The name berserker derives from the Old Norse berserkr (plural berserkir). This expression most likely arose from their reputed habit of wearing a kind of shirt or coat (serkr) made from the pelt of a bear (ber-) during battle.
Fishing. ROCKLING The Rockling can be found close to shore around rocks pools sand bars etc. this fish provides little sport and is generely a fish that sea match anglers will target when other sport is poor.
fish movements and harvest rates. The striped bass (Morone saxatilis), also known as the striper or rockfish, is easily identified by the dark horizontal stripes across its silvery body. Striped bass can grow to more than 48 inches (122 cm), weigh over 50 pounds (23 kg) and live up to 30 years.The New York State record is a 76 pound (34 kg) fish caught off Montauk in 1981. The largest striped bass on record is a 125 pound (56 kg) female caught off North Carolina in 1891.ew York State also has a commercial striped bass fishery. Striped bass taken commercially must be caught east of the East Rockaway Inlet on the south shore of Long Island and east of Wading River Creek on the north shore.