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OF THE RED FISH, OR SPOTTED BASSE. 



at New Orleans and Mobile, he seems to be always on hand, 

 and furnishes food for the table all the year round. He runs in 

 shallow water, similar to the striped basse, and is taken mostly 

 with the hand line with a small sized cod hook, baited with 

 shrimps or pieces of mullet. He is a strong, powerful, and bold 

 biting fish, and, with the rod and reel, affords as much plea- 

 sure in his capture as any of the tribe. 



A friend relates that whilst fishing near the South Pass, Mis- 

 sissippi River, being tired and inclined to snooze, he wound his 

 line around his wrist, and resigned himself to the arms of Mor- 

 pheus ; but before his nap was half out was suddenly awakened 

 by a tug at his line, and before he could recover himself was 

 pulled overboard by the extreme strength and vigor of this game 

 fish. 



He is held in high estimation as an article of food, and is 

 well worth the angler's toil and patience. The rod and reel 

 angler may fish for him in the same manner as directed for 

 striped basse or weak fish, using always, to insure success, 

 twisted gut leaders, and No. 00 Limerick, or Kirby hooks. 



