FJSH TO BE TAKEN. 



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" They put up every sail ; 

 The wind was fair, but blew a mackerel-gale." 



This mode of capture, known as " whiffing," 

 affords capital sport; and even a novice may 

 easily secure a good haul. For those who 



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prefer it, the ordinary rod and line may be 

 used, as in fly-fishing, the boat being sculled 

 into a shoal. Or good sport may be had from a 

 pier-head or rock, by rod and line, or from a 

 boat at anchor ; but best of all, in our opinion, 

 is that of the taut, trim mackerel-boat, its 



