POPULAR SALT-WATER FISHES 29 



Flounder, Pole (Deep Sea Flounder, etc.): 

 Caught in the deep basins of Massachusetts 

 Bay and ranges nearly to Greenland. Is diffi- 

 cult to hook owing to its small mouth. 



Flounder, Rusty (Sand Dab, Rough Dab, 

 etc.): Caught on Summer Flounder (Plaice, 

 Fluke) bait and tackle from Woods Holl, Mass., 

 to Greenland. Weighs up to five pounds. 



Flounder, Smooth (Fool Fish, Christmas 

 Flounder, Christmas Fish, Eel-Back, etc.): 

 Caught on Flounder bait and tackle off Salem, 

 Mass., Portland and Belfast, Me. Is abun- 

 dant in Bluelight Cove, Casco Bay, about 

 Christmas time. Weighs up to one pound 

 and a half. 



Flounder, Spotted Sand (Water Flounder, 

 Window-Pane, Daylight, etc.) : Caught on 

 Flounder bait and tackle from Bucksport, Me., 

 to Fort Macon, N. C. Averages a half- 

 pound in weight. Is transparent. 



Flounder, Summer (Plaice, Brail, Brill, 

 Puckermouth, Fluke, Turbot, etc.): Caught 

 on sandy bottoms of bays and channels and 

 in the surf and ocean proper, during both tides, 

 from June to early November, with crab and 

 small-fish bait. Weighs two to eight pounds. 

 Specimens of twenty pounds have been taken. 

 Abundant from Cape Cod to Florida. Com- 

 mon near New York. Tackle: An eight- 

 ounce bait rod, multiplying reel, linen line, a 

 three-foot salmon leader, No. 5 Carlisle hook, 

 and a swivel sinker. 



Fly-Fish: Caught on bits of clam, crab, 

 worm, and small-fish bait in deep water about 

 Monterey and the Farallones. Weighs up to 

 one pound. 



Garibaldi (Gold-Fish, Red Perch, etc.): 

 Caught in rocky places on light tackle about 

 the Santa Barbara Islands and southward to 

 Lower California. Is of brilliant orange tint. 

 Weighs up to three pounds 



Garrupa, Black and Yellow (Codfish, etc.): 

 Caught with small-fish bait in water of 

 moderate depth from San Nicholas Island to 

 San Francisco. Weighs up to two pounds. 



