Excerpt from The Fishes of the East Atlantic Coast, That Are Caught With Hook and Line: Including the Fishes of the East Coast of Florida Forester's expressive sentence: The striped bass is the boldest, bravest, strongest and most active fish that visits the waters Of the midland States. Every extensive work on angling in American waters contains a reference to the striped bass fishing to be enjoyed in the water: about Manhattan Island. The great depth Of water rnd the narrow rock-strewn channels combine to form a very paradise for the bass, who seems to find the greatest enjoyment Of his existence in darting through the hell-gate mill-race and among the rapid tide-ways Of the lower Sound. Twenty years ago the striped bass fishing In New York Harbor was simply superb every flood tide would see the capture Of hundreds Of bass in their season. There was one place in particular, the mention Of which will perhaps recall to many an Old time anglei some Of his fishing triumphs The Willows, as it was termed. This famous spot in the Harlem Kills was Often so encircled by row boats that any late arrival on the ground was forced to push his boat stern foremost into the crowded ring. As New York waters were and still are the center Of striped bass fishing, I will first describe the methods Of fishing here and the tackle and baits used. As the monster fish Of former days are not now looked for, the New York fisherman fixes his rod and line for bass under ten pounds. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.