The latter of these are exceedingly the better fish to eat, and are deserving of the angler's attention whenever they can be found, which is only in a few of the salt water bays or inlets of our coast. They both take clam bait and the weak-fish will often take a white-fly fastened to the line above the bait, and used in bait-fishing not flyfishing. King-fish are essentially bottom fish, and have a small sucker-like mouth, which can only swallow a small hook and bait; they are found on oyster beds which they no doubt explore for food. Once hooked, although they pull hard, they can rarely escape on account of the leathery nature of their lips unless the hooks break. They must be fished tor close to the bottom. Many persons use a sinker on the end of the line with the hook or gut leader fastened six inches above, but we prefer a float and sinker and two hooks on leaders below the latter. By this rig, more space can be covered. Weak-fish, on the other hand, are mid-water fish, and have large mouths and soft jaws. For them, it is well to use a large Carlyle hook of fine steel with a round bend, a float and sinker, with but a short distance between them, and fine leaders of gut. Both of these fish like shedder crab, and at times will take the belly or soft part of the clam, when they will refuse the tougher portion usually used. The king-fish is always and everywhere rather scarce, but the weak-fish, was once taken in New York harbor in immense numbers and is so taken in Barnegat Bay. The first of flood tide, is usually preferred as the time for catching all salt water fish, but this is not a universal rule and often they will only bite on the first of the ebb, but if they bite on neither, it is useless to fish "between times."