Bait Angling for Common Fishes 



beds of mussels. It is eminently a coast 

 fish, seldom venturing far above the bays 

 and back waters. 



As a food fish the meat of the sea bass 

 is excellent; it is white, the flakes are solid 

 and compact, not so soft and watery as the 

 cod, but more succulent and delicate in 

 taste; it is best boiled, but epicures regard 

 it as superior in a chowder. As a food as 

 well as game fish it may be placed next in 

 rank to its cousin the striped bass, which 

 of course is not classed among the bottom 

 feeders. 



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