ii8 Bass, Pike, and Percb 



shedder-crab, sandworms, or shrimp bait, the 

 angler can enjoy a good measure of sport with 

 the sea-bass. Where the tide runs very strong, 

 compelUng the use of heavy sinkers of from 

 three to six ounces, a striped-bass rod should be 

 employed, especially in water from fifteen to 

 thirty feet deep. 



Great crowds of men, women, and children 

 patronize the excursion boats from New York 

 and Philadelphia, in the summer season, to catch 

 bass, porgies, tautog, and flounders on the various 

 fishing banks off the Jersey coast, where they 

 use hand-lines and clam bait. While such fish- 

 ing is greatly enjoyed by the uninitiated, it does 

 not appeal to the angler. 



THE SOUTHERN SEA-BASS 



( Centropristes philadelphicus) 



This species was described by Linnaeus in 

 1758, and named philadelphicus, under the 

 impression that his specimen was from the 

 vicinity of that city. Afterward he received 

 specimens from the South Carolina coast, which, 

 in 1766, he named trifurca, meaning "three- 

 forked," in allusion to its " triple-tail." The older 

 name, unfortunately, must stand. 



