COD. 



Morrhua Americana. 



PROFESSIONAL Cod-fishing is too well 

 known as an important commercial in- 

 dustry to call for any remark in our short 

 treatise. Their range is from the coast of 

 New York northerly beyond the Banks of 

 Newfoundland. Usual weight from five to 

 fifteen pounds. In the New York markets 

 the inferior Haddock {Morrhua sEgle- 

 jinus), in the language of marketmen, is 

 sometimes "shoved off" for genuine Cod- 

 fish. The counterfeit is smaller sized, 

 with different markings, and dryer flesh. 



Off New York Cod are fished for from 

 boats. For tackle use from one hundred 

 to two hundred feet stout cotton or hempen 

 line ; small Cod hook or large Black-fish 

 hook ; pound sinker. Bait with clam, 

 Menhaden, small fish, or soft crab. 



Cod swim in schools. They bite sharply 

 and voraciously. 



