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Title: The fishes of the east Atlantic coast, that are caught with hook and line
Year: 1884 (1880s)
Authors: Van Doren, Louis Otis, 1863- Clarke, Samuel C Kenworthy, Charles James
Subjects: Fishes -- Atlantic Coast Fishing -- United States
Publisher: New York, The American angler
Contributing Library: Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library

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ct from hisgreat stretch of fins a stout fighter. The sea bass has a very largemouth and big eye, and a heavy coat of large scales covers his body. Although generally small it sometimes reaches the weight ofthree pounds, and is caught of that size off Montauk Point, Long 60 FISHES OF THE EAST ATLANTIC COAST. Island. Though not a very prominent fish on the list of the saltwater angler, Kilburn, the artist, has included a beautiful copy ofhim in his wonderful series of game fishes, and I would refer myreaders to that work for a just idea of the glorious coloration of thesalt water fishes. The sea bass is a bottom fish, swimming about and living on thecrustaceans that inhabit the rocky bed. So, in fishing for sea bass,the sinker should be kept not more than a foot above the bottom.The best bait is sandworms and clams, and the best tide is at theflood. The sea bass is not very good eating unless just from thesalt water. Like the weakfish, if kept, it has a tendency to growoft and insipid.
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CHAPTEK XU. The Berg all—l^aiUogolahus adsperstts. This fish has earned, and deservedly, much opprobrium on a goodmany accounts. It is a very small fish, only in very rare instancesreaching a pounds weight. The general color is blueish on the dor-sal, merging ijito a greenish hue beneath. Different sizes varygreatly in color. Some bergalls are brownish, some blue, somegreen ; the largest have an orange tint about the gill covers. Theeye is not large and the mouth, in which there is a plentiful supplyof sharp teeth, is small and bordered with thick lips like the black-iish. In the dorsal fin are several very sharp spines likely to inflicta severe wound unless the angler is careful. The strong scales of this fish are almost impossible to take off ifonce allowed to dry. A dip in sharp vinegar will render the taskof dressing the bergall easier. The bergall is a vicious lookinglittle fish ; has a mean face. This fish is very plentiful about New York, and is caught aboutrocks and sunken t

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