308 Bass, Pike, and Perch 



colour is greenish olive on the back, and golden 

 yellow or silvery below ; there is a black blotch 

 on the border of the gill-cover; the fins are all 

 plain. 



The runner, as its name indicates, is a great 

 forager, and is the swiftest and most graceful of 

 all the jacks or cavallies. It ranges farther 

 northward than the other species of the genus. 

 It frequents the reefs and the shores of the keys 

 and mainland of Florida in search of food, which 

 consists of small fishes, as sardines, anchovies, 

 mullets, etc., crustaceans, and other small organ- 

 isms. It is the best of the jacks as a food-fish, 

 and is in great favor at Key West. For its 

 size it is also the gamest, but as it rarely exceeds 

 a foot in length it is not so much sought, gener- 

 ally, as the larger jacks. It is, however, a great 

 favorite with the juvenile anglers at Key West, 

 as it can be taken from the wharves with almost 

 any kind of bait. On account of its activity and 

 gameness it furnishes fine sport on light tackle, 

 and under these conditions is worthy the atten- 

 tion of the angler. A light black-bass rod, 

 braided linen line, size G, hooks No. i or i-o on 

 gimp snells, a light multiplying reel and sinker 

 adapted to the tidal current, comprise a good 



