care to shoot a bird upon the ground, 

 so these fish care nothing for the bait 

 until on the wing. They will often fol- 

 low it for one hundred yards without at- 

 tempting to touch it. But let it go fast 

 enough and they come with a rush and 

 throw themselves half out of the water 

 as they take it. 



On each side the ship-channel, beyond 

 the bar, is a long bed of kelp, and it is 

 often well to run into that and try still 

 fishing until the wind reaches its full 

 power at midday. The kelp-fish are dif- 

 ferent from those caught by trolling, and 

 some are of fine flavor. In the kelp the 

 surface is glassy, though the water rocks 

 with a short, uneasy swell. But by let- 

 ting down the sail, and making a rope 

 fast to a bunch of the long brown leaves 

 of the kelp, good anchorage is made. 

 The tackle needed for these kelp-fish is 

 simple. A long line with a sinker at the 

 end, and a hook or two baited with meat, 

 and attached several feet above the sinker, 



so that the hook shall not rest upon the 



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