STRIPED BASS IN PACIFIC 



Montauk, and at Cuttyhunk and Pasque 

 Islands where the waters were chummed 

 with menhaden and where the members 

 fished from the rocks and from iron stands 

 built on the rocky points that jut out into 

 the sea. Many fish were also taken from 

 rowboats, the angler casting his bait into 

 the white waters of the breaking surf around 

 rocks and points where these fish were known 

 to trade. 



There is some skill required in casting, 

 for when the bait is started on its flight 

 through the air the reel pays out the line 

 much faster than the weight of the bait can 

 carry it off, and if not checked by the thumb, 

 the line overruns. 



When casting, the rod is thrown back 

 with about two and a half feet of line for 

 play; with a rather slow movement of the 

 tip forward the bait describing a graceful 

 curve drops noiselessly into the water. 



Many large fish were taken in this manner 

 every season. For example, Mr. Thomas 



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