that come in their way. Here and there, 

 where there are patches of coral, Sheeps- 

 head abound, some of them ranging as 

 high in weight as 17 to 1 8 pounds. King- 

 fish and Blue-fish — seldom more than two 

 pounds in weight — are numerous ; but the 

 most abundant is the Weak-fish. It; is not 

 at all an uncommon thing for an expert an- 

 gler to take from 200 to 300 on a single 

 tide, if he goes simply for numbers and is 

 satisfied with small fish ; but even of the 

 big ones, ranging from two to three pounds, 

 he may easily get from 50 to 75 on a tide 

 if he goes out with a " skipper." 



When the Weak-fish season is drawing 

 to a close, on such days as the weather per- 

 mits — and there are few exceptions to that 

 condition — the cat-rigged sloops used in 

 the bay go outside, over the bar, and there 

 is grand sport fishing for Blue-fish and 

 " croakers " — the latter a white fish, very 

 good to eat, weighing from five to eight 

 pounds. When the frost comes the Bass 

 appear all along this coast in myriads and 

 penetrate the bay, where they are caught 



