Fish and Fishing 



more frequently used, but a short light rod is 

 more handy and easier to handle, and lands the fish 

 more quickly, either in fishing from a boat or dock. 

 Some anglers use a heavy sinker and swing it over- 

 head fifty feet away. After getting the line taut, 

 wait for the bite of a large fish. As the fish swims 

 near the bottom in great schools, three or four 

 hooks can be used and more fish caught. From 



late in August till the end of September 

 to'pish there is hardly a place where Lafayettes 



may not be found, and if the right bait 

 is given them, good sport, and what is more, a 

 good mess can be caught. 



PORGY 



This is another plentiful and common sea fish 

 known by many names. In New England it is 

 generally called scup, while about New York it 

 is paugy or porgy, both being abbreviated from 

 the Narragansett Indian name, scuppaug. On 

 the Virginia coast it is called the "fair maid." 

 The porgy is found along our coast at all seasons 

 of the year, but it is more numerous in June and 

 July. The first run takes place about the begin- 

 ning of May, and consists of large breeding fish, 

 weighing from two to four pounds and measur- 

 ing up to eighteen inches in length. On first 

 coming near the shores they do not 

 take the hook readily, being too much 

 occupied in spawning, and two weeks elapse 

 before they can be caught on the hook. They 

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