THE FOOD AND GAME FISHES OF NEW YORK. 



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Hound are names applied to large individuals found in the sea in New England 

 waters. One of the old names of the fish is Streaked Bass. 



Rock fish and Striped Bass, according to Schoepff (1787), are among the early 

 New York names for this highly prized species. Dr. Mitchill (1814) calls it Mitchill's 

 Perch, Striped Basse and Rock fish. DeKay describes it as the Striped Sea Bass. 

 Streaked Bass is another name in use in 1815, and a very interesting account of the 

 fish under this name is published by Dr. James Mease in the first volume of the 

 Transactions of tJic Literary and PJiilosophical Society of New York. Dr. Mease in this 

 article states that Rock fish weighing from 25 pounds to 60 pounds are called Green- 

 heads. At the time of his writing, the fishing ground for the Philadelphia and New 

 York markets was between Long Branch and Cranberry Inlet, an extent of about 

 thirty miles, and the great places of winter resort were Motetecunk, 30 miles from 

 Long Branch, and the rivers of Elk and Egg Harbor. 



STRIPED BASS. 



The range of the Striped Bass or Rockfish includes the entire Atlantic coast 

 from the Gulf of St. Lawrence to the Gulf of Mexico, the fish entering rivers and 

 ascending them long distances. In the Alabama River this fish is known to be 

 taken every year and some large individuals have been obtained from that stream. 

 It has been captured also in the lower Mississippi. It is very abundant in the great 

 bays and sounds from North Carolina to Cape Cod. In Albermarle Sound many 

 large individuals are said to occur. In the St. John's River, Florida, according to 

 Dr. Goode, the fish is rather rare. In the vicinity of Pensacola the late Silas Stearns 

 occasionally obtained a specimen of the fish. 



The Striped Bass has been introduced into California and has now become fairly 

 acclimated there. In the Delaware and Susquehanna Rivers this is one of the com- 

 mon fishes and it is one of the most highly esteemed. 



This is a permanent resident of Gravesend Bay, but the height of the fishery 

 occurs from October 10 to November 10. Large fish, up to 45 pounds, are caught 



