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Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, and others 

 are all famous, especially Cuttyhunk and others, 

 many being preserves for striped-bass fishing. At 

 Fisher's Island, off New London, I have found 

 excellent fishing for blackfish and bluefish. Block 

 Island and vicinity is a famous fishing-ground. 

 In the vicinity of New York the various grounds 

 are well known, and professional fishermen can 

 be found all alongshore from Hell Gate to Fort 

 Hamilton, and on the Jersey coast; while in the 

 summer daily steamers take ardent anglers to the 

 fishing-banks. Old Point Comfort and vicinity is 

 a prolific ground, and at all the seaports Beau- 

 fort, Charleston, Savannah, and Fernandina the 

 angler will find more or less excellent fishing for 

 sheepshead, drum, and "sea-trout." At Fernan- 

 dina, in the mouth of the river, channel-bass and 

 sea-trout are found, and I have had good sport 

 at the mouth of the St. Johns with channel- 

 bass and sea-trout, not to speak of exhilarating 

 shark-fishing. Pilottown is on the north side ; 

 Mayport on the south, reached by boat from Fer- 

 nandina or from Jacksonville ; or a pleasant trip 

 is by small boat from Fernandina on the " inside." 

 From here south the fishing increases, and the 

 angler can now reach extreme Southern Florida 



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