POPULAR SALT-WATER FISHES 35 



a slender, silvery fish that leaps from the water 

 when hooked and fights like the fresh-water 

 Black Bass. Averages two to three pounds in 

 weight. 



Leather- Jacket (Skipjack, etc.): Caught 

 throughout the West Indies and south as far 

 as Bahia, and on the Pacific coast of Mexico 

 and Central America, on the troll and with 

 small-fish bait. Rarely observed between 

 Florida and Newport, R. I. A beautiful and 

 graceful fish that leaps from the water in pur- 

 suit of its prey smaller fishes. 



Mackerel, Chub (Thimble-Eye, Big-Eye, 

 Bull Mackerel, etc.) : Caught on the same gear 

 as Common Mackerel. Found at Pensacola, 

 Florida, Charleston, S. C., and off New Eng- 

 land. Occasionally visits the coast of New 

 York in great numbers in the autumn. 



Mackerel, Common (Spike, Tinker) : Caught 

 on a white artificial fly or feathered squid, or 

 bits of menhaden and clam and a wire gimp 

 snood, with a light bait-rod. Inhabits the 

 North Atlantic Ocean; abounds in the Gulf of 

 St. Lawrence, along the coasts of New England 

 and the Middle States. Measures up to 

 eighteen inches and weighs up to three and a 

 half pounds. 



Mackerel, Frigate: Caught the same as 

 Common Mackerel, which it resembles in size 

 and shape. Has been taken off Block Island, 

 N. Y., and in great abundance between Mon- 

 tauk Point and George's Bank. Is common 

 in the West Indies and other parts of the 

 tropical Atlantic. 



Mackerel, Horse (Ton, Tuna, Tunny, etc.): 

 Caught with steel shark hooks with fish bait. 

 Occurs in the Western Atlantic, north to the 

 Gulf of St. Lawrence from June to October. 

 Weighs up to one thousand pounds. Thirty 

 taken off Gloucester, Mass., in 1878, weighed 

 in the aggregate, thirty thousand pounds. 



Mackerel, Silver Cero: Caught on the 

 troll in the open sea, occasionally as far 

 north as Massachusetts. Is a West Indian 

 species, weighing up to twenty-five pounds. 



