413 THE WEAK FISH. 



becomes soft and flaccid. It is by no means so game or so 

 good a fish, when taken, as the Striped Bass or the King Fish, 

 yet it is not without many votaries who pursue it with ardour. 



Immediately around the Battery, and even from the Castle 

 Garden bridge, good sport is frequently had with this fish, as 

 also on the flats ofi" Communipaw, in Buttermilk Channel, off 

 the Owl's-Head, as well as at Bergen Point, Ehzabethto^ti 

 Point, and many other places, both in the Kills, and in Newark 

 Bay. It is said that the afternoon tides are the most favourable 

 for taking the Squeteaque, until a short time before sunset, but 

 that so soon as the peculiar drumming or croaking sound, which 

 is ascribed to this fish, is heard, it is useless to fish longer, as 

 he then ceases to bite. 



