trolling, a medium sized, Kewell spoon is to be pre- 

 ferred. I have always found, however, that the best 

 sport is to be had by casting with a large trout fly 

 the color varying with the season close to the edge of 

 lily pads or tules. The tackle for fly-fishing should be 

 the same as for trout. For trolling the rod should be 

 shorter and stiffer. 



SACRAMENTO PIKE 

 (Ptychocheilus oregonensis) 



The Sacramento pike, known also by the names 

 chappaul and squawfish, and as lake trout in the San 

 Joaquin Valley, while but little sought after by the 

 angler, can rightfully be classed as a game fish, for it 

 rises to the fly as readily as a trout and often gets 

 cursed for doing so. It is a very common fish in many 

 of the lakes and streams from Washington south to the 

 San Joaquin Valley. Like nearly all fish its size de- 

 pends very much upon the waters in which it is found. 

 In Washington it has been known to reach a length of 

 four feet, but it is more commonly met with from eight 

 to twenty inches. In shape it resembles a trout, but 

 with a slimmer and more pointed head. The dorsal 

 fin is large and located about midway between the 

 snout and the end of the tail; ventral fins, slightly in 

 front of the dorsal and not as large as the anal which 

 is set about its length from the ventrals; tail, strongly 

 forked. 



STRIPED BASS 

 (Roccus lineatus) 



The striped bass, like many people who have crossed 

 the continent to California, readily appreciated the 

 many advantages of a life on the Pacific Coast. From 

 a couple of shipments brought from the East in 1879 

 and 1882 they have grown to be one of the most im- 

 portant food fishes of the state, about 3,000,000 pounds 

 being annually marketed. They were at first liberated 

 in the Bay of San Francisco, but later some effort has 

 been made to distribute them, with the result that they 

 are now found in small quantities along the coast from 

 Los Angeles to Humboldt. 



From their fine size three to forty pounds they 

 stand well with the angler as a game fish and furnish 

 good sport if the tackle is light enough. Their rushes 

 are not equal to those of the steelhead or the salmon 

 or the yellow-tail, nor do they fight with the same vigor 

 or with the same persistency. 



The striped bass is unlike any other coast fish. Its 

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