CHAPTER X. 



SALT-WATER FISH AND FISHING. 



INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. 



THE SHEEPSHEAD. 



THE WEAKFISH, or SALT-WATER TROUT. 



THE BARB, or KINGFISH. 



THE SPOT, PIGFISH, or GOODY. 



THE CROAKER. 



THE REDFISH OF THE GULF OF MEXICO. 



THE BLUEFISH, or SNAPPING MACKEREL. 



THE SPANISH MACKEREL. 



THE POMPANO (SOUTHERN). 



THE DRUMFISH. 



THE FLOUNDER. 



THE SEA-BASS. 



THE BLACKFISH. 



THE MULLET. 



THE TOM COD, or FROSTFISH. 



THE PORGY. 



THE topography of our coast shows long stretches of low 

 sandy beach, which beat back the waves of the Atlantic, from 

 Sandy Hook to Cape Florida. Inside of these are intermi- 

 nable sounds, creeks, and quiet bays, abundantly stocked 

 with Bluefish, Weakfish, Blackfish, Eockfish, Sheepshead, 

 Barb, Croakers, Pigfish, Porgies, Sea-Bass, &c. Here the 

 angler may listen to the waves beating against the ocean 

 side of the barrier, and see the white breakers ; and at times 

 may even feel the salt spray which flies over the narrow 



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