350 Bass, Pike, and Perch 



of the commonest fishes in the markets. It 

 spawns in the summer. It is very voracious, 

 taking almost any kind of bait greedily. It is 

 caught in company with the grunts and snappers, 

 and on the same tackle, which should be light. 

 Hooks Nos. I to 2 are large enough, Sproat-bend 

 preferred on account of its short barb with cutting 

 edges and strong wire. Sinkers adapted to the 

 tide and depth of water must be used. 



While catching porgies at a lively rate one day 

 I asked my boatman, a Bahama negro, why the 

 big porgy was called "jolt-head." He answered 

 in the cockney dialect peculiar to Bahama fisher- 

 men : " Veil, you see, sir, 'e 'as a big 'ed and an 

 'ump back, and 'e butts the rocks like a billy-goat, 

 a-joltin' off the snail-shells and shrimps, and 'e 

 goes a-blunderin' along like a wessel that 'as a 

 bluff bow and a small 'elm. 'E 'as more happetite 

 than gumption, and swallers anythink that comes 

 'andy, like the jolt-'ed or numbskull that 'e is. 

 'E is werry heasy to ketch and werry good to 

 heat." 



THE SAUCER-EYE PORGY 



(^Calamus calamus) 



This porgy is called " saucer-eye," owing to its 

 having a larger eye than the other porgies. It 



