Porgy 



moving very slowly at about the rate of 

 three miles an hour. Yet in some years 

 they appear only in small numbers. The 

 porgy is mostly a bottom fish, and depends 

 very much upon mollusks and shell fish for 

 subsistence, its especial food being small 

 crabs, shell fish, shrimps and small min- 

 nows, but for bait the clam is by far the 

 best, they also like the claws and legs of 

 shedder crabs, each leg when split open will 

 make two or three baits just the right size 

 for this fish. Generally they take the bait 

 eagerly, following it up from the bottom, 

 biting after a quick short run with a sharp 

 nip. They will also go for small sand- 

 worms and bloodworms when they will not 

 touch other bait. They are gamey and 

 plucky little fish; if fine tackle is used 

 they will give play for their size as 

 good as the fresh-water perch. Some- 

 times the larger fish just nibble, and 

 the angler will hardly feel a bite, yet 

 the hook will be stripped clean. For 

 that reason small hooks are much the 

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