feathers or long narrow strips of ballconfish skin are fastened. Most 

 of these hooks have barb5„ On the fishing grounds they are trolled from 

 the stern of the boat on 20 to 50 fathoms of liae„ If they take a skip- 

 jack on this gear, the fishermen Judge that there is a school in the 

 vicirdty and begin fishing. They are employed particularly after the 

 latter part of September when the schools go deep and become permanently 

 located on the shoals „ There are also many types of these lures„ 



Paragraph 2 Bait 



As set for-oh in the section on the na&its ci tne skipjack, the 

 conditions which govern the use of bait for skipjack are that it be live- 

 bait and that it suit the skipjack's taste. Furthermore,, fishes which 

 meet these requirements mfust also be easily taken in waters close to 

 Japan and they raiast be available in large quantities in a live state^, 

 At present the various kinds of iwashi are used for the most parte 



1, Baits used in skipjack fishing 



(a) Erigraulis iai2£!lfei^ Z"^_7 -' '^-- >^p--^ -■ i^ pivferrai by the 

 skipjack beats in the Kagoshima., Si-iizuoka^ Chibaj, Ibaragi^ and F'akushima 

 regions c 



(^) Decaoterus giroaii, =- Usea la the Tckushima and Chiba areas,, 



(c) Sardinia melanc sticta =>•= Used almost all over the country^ it 

 occupies the first place for quantity,, but the main areas of use are 

 Kagoshima J Koshi, Chiba. Miyazaki, Iwate;. and Kianamoto, 



(d) small mackerel- scad = = Kagoshimay Miyazakij Tokushimay and Mie 

 areaSo _ 



(e) small mackerel ■== Kagoshima, Miyazakij, Tokushima,, Kochij, and 

 Iwate area So 



(f) i^'^ashi -- Kagoshima, MiyaaaKi, Tokushimdj Ifekayama, Miej, Kanagawa, 

 and Aomori B~'i?>-., 



(g) sr Miyazaki area 



(r.^ ..io_j,_iiiacK.ergi=scad ■=" Miyasaki area 

 {i. '-^J L katakuchi iwashi^' == Kschl area 



'1-u addition tc these specieSj, mysids and living larval fish and eels 

 are •-.sed for chum bait,, 



2,, liow bait iwasni are kept a-ii's 



Live bait is the animal In its natural living state, and in many 

 jases it is the best type of bait. When baits other than live bait are 

 usedj it is extremely difficult to catch fishj since ancient times live 

 bait has been used almost exclusively and it has been easy to take fish 

 with ito Because the bait fish are in their natural living state it is 

 necessary to ise the greatest care in keeping and transporting therhs, and 

 even then they occasionally will die. 



As the ski^^'; . season approaches, bait-pounds are set up at the 

 baiting grounds, commonly called ssabaj, which are usually places inside 



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