Plaice or Fluke 



In " Food and Game Fishes of New 

 York," Doctor Bean states: " This fish fre- 

 quently ascends fresh water streams. It 

 moves off in winter into deep water, then 

 comes back in summer near the shores. 

 The plaice is sometimes seen feeding about 

 wharves whose supports furnish it a suit- 

 able hiding place from which to dart on 

 small fish when they are congregated in 

 schools. I have seen large individuals cau- 

 tiously wriggling their way upward in the 

 concealment of a wharf pile till within easy 

 reach of a school of silversides, when a sud- 

 den dart into the midst of the school would 

 result in the capture of a fish, and the plaice 

 would leisurely sink to digest its victim and 

 prepare for another onslaught." It is their 

 habit to constantly shift their position, 

 probably in search of food, so that good 

 results one day may not be the same the 

 next in the same spot. They have a 

 rugged and powerful mode of resistance, 

 especially the larger fish, which often suc- 

 ceed in getting off the hook or breaking 



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