CALIFORNIA 



three-foot snell leader with a three-way swivel is the rig the 

 majority of Calif ornians use. 



From the Mexican border to Seattle there are also a num- 

 ber of other fish which are good fun to catch when the gamy 

 inshore battlers are not in a taking mood. These fish include 

 the various and plentiful members of the perch family— 

 greenling, cabezon, tomcod, mackerel and rockfish. 



The various salt-water perch are rather similar to the 

 Atlantic porgy or scup, most of them averaging about a 

 pound. They, too, can be found all along the coast and put 

 up a fairly good scrap for their size. They go under several 

 nicknames, such as Chinca-fish, China pompano, pogy, 

 porgee and surf fish. They are usually found in large schools, 

 over rocks and inshore in the beds of kelp. A live bait is their 

 favorite but they will also take pile worms, mussels and clams. 



Mackerel are also found all along the California coast, the 

 majority being caught early in the morning in the vicinity of 

 kelp beds. They are good scrappers and prefer any small bait 

 including pile worms, clams and live bait. Rockfish, found as 

 far north as Alaska, are also called black snapper, rock cod, 

 red rock and salmon grouper. There are said to be thirty-five 

 or forty subspecies of the family. Some of these will weigh 

 as high as eight or ten pounds, but the majority weigh about 

 a pound. They are usually taken in deep water by trolling 

 with a live bait. 



The greenling's proper name is the cultus. It usually hves in 

 deep water but can be taken with live bait by surf casting 

 from the rocks. They do not fight hard and are disappointing 

 after being caught, even though specimens up to 35 pounds 

 have been taken. Other nicknames include buffalo cod and 



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