REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. CLXIII 

 Statement of the pounds of fish and lobsters handled by San Diego dealers in 1891. 



* Not sure that the figures were for this species. t Estimated. 



The following notes on the fishing apparatus employed at San Diego 

 have been furnished by Mr. Eutter: 



Trolling is the method used in catching barracuda, bonito, yellow-tail, and 

 albacore. A No. 4 I. P. cod hook is used for barracuda. No. 3 for bonito, and No. 2 

 for yellow-tail and albacore. But nearly all of these fishes are caught when trolling 

 for barracuda, as there are usually not enough of the others to pay for special fish- 

 ing. When the fish are abundant, and there is a man for each line, the barb is 



