GAME FISH OF NOPiTH AMERICA. 



EASTERN COAST FISHES. 



THE PLEURONECTID^. 

 Flounder ; flatfish ; mud dab ; sole. — Pseudopteuronectes paralycthis. — Gill, 



THIS excellent panfish is the delight of the boys, and is caught 

 with clams and other baits of shell fish, from wharves. It 

 is also speared on mud flats among the eel grass at low water. It 

 often grows to several pounds in weight. Taken from early spring 

 till late in autumn. Its spring food is chiefly immature shrimp. 



THE GADID^. 

 Pollock. — PoUachzus carhonarius. — Bon. 



Pollock, although no more a game fish, technically, than the 

 common flounder, has been known to take a great gaudy fly of 

 scarlet and grey feathers with avidity ; and much sport is often 

 enjoyed in the Kenebeccasis River with rod and reel in this way. 

 The Kenebeccasis is an arm of the St. John River, in the Province 

 of New Brunswick. Its game qualities are really very fair. Be- 

 longs to the Gadidce or Codfish family. Spawns from last of 

 October to December, and is taken from the last of April until 

 November. It resembles the codfish in its prominent charac- 

 teristics. Range from Maine to Delaware. 



The Haddock, another gadus, takes the hook as freely as the 

 cod. The market catch is chiefly made in winter, off Cape Cod. 



Codfish. — Gadus morrkua. — Linn, 

 This well-known fish of commerce affords good sport when 

 taken in shoal water off the coast of Labrador. It is taken only 

 a few feet below the surface, and if one wishes to try the experi- 



