WEAK-FISH. 



Otolithus Regalis. 



A " WEAK-MOUTHED " fish, that easily 

 tears away from the hook. It is found 

 off our coast all the way from Maine to 

 Florida, and from June to November. 



Usual weight from one to four pounds. 

 Occasionally one of twenty and twenty- 

 five pounds has been captured. The flesh 

 is of secondary quality. 



Weak-fish are savagely pursued by the 

 mightier Blue-fish, and from year to year, 

 since the advent of the " Blues/' have be- 

 come scarcer in our markets. 



They move in shoals, entering inlets 

 and bays and the tidal parts of rivers, 

 but do not ascend to fresh-water heads 

 of streams. In New York bays they are 

 chased by Porpoises. Weak-fish bite 

 sharpest at ebb-tide, and are angled for in 

 shoal water. 



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