POPULAR SALT-WATER FISHES 43 



Sheepshead (Sea Bream, etc.) : Caught on 

 bottom-places during flood tide and the first 

 and last of the ebb tide, among rocks, old 

 docks, wrecks, and shell reefs from July to 

 October with clam, oyster, and crab bait. 

 Weighs up to fifteen pounds. Abounds from 

 Cape Cod to the Mexican border. Common 

 near New York. Tackle : Same as for Black- 

 fish. 



Smelt : Caught in the channels of creeks and 

 rivers during early winter on worm bait, a foot 

 or two from the bottom. Averages six inches 

 in length. Abundant from the Gulf of St. 

 Lawrence to Virginia. Common near New 

 York. Tackle : Same as that used for Spot. 



Snapper, Gray (Black Snapper, Sea Lawyer, 

 etc.) : Caught on Red Snapper tackle and bait. 

 Found in the Gulf of Mexico. Common in 

 South Florida and Bermuda. Weighs up to 

 eighty pounds. 



Snapper, Mangrove (Bastard Snapper, etc.) : 

 Caught on Red Snapper bait and tackle in the 

 Gulf of Mexico. Common in Charleston and 

 Florida. Measures up to eighteen inches. 



Snapper, Pensacola (Mangrove Snapper, 

 etc.): Caught with Red Snapper bait and 

 tackle the young in bays, the adult in deeper 

 waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Common in 

 Florida. Measures up to twenty-four inches. 



Snapper, Red: Caught on medium Striped 

 Bass tackle with a bottom bait of small shark, 

 bluefish or skipjack, and rarely with a silver or 

 pearl squid or white rag. Ranges in the Gulf 

 of Mexico from Key West to the Rio Grande. 

 Is occasionally taken off New Jersey and 

 Block Island. Found in the South, with the 

 Sea Bass, in holes and gullies of reefs and rocks 

 and sandy bottoms. Weighs up to thirty 

 pounds. 



Sole, American (Hog Choker, etc.) : Caught 

 on light tackle with small Flounder bait from 

 Boston and Nahant to the mouth of the Mis- 

 sissippi River. Occurs in all the rivers south 

 of the Susquehanna. Measures up to six 

 inches in length. 



