Plaice or Fluke 



quently seen at the surface of the water 

 rapidly swimming and even jumping out 

 of the water in pursuit of sand eels and 

 sand smelts, and will also feed on dead fish 

 thrown out from the fish houses. Favor- 

 ite fishing grounds are on sandy bottoms 

 at a depth of eight or ten fathoms, or in a 

 channel, near the sides, either from a boat 

 at anchor or one that drifts slowly along 

 with the tide. The method is to fish with 

 one hook six inches from the bottom and 

 another hook two feet above, tied on a 

 strong three-foot leader; use a sinker just 

 heavy enough to hold to the bottom, and 

 live killies for bait, though herring, spear- 

 ing and mossbunker are considered just 

 as good as killies; if no live bait is avail- 

 able, small strips of snapper or porgy cut 

 in the shape of a fish will often be a taking 

 bait. 



A well known practical angler says: 

 " The usual method of hooking live killies 

 is by the lips, so that they will swim natur- 

 ally, but the majority of Jamaica Bay fish- 



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