348 THE POMPANO. 



tackle, or rod and reel ; is an active fish and affords good 

 sport. When angled for with rod and reel the rigging should 

 be as strong as in heavy basse-fishing. 



THE POMPANO, 



Trachynotus 



Is the crSme de la creme of Southern delicate-meated fishes, 

 a regular palate-tickler. 



" Away in the night 1 away from the shore I 

 They net him and eat him and still cry encore ! 

 No stream in the world, not the Rhine nor the Po, 

 Produces a fish like the famed pompano." 



Small and beautiful, of rainbow hue, weighing from half 

 a pound to a pound, and sometimes a pound and a half; oc- 

 casionally visits the Northern coast hi small numbers ; is sold 

 in New York at almost fabulous prices. The Forest and 

 Stream, a reliable New York sporting paper, of June 4, 1874, 

 says : " Only one was caught off the capes of the Chesapeake 

 last week, and was sold in market for three dollars. What 

 did it weigh ? Why, only three-quarters- of a pound." 



They are taken at night in set nets, and occasionally with 

 perch or trout rod and tackle. This pearl of the Southern 

 waters is considered superior in flavor to the salmon or 

 trout ; is broader in proportion than the cavallo, and has 

 three barbs or spikes in front of the dorsal fin. The scales 

 are quite small and delicate, and the beautiful colors shading 

 into a pure white, when first brought from the pellucid 

 waters into the bright sunlight, give a brilliancy exceeding 

 that of any other fish. A remarkably prolific inhabitant of 

 the sea, and worthy the attention of pisciculturists. Is 



