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tackle is suflSciently large for them, but oiled silk lines cannot be 

 used in salt water. Trolling or casting. Season : all the year. 



Sheepshead (Trochocopus pulcher), lo to 15 pounds. 



A bottom fish feeding on shells, crabs, etc. Tackle a 9-ounce 

 rod, a g-thread hne. Bait for this fish is crayfish, abalone, 

 sardine, or almost any kind of bait. It is found in shallow 

 water, and the bait should be lowered to the bottom, or near it. 

 Season: all the year, best from May to December. 



Whitefish (Caulolatilus princeps), 12 pounds. 



This fish is found in water 20 to 30 feet deep, but can be 

 "baited" to the surface, and is one of the finest game fishes in 

 CaUfornia waters. Tackle, a g-ounce or a 6-ounce rod, with a 

 g-thread or 6-thread hne, the lighter preferred. Bait, sardines 

 smelt, abalone, or crayfish. Still-fishing; — in a tideway, if 

 possible. Season: all the year, but best in the summer and 

 fall. 



Blue-eyed Perch (Girella nigricans), 3 or 4 pounds. 



Tackle, 6-ounce rod, or better, an ordinary trout rod, 3 or g- 

 thread line, with a very small hook and crayfish or abalone 

 bait. Found in medimn depths and can be baited or 

 "chummed" to the surface. Season: all the year. 



Medialuna (Medialuna calif orniensis) , 2 to 4 pounds. 



A very game Httle fish of medium depths, which can be baited 

 to the surface. Tackle, 4 or 6-ounce rod. No. 3 or 6 Une, cray- 

 fish or abalone bait. Season: all the year. 



Opha (Lampris guttata). 



This is the most beautiful fish in the world, and one specimen 

 has been taken with rod and reel between Santa Catahna and 

 San Clemente. Tackle, g-ounce rod, g-thread hne. Sardine 

 or smelt bait. Very rare; probably not over fifty fishes of this 

 kind have been reported. Attains a weight of 50 to 75 pounds. 



