen stand. On Long Island Soundand other protected waters they are usually fishedfor from boats anchored among the reefs, or nearwrecked vessels, and shell-covered piles andwharfs; rocky bottoms are very good places.At some places they bite best on the flood tide;in others they are voracious during the ebb tide.S