Lafayette or Spot 



often smaller than the reel itself. Some 

 anglers use a heavy sinker and swing it 

 over head fifty feet away, and after getting 

 the line taut, wait for a bite of a fish larger 

 in size. 



Even old anglers will not despise a trial 

 at the lafayette, enjoying the sport of these 

 little fish that fight stoutly all the time they 

 are being reeled in. Like the porgy, they 

 are held in high esteem by thousands of 

 anglers who have only good words to say 

 of them. Both these little fish swarm all 

 along the Atlantic Coast in immense num- 

 bers, and both bite with the same vim and 

 go. From late in August till the end of 

 September, there is hardly a place where 

 lafayette may not be found, and if the 

 right bait is given them, good sport and, 

 what is more, a good mess, can be caught. 



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