forward and downward to a little below the lateral line. 



Weight, usually from nine to twelve pounds, though 

 they occasionally attain a weight of eighteen pounds. 



Tackle and Lure The same as for the bonito. 



THE CHUB MACKEREL 

 (Scomber japonicus) 



The chub mackerel, the smallest of the Scombridae 

 family, approaches very closely the true mackerel of 

 the East. It is hard to find a fish of any variety more 

 delicious than a chub mackerel, caught from the yacht 

 and placed on the broiler as soon as it quits flapping. 

 They are occasionally found as far north as Monterey 

 bay, but their real range is from the Santa Barbara 

 channel south. With reasonably light trout tackle they 

 put up a gamy and interesting fight. 



Back, bluish green, mottled with irregular darker 

 streaks, some of which pass below the lateral line; first 

 dorsal fin quite high, and about the distance of its 

 height in front of the second dorsal; second dorsal and 

 anal about the same size and nearly opposite each 

 other; tail forked, but not so broadly as the bonito. 

 Weight, from one-half to three pounds. 



Tackle and Lure Trout tackle and spoon will fur- 

 nish interesting sport. But they will take any lure. 



THE YELLOW-TAIL 

 (Seriola dorsalis) 



The yellow-tail belongs to the family Carangidae, the 

 same to which belong the pompanos, and is one of the 

 gamiest of sea fishes. In fact, it is generally said by 

 experts who have fished for all varieties and in all 

 waters, both salt and fresh, that the yellow-tail of Cata- 

 lina is the gamiest fish, pound for pound, that swims. 

 Whether this be true or not, it is certainly one of the 

 hardest and most persistent fighters found anywhere 

 and furnishes the angler with rod and reel from an 

 hour to two hours of lively sport before he can bring it 

 to gaff. One well-known writer on angling subjects 

 says: "It never knows when it is dead." While the 

 average catch will run from ten to thirty pounds, speci- 

 mens have been taken weighing sixty-five pounds. It is 

 occasionally met with in Monterey bay, but its range 

 is from the Santa Barbara channel south, where it is 

 caught the larger portion of the year. 



Grayish blue on the back; sides, a dull silver, with 

 a yellowish buff stripe along the lateral line; fins, green, 

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