Forest and Stream, September 25, 1890

FISHES AT CAPE CHARLES, VIRGINIA

Tourists and sportsmen -- Field sports - FishingTourists and sportsmen -- Field sports - Hunting : Waterfowl and shorebird

From Mr. B. A. Bean, who has just visited Cape Charles, we learn that fishing is poor in that locality. Eighteen or twenty kinds of fish were taken in three hauls of a seine. Anchovies and young pompano were found, also young bluefish and sea bass. Pipefish, usually among the commonest of the shore fishes, are scarce. Half beaks (Hemirhamphus) were abundant and spawning. The silver gar (Tylosurus) were not common. As for the birds, a few plover were seen and many ospreys; ducks were absent.