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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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d while taking Lhe coin out of his mouth hegrasped it between his finger and thumb, and to this day the had-dock bears the marks of the impress of tne apostles thumb andforefinger. They are two black maiks about the size of a three-cent piece immediately behind the head, just where an angler to-daywould grasp a fish to extract the hook from its jaws. The haddock has a distinct black line running along its sides; thesame lateral line in the codfish is white. As regards coloration thehaddock is darker than the codfish. It is a more tasty fish also, andis usually smoked before being brought to market. A celebratedkind of smoked haddock comes from Scotland and th y are knownas • finnan baddies. The haddock is caught pruicipally in winter 76 FISHES OF THE EAST ATLANTIC COAST. by professional fishermen in the neighborhood of Cape Cod, thoughthe extent coastwise of the haddock run, is from Delaware Bay upto northern Maine. The baits used are chopped herrings and some-times salted menhaden.
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CHAPTER XVI. The Menhaden—Alosa menhaden—(Gill.) This seemingly -worthless fish is one of the most important of allthe salt water fishes. There is not one of us, be he a fisherman ornot, who is not interested in the mossbunker. They swarm all alongthe coast, even some distance up the rivers every summer, and uponthe regularity and perpetuity of that migration depends to a greatextent the fish supply of the Eastern Coast cities. The magnetthat draws the great armies of bluefish to our waters is the vastshoals of menhaden that precede them. The best bait for stripedbass in surf-fishing, and, in fact, the material of all chumming,, isthe mossbunker. I have seen great collections of these menhadenascending the Soimd, and next day following a school of porpoises,rolling, tossing and diving in merry style through the water. The great use the menhaden are put to is in making fish oil, andright here lies a very threatening danger to our coast fishing. S^inenets are made that cover acres,
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