Identifier: favoritefishfish00hens (find matches)
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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also be used.Gaudy and attractive flies are the best forfly-fishing, which can be practiced frompiers, a boat, or from the points of inlets.The most popular way of fishing is by troll-ing in the channels, when a spoon with buta single hook should be used. The sea-trout is a surface-feeding fish,and a game one. It is not a trout, of course,but is akin to the Northern weakfish, andis called a trout, by courtesy, because of itsblack spots. It takes the fly because it can-not help it, and will give the angler ampleexercise with a light rod before it is landed.Being more high-minded than the sheeps-head, it does its fighting on the surface.The sea-trout is not a bushwhacker nor yeta guerilla. It sometimes runs up the streamsto fresh water. The Spanish mackerel is not a whit be-hind the sea-trout in gameness, or in its apti-tude or fancy for the feathers and tinselof an artificial fly. It is the trimmest builtfish that swims, and always reminds me ofa beautiful racing yacht. It feeds and146
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Florida Fish and Fishing fights on the surface and in the open, dis-playing Its silver and blue tunic with goldbuttons to good advantage. They movein battalions along the outer shores duringwinter, but In March and April enter theinlets In companies, and then afford finesport to the angler. When the Spanish mackerel is running Shore Fishinginto the bays and Inlets, it is often accom-panied by the sea-trout (spotted weakfish).Both fishes are surface feeders and takebait or the artificial fly eagerly, as stated.They run In schools at this season, and arereadily seen as they plow along the surface,creating quite a ripple. The fishing at this time is practical fromwharves or the points of Inlets and passes. The long piers at Port Tampa and St.Petersburg on the west coast are favoriteplaces. The fishing is done on the floodtide, mostly, but often at the last of the ebb.No special directions are needed when thefish are running in schools, except to keepthe bait or fly in constant motion on

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