CHAPTER XIX. 

 OF THE BLUE-FISH. 



THIS fish is a species of the mackerel, and sometimes 

 passes under that name. He has his peculiar grounds in 

 Long Island Sound, where he schools from the ocean in the 

 months of June, July and August, after which he returns to 

 the sea to spend his vacation. They are taken only by troll- 

 ing with the artificial squid a mode of amusement calling 

 into action the physical as well as scientific powers of the 

 angler. They are a good table fish, when prepared and 

 cooked immediately after being caught, but grow strong 

 and rancid a ter being any length of time out of the water. 



The Art of Trotting, of late years, has become a favorite 

 mode of piscatorial amusement, and the blue-fish affords to 

 the inhabitants of Connecticut, New- York and Long Island, 

 a large amount of satisfaction in its pursuit. It is usually 

 performed in a good sized sail-boat, with a guide who knows 

 the ground, or bv casting from the shore, and drawing in al- 

 ternately. The former method is most practiced, and being 

 highly approved of by the fair sex, who often compose the 

 best part of a fishing party, of course stamps it at once with 



