GAME FISH OF NORTH AMERICA. 



EASTERN COAST FISHES. 

 THE PLEURONECTID^. 



Flounder ; flatfish ; mud dab ; sole. — Pseudopleuronectes americanus. — Gill. 



THIS excellent panfish is the delig-ht of the boys, and is caught 

 with clams and other baits of shell fish, from wharves. It 

 is also speared on mud flats among the eel grass at low water. It 

 often grows to several pounds in weight. Taken from early spring 

 till late in autumn. 



THE GADID^. 



Pollock. — Pollachius carbonarius. — Bon. 



Pollock, although no more a game fish, technically, than the 

 common flounder, has been known to take a great gaudy fly of 

 scarlet and grey feathers with avidity ; and much sport is often 

 enjoyed in the Kenebeccasis River with rod and reel in this way. 

 The Kenebeccasis is an arm of the St. John River, in the Province 

 of New Brunswick. Its game qualities are really ver)' fair. Be- 

 longs to the GadidcB or Codfish family. Spawns from last of 

 October to December, and is taken from the last of April to the 

 first of June. It resembles the codfish in its prominent charac- 

 teristics. 



The Haddock, another^a^wi', takes the hook as freely as the cod. 



Codfish. — Gadus jnorrJnta. — Linn. 



This well-known fish of commerce affords good sport when 

 taken in shoal water off the coast of Labrador. It is taken only 

 a few feet below the surface, and if one wishes to try the experi- 



