In the wide ocean, near shore, schools 

 of these fish may be seen preying on Weak- 

 fish, King-fish, and Menhaden. 



Blue-fish are voracious and far from 

 shy. They are mostly taken from boats 

 with squids of burnished tin, bone, pearl, or 

 cedar. Sometimes red flannel is used. 

 Off the New Jersey shores amateur fish- 

 ermen throw long lines from shore, far 

 away into deep water, and draw in their 

 squids rapidly, hit or miss, along the sandy 

 bed of the ocean. 



From boat haul in briskly, with an even, 

 steady pull. 



Tackle : bamboo or ash rod of from eight 

 to ten feet ; line of braided cotton, from 

 seventy-five to two hundred feet; attach 

 eight-inch snell of piano-wire ; hook, sizes 

 6/0 to 10/0. Bait with flesh, or any small 

 live fish. 



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