Striped Bass Fishing 



roll under his perch are the desiderata 

 for bass-fishers. 



One of the most attractive spots in these 

 particulars chosen for description here 

 as typical of these fishing-grounds is 

 the group of islands known as the Eliza- 

 beth Islands, lying between the mainland 

 of Massachusetts and Martha's Vineyard ; 

 a long succession, evidently in prehistoric 

 times connected together, and forming a 

 continuous line from S. S. E. to N. N. W., 

 commencing with Cuttyhunk, and con- 

 tinuing with Nashewena and Pasque, to 

 Naushon ; which brings us to Wood's 

 Holl and the main a stretch of say 

 seventeen miles. North of Cuttyhunk is 

 the little island of Penekese, where the 

 revered Agassiz started a school of ichthy- 

 ology, which has been abandoned since 

 his death. Between these islands and the 

 mainland on the north lie the waters of 

 Buzzard's Bay ; and southward and toward 

 the ocean lie the land of Martha's Vine- 

 yard and the water of Martha's Vineyard 

 Sound, the highway of vessels coming 

 from the West, either outside of Long Isl- 

 and or through Long Island Sound, and 

 bound for Boston which, at its west- 

 ern entrance, is flanked on the south by 

 beautiful Gay Head, and on the north by 

 Cuttyhunk. 130 



