6J: FISHES OF THE EAST ATLAJJTIG lOAST. 



tion to other and better fisb. As a food fisli the bergall is not very 

 good, the small ones frequently Ijeing rauddv. 



I do not suppose that anyone would think of going out especially 

 for bergalls, but if the fisherman really wants to catch the sly fel- 

 low, let him rig a ''gang" of very small hooks, having a big bend 

 and extremely sharp points; put on a microscopic p>ieco of bait, and 

 as soon as the line is down give 't a sharpi jerk upward. I havc' often 

 tried this raethoil with success. The hooks catch everywhere, in ihe 

 tail, the belly, on the back and in the head. 'J'he bergall bites 

 easrerlv at h'w tide. 



