Fish and Fishing 



gentle jerk of sufficient force to embed the hook 

 firmly and to rouse the fish into action. 



The advantages of fishing for plaice are these: 

 they can be fished for at any time of day or night; 

 no waiting for tides and certain 

 kinds of wea ther; they are hungry 

 all the time, and always willing 

 to take what is offered to them. They have a 

 rugged and powerful mode of resistance, especially 

 the larger fish, which often succeed in getting off 

 the hook or breaking the tackle, for they fight all 

 the way till taken from the water. 



If cooked when fresh they are exceeding good 

 eating, the flesh being white, juicy, and of good 

 flavor. When filleted they make an excellent 

 substitute for the famous English sole. 



FLOUNDER 



Next in importance to the plaice is the flounder, 

 sometimes called the winter flounder, and also 

 the flatfish; it is much more abundant and does 

 not grow to so large a size as the plaice. 



The flounder is a cold-weather fish, biting 



from February to the beginning of May, and again 



^Ij from October to December. They are 



Weather always on the bottom, feeding on shells, 



young crabs, or whatever they can find 



among the stones and in the mud. They prefer 



soft, black mud bottoms, and the boat should be 



anchored half-way between the middle of the 



channel and the edges. At high tide they scatter 



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