Lafayette or Spot 



Cape May, Atlantic City and as far down 

 as Mayport in Florida. The most success- 

 ful bait are small pieces of clam or small- 

 sized sandworms. At certain times they 

 are erratic and will take only shrimp or the 

 leg of shedder crab, so that the angler will 

 do well to supply himself with a small vari- 

 ety of bait. They will even change biting 

 from clams to shrimps between forenoon 

 and evening, then change their mind at 

 night and want some other bait. All bot- 

 tom-feeders are good biters at night, and 

 the lafayette is no exception to this rule. 

 They take the hook with a sly, tentative 

 nibble, sometimes hardly felt by the angler; 

 but on feeling the barb away they go, dart- 

 ing off, back and forth with remarkably 

 bold breaks. So quick are their movements 

 that they are frequently hooked on the back 

 or the tail. Their actions are very similar 

 to the brook trout, in the rapid darts up 

 and down, as well as back and forth. The 

 main point in catching lafayettes is to have 

 small, very sharp hooks, attached to a 



