STRIPED BASS. 



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free to all men." There is often great difficulty in 

 obtaining bait, particularly during a storm, which 

 is the time that it is most needed, as the fish bite 

 best in rough weather, and on going from the 

 cities it is well to pack a few hundred menhaden 

 in a box with ice and sawdust, and thus insure a 

 supply for some days ahead. 



VAIL'S, NEAR STUMP POND, L. I. 



