Popular Salt=Water Game Fish 



hooked, till its death, and it is impossible to tell 

 which way it will run. If it runs in so fast as to get 

 the line slack it will either shake the hook 

 Traits ^ out of its jaws, or swim ahead of the wire 

 leader and bite the line off wath its 

 keen teeth. It exhibits the courage, strength, and 

 deviltry of a wild tiger, running deep, breaking 

 water, rushing from side to side, always pulling 

 and jerking with its entii"e energy. When blue- 

 fish are not sighted "chumming" is resorted to 

 to lure them; the oil from the cut-up menhaden 

 floats upon the surface and so attracts them. 



For rod fishing from a stationary skiff, near 

 where blue-fish are breaking, use a light trout rod 

 for the smaller fish, and a heavy bass rod for the 

 larger fish; on such tackle blue-fish are 

 Fbhinc ^^^y g^'^.Y' frequently leaping from the 

 water, making every effort to smash all 

 in sight. The most reliable bait are lobster-tail, 

 shedder crab, chopped moss-bunker, live killies, 

 herring, and spearing. 



The young blue-fish or snapper, from six to ten 

 inches long, is fished for by a host of anglers, be- 

 cause it is good sport on a light rod, and when 

 caught, excellent pan fish. The fishing is en- 

 tirely on the surface; the best hook is the long- 

 shanked Carlisle, size from No. 4 to 1, as some- 

 times the angler w^ill encounter a school of small 

 snappers, and again get into a school of one or 

 two-pound fish. Early in the morning is the best 

 time for snappers; they are caught mostly in in- 

 lets, bays, or behind bars. When one fish is 

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