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Title: Favorite fish and fishing
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Henshall, James A. (James Alexander), 1836-1925
Subjects: Fishing
Publisher: New York, The Outing publishing company
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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,with suitable tackle the acknowledged gamefish, par excellence, of America, the blackbass, will yield him sport galore.T^^.^^f^?^ The lover of sheepsheading will find his head (Archosar- . r i i i gus probatoceph- quarry about the pilmg of old wharves or^^^^^ about the oyster reefs, while his bait—fid- dler crabs—abound in myriads on thebeaches. I once saw the catch of a manwho took three hundred on a single tidefrom Summerlins cattle wharf at Punta-rassa. He should have been indicted, triedand convicted by a jury of honest anglersand sentenced to a term of imprisonmentby a judge of fair sport. The sheepshead,with its human-like incisors, is very adroitat nibbling the bait from the hook, andmust be circumvented by a quick, sharp turnof the wrist upon the least provocation orintimation of its intentions; this will drivethe hook into Its well-paved jaw six timesin ten. When hooked, the sheepsheadmakes strenuous efforts to reach the bottom,which is very trying to a light rod. The144
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Florida Fish and Fishing fish should be kept near the surface untilthe spring of the rod compels it to give upthe contest. A school of sheepshead, intheir striped suits, reminds one of a gangof prison convicts, begging their pardonfor the comparison; of course all compari-sons are odious. The same rod and tacklehereafter recommended for cavalll, etc.,answers for sheepshead. The cavalll, or jack, with Its second cous- The CavaiiiIns, the runner, the horse-eye jack, the hippol)^^leather jack, amber jack and the pompanos,are closely allied to the mackerels, and allare game-fishes. The cavalll can be takenwith the fly, bait, or trolllng-spoon, andwhen hooked puts up a vigorous fight. ItIs a handsome silvery fish, bound in blueand yellow, and can be found about theinlets and tideways. In rare Instances itreaches twenty pounds In weight, but isusually taken from two to ten pounds. Or-dinary black bass tackle Is suitable for thecavalll, with a sinker adapted to the strengthof the tide. For b

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