Bait and Grounds 417 
— Martha’s Vineyard, Nantucket, and others — 
are all famous, especially Cuttyhunk and others, 
many being preserves for striped-bass fishing. At 
Fisher’s Island, off New London, I have found 
excellent fishing for blackfish and bluefish. Block 
Island and vicinity is a famous fishing-ground. 
In the vicinity of New York the various grounds 
are well known, and professional fishermen can 
be found all alongshore from Hell Gate to Fort 
Hamilton, and on the Jersey coast; while in the 
summer daily steamers take ardent anglers to the 
fishing-banks. Old Point Comfort and vicinity is 
a prolific ground, and at all the seaports — Beau- 
fort, Charleston, Savannah, and Fernandina — the 
angler will find more or less excellent fishing for 
sheepshead, drum, and “sea-trout.” At Fernan- 
dina, in the mouth of the river, channel-bass and 
sea-trout are found, and I have had good sport 
at the mouth of the St. Johns with channel- 
bass and sea-trout, not to speak of exhilarating 
shark-fishing. Pilottown is on the north side; 
Mayport on the south, reached by boat from Fer- 
nandina or from Jacksonville; or a pleasant trip 
is by small boat from Fernandina on the “ inside.” 
From here south the fishing increases, and the 
angler can now reach extreme Southern Florida 
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