46 THE ANGLER'S ANNUAL 



Gulf of Mexico, ranging north to Cape Cod and 

 south to Northern Brazil. Attains a length of 

 six feet and a weight of eighty pounds. Is a 

 member of the Herring family, mostly taken 

 off Texas and Florida. 



Tautog (Blackfish): Caught best during 

 flood tide by bottom-fishing near shell reefs, 

 rocks, wrecks, docks, sod banks, etc., in the 

 ocean and its bays, harbors, etc., from April 

 to late November, April, May, October, and 

 November best. Weighs in the bays, one 

 to ten pounds; in the ocean, up to twenty 

 pounds. Range: St. John, N. B., to Charles- 

 ton, S. C. Bait: Soft clam in the spring, hard 

 clam, crab, and worm later on. Tackle: 

 Same as for Striped Bass; hooks: Virginia 

 No. 2 or No. 5. 



Toad-Fish: Caught near New York. Is a 

 small toad-like species of no value to the 

 angler or epicure. 



Tom Cod : Caught on small flounder tackle 

 in cool weather, September to May, in bays 

 and rivers, at half-ebb and half-flood tides, 

 with bits of clam and worm. Does not exceed 

 twelve inches in length. Is not the young of 

 the Cod, as generally supposed. Is found only 

 in the Western Atlantic New York at the 

 south to Cape Sable at the north. 



Treefish : Caught on small-fish bait in deep 

 water among rocks from San Martin Island 

 to San Francisco. Weighs up to three 

 pounds. 



Tunny, Long-finned (Albicore, etc.) : Caught 

 by trolling in the open sea in June and July on 

 the coast of California. Weighs up to twelve 

 pounds. Found from San Francisco south- 

 ward, abounding in the channels about Santa 

 Barbara Islands. 



Tunny, Silver-spotted: Caught the same 

 as the Long-finned Tunny and in the same 

 waters. 



Turbot, Greenland : Caught on the off-shore 

 banks as far south as George's Bank with 

 Halibut bait and tackle. Weighs up to 

 twenty-five pounds. 



