Boys' own book : a complete encyclopedia of athletic, scientific, outdoor, and indoor sports (1881)
Clarke, William, 1800-1838 · New York : J. Miller, Publisher · leaf 254
er. Great numbers are taken in rivers, froma little before the flood of tide to the hour after, just outside boys ow2^ book. 237 of the channel-grass, with a bow-line, made with a whalebone,which is kept near the bottom by a dipsy. Each end of thebow is furnished with two or three hooks, set on… … This is a fine game fish, abounding in the rivers, bays,and inlets of our Atlantic coast, and in the spring of theyear ascending the rivers to spawn. The rod and tackle re-quired is the same as for the salmon. The bait is minnow,shiner, or shad-roe, and when in the bays or mouths ofrivers, shedder…
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