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gasolene launch, built light, with a canvas hood, 
which can be used forward, rigged with two chairs 
facing astern, resting on a plank on the rail, blue- 
fishing with a rod could be enjoyed, and would 
become a popular sport around southern New 
England, as such a boat can be stopped and re- 
versed almost immediately. 
There is something infectious and extremely 
exciting in bluefishing, no matter how taken. 
The big cat-boat off Nantucket, with two or 
three lines astern, and a large party of men and 
women all eager for the fray, bright eyes spar- 
kling, red cheeks splashed by the dashing spray, 
the shouts of laughter, the hissing of lines 
through the water, the beating of powerful tails 
on the planks, are all features which add to the 
gayety and joy of life and in making it worth 
living, especially when fish are biting and bait is 
plentiful. The bluefish attains a weight of thirty 
pounds, possibly more, and the record catch with 
a rod, according to the Forest and Stream, is a 
twenty-five-pound fish, the fish being taken by 
L. Hatherway, from the bridge at Cohasset Nar- 
rows. The bluefish is now caught with rod and 
reel wherever found in this country, and as the 
young at nearly all ages are equally gamy, the 
