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Black Sea Bass {Stereolepis gigas), 300 or 400 pounds. 



This fish is found in water 20 to 40 or 50 feet deep. Tackle, 

 i6-ounce rod, not less than 6 feet in length, 21 or 24-strand 

 Une, No. 10 hook. Bait, a piece of albacore weighing 5 or 6 

 pounds, or a live whitefish which is allowed to descend near the 

 bottom. Small specimens of these fishes have been taken by 

 trolUng with a whitefish, with the bait near the bottom. Season : 

 April to December. 



Barracuda {Sphyrena argentia), 10 to 15 pounds. 



This is a surface fish running in schools and can be taken 

 with a 9-ounce rod, 9-thread line, and a spoon, sardine, or 

 smelt bait. Trolling. Season: spring and summer. 



Halibut {Paralichthys maculosus). 



This is a bottom fish, attaining a weight of 50 pounds, and 

 very game. Taken with a 9-ounce rod, No. 9 fine, sardine 

 bait. Found in medium depths off sandy beaches. 



Roncador {R. stearnsii). 



A number of interesting fishes are included under this head, 

 also called surf fishes, running up to 5 or 6 pounds. Taken 

 on the bottom, with clam, crab, or crayfish bait. 



Sharks. 



Several kinds of sharks are taken here. For the largest, 16- 

 ounce rod 21 or 24-thread line, fish bait of any kind. The 

 smaller oil shark (Galleorhmus galens) can be taken in Santa 

 Catalina Harbor with a 9-ounce rod, 9-thread line. This shark 

 leaps, and affords excellent sport. Fish bait of any kind. 

 Hammerhead shark and bonito shark {huropsis glaiica) are 

 the common catches with rod and reel. 



Yellowtail {Seriola dor salts). 



Sixty pounds, very game, comparable to the Eastern blue- 

 fish, related to the amber jack of Florida, same genus; comes 

 in schools in March or April, breaks up, and is the game fish 



