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the North Pacific, the North Atlantic, and the 

 Western Atlantic south to the fortieth parallel 



and north to Cumberland Gulf. Stragglers 

 have been taken off Sandy Hook, N: J., 

 Block Island, N. Y., and Montauk Point, L. I., 



N. Y. On the Pacific coast it ranges from the 

 Farallone Islands northward to Behring 

 Straits. Is a cold water species. Resembles 

 the Summer Flounder (Plaice, Fluke) and the 

 Common Flounder in form. Weighs up to 

 three hundred pounds. The small specimens 

 are called Chicken Halibut. 



Harvest-Fish (Whiting, etc.): Caught on 

 light tackle with bits of clam, crab, etc., from 

 the Gulf of Mexico to New York in harvest 

 time. Is abundant at the mouth of the 

 Chesapeake and along the Southern coast. 



Herring, Atlantic : Caught on the surface of 

 the ocean and its bays, inlets, etc., mostly in 

 October and November, during early morning 

 and evening at high 'tide, with shrimp and 

 killy bait. Averages three quarters of a 

 pound in weight. Distributed throughout the 

 whole of the North Atlantic. Common near 

 New York. Tackle : Light bait-rod or Trout 

 fly-rod, fine linen line, small reel, single leader, 

 No. i sproat hook. The young are sold in the 

 markets under the name of Whitebait. 



Herring, Big-eyed (Ten- Pounder, Horse 

 Mackerel, etc.): Caught all along the coast 

 from Martha's Vineyard southward; also 

 throughout the West Indies, on the coast of 

 South America, on both coasts of Mexico, at 

 the Cape of Good Hope, in East Africa, 

 Arabia, and China. 



Herring, Branch (Ale wife, All wife, Ell wife, 

 Ellwhoop, Big-eyed Herring, Wall-eyed 

 Herring, Gaspereau, Gasperat, Sprat, White- 

 bait, etc.) : Caught on the artificial fly in the 

 spring, in salt rivers of the Atlantic coast, and 

 also in Lake Ontario and the large lakes of 

 New York. Is common in the Albemarle, 

 Connecticut, and Potomac rivers, and off the 

 coasts of Maine and Massachusetts. 



Herring, Glut (Ale wife, English Herring, 

 Blue-Back, Kyack, Kyauk, Saw-Belly, Cat- 



