Striped Bass. 



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lasts but four months, extend- 

 ing from the middle of June 

 to the middle of October. 

 The honorary title of "high- 

 hook" is conferred on the 

 member taking the largest 

 fish of the season. 



On the opening day of 

 the club in June a great deal 

 of sport is sometimes occas- 

 ioned by the anxiety of the 

 members to wear this cov- 

 eted honor ; and as the mem- 

 ber catching the first fish, 

 even if it weigh but four or 

 five pounds, is "high-hook" 

 and entitled to wear the 

 diamond-mounted badge in 

 shape of a bass hook which 

 accompanies the title until a 

 larger fish is taken, it fre- 

 quently happens that the title 

 and badge will change hands 

 three or four times during 

 the day. 



High -hook. 



W. R. Renwick . 

 W. McGrorty . . . 

 T. W. Van Valkenburgh 

 H. D. Polhemus . . . 

 Andrew Dougherty . 

 W. McGrorty .... 

 W. R. Renwick . . . 



largest fish. 

 5 1 lbs. 



s*H " 



51 " 



49 " 



so^ " 



44 " 

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On the following morning we leave our hospitable friends, our des- 

 tination being Gay Head. We can see its, many-colored cliffs from 

 the club-house, across the Vineyard Sound, only eight miles away ; 

 but the wind is contrary and the water too rough for the small boat 

 at our disposal, so we conclude to return to New Bedford by the 

 more tranquil waters of Buzzard's Bay, and take the steamer thence 



