Fish and Fishing 



BLUE-FISH 



Fishing for blue-fish in a spanking breeze, 

 with not too much sea on, is one of the most invig- 

 Name and oratin g and stirring pastimes in the 

 Distribu= whole range of angling sport. The 

 blase, lazy man, fond of a good meal, 

 should try this sport to earn it. Full of life 

 and thrills, a large blue-fish will convey that 

 feeling through the line to the angler in a marked 

 degree. 



This fish on the coast of New England and 

 the Middle Atlantic States, is called the blue-fish ; 

 it is also known in Rhode Island as the horse 

 mackerel, south of Cape Hatteras, as the skip 

 jack, in Virginia and Maryland as the Green- 

 fish." Young blue-fish are called snapping 

 mackerel or snappers. In the Gulf of Mexico, 

 the name of blue-fish is in general use. 



This fish is widely distributed in the Malay 

 Archipelago, Australia, and at the Cape of Good 

 Hope, at Natal, and about Madagascar, at Malta, 

 along the coast of Syria and the Canaries. It has 

 never been seen on the Atlantic Coast of Europe, 

 or in the waters of Bermuda or Western Islands. 

 On our coast it ranges from Central Brazil and 

 the Guianas through the Gulf of Mexico and North 

 to Nova Scotia. From Cape Florida to Penobscot 

 Bay blue-fish are abundant at all seasons when 

 the temperature of the water is propitious. It is 

 possible that the presence of their favorite food, 

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