SOME FISH AND SOME FISHING 



The Striped Bass 



(Roccus lineatus) 



THE striped bass have almost disappeared 

 as game fish. Being migratory fish and 

 travehng in schools, they have been so de- 

 pleted by excessive netting that it is now 

 difficult to obtain large specimens. 



Jordan relates that: "At one haul of the 

 net in Albemarle Sound 820 bass weighing 

 37,000 pounds were taken. Among them 

 were many of 65 pounds, many of 85, and 

 a few of 90 pounds." 



The largest striped bass of authentic 

 record that I personally know of, taken with 

 rod and reel, weighed 70 pounds. This fish 

 was taken by Mr. William Post at Graves 

 Point, Newport, R. I., on July 5th, 1873. 

 It was a long, thin, and emaciated fish that 

 would have weighed 100 pounds in normal 

 condition. 



I am told that Mr. Charles Church landed 

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