. American angler's guide : or, complete fisher's manual, for the United States: containing the opinions and practices of experienced anglers of both hemispheres ; with the addition of a second part.. Fishing. CHAPTER XXIX. FLUKE, PLAICE, TURBOT, &C. These flat friends of ours are to the scientific sportsman '• stale and unprofitable" as regards their game qualities, but make about as good a dish as the angler could wish, after a few hours' exercise with squid and line, or rod and reel, on the ocean's breezy shore. This class of fish belong to the univer- sal flounder family, and to t
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. American angler's guide : or, complete fisher's manual, for the United States: containing the opinions and practices of experienced anglers of both hemispheres ; with the addition of a second part.. Fishing. CHAPTER XXIX. FLUKE, PLAICE, TURBOT, &C. These flat friends of ours are to the scientific sportsman '• stale and unprofitable" as regards their game qualities, but make about as good a dish as the angler could wish, after a few hours' exercise with squid and line, or rod and reel, on the ocean's breezy shore. This class of fish belong to the univer- sal flounder family, and to the untutored eye appear precisely the same, except being of larger size. The fish called in some parts of the country the Plaice, is taken mostly along the white shelving shores of the ocean, from Maine to Florida. The species known by the same name to the in- habitants along the coast near Shrewsbury, N. J., is, according to Dr. De Kay, related to the general tribe of Flounder, and is called the Oblong Flounder—Platessa Oblonga. Characteristics.—" Oblong, smooth, nearly uniform brown ; occasionally with spots. Caudal fin angulated. Length fifteen to twenty inches. " Color, dark olive-green, with somewhat lighter spots on the head and body ; these spots are occasionally distinct, but oftener with no vestige of them. Dorsal, anal, and caudal, dusky, tinged with sanguineous. The pectoral, anal, and ventral of the under side reddish ; above, dark olive, with dusky bars. Bron- chial membrane bright olive. The lower parts white, with a faint blush of pink. Interior of the mouth rosaceous. Pupils black ; irides yellow." The Ichthyological description is here given, in order to set many of our friends aright, and enable them to call the objects of their pleasure by their right names. It is during the summer season, when Basse and Blue Fish H*. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability