Purplish green on the back, with blue perpendicular 

 stripes fading into the silvery sides; fins, dark purple. 

 Tackle and Lure Same as for tuna. 



THE BLACK SEA BASS, OR JEW-FISH 

 (Stereolepis gigas) 



This monster of the ocean, commonly called jew-fish, 

 seems to be in all respects a gigantic black bass, closely 

 resembling the small-mouthed of the fresh waters, and 

 no further description will be necessary for anyone 

 who may be fortunate enough to land one to know to 

 what species it belongs. In fact, he will know just what 

 he has hooked long before the monster shows himself on 

 has hooked long before the monster shows himself on 

 the top of the water. This huge black sea bass seems 

 to have a very restricted range, for it is only known 

 from the Coronado Islands to the Farallones. They 

 are very plentiful around Catalina Island, where they 

 are usually taken with hand lines. They can not be 

 called a game fish, though they are now being taken 

 with rod and reel at Catalina and furnish a kind of 

 "heavy-weight" sport for those who like it. One weigh- 

 ing over 436 pounds has been taken on a tuna rod and 

 twenty-one thread line. The writer saw one several 

 years ago that was taken on a hand line that weighed 

 720 pounds and was over seven feet in length. They are 

 fish of great strength and will tow a boat with ease at a 

 considerable speed. 



Tackle The same as for tuna, with fish bait. 



THE BARACUDA 

 (Sphyraena argentea) 



The baracuda is a common fish from San Francisco 

 south to Mexico. In the Santa Barbara channel and 

 about Catalina and San Diego it is largely taken by 

 trolling with light tackle, when it affords really good 

 sport. It is a long, slim fish, reaching three and even 

 three and a half feet in length, the usual catch being 

 from two to two and a half feet in length. 



Head long and slender; eye high up on the head and 

 nearly half way between the snout and the back of the 

 gill covers. Pectoral fin just below the lateral line; 

 first dorsal spinous and nearly opposite the ventral; 

 second dorsal about midway between the first and the 

 tail; anal almost directly under the second dorsal. 



Bluish brown on the back, grading into white on the 

 belly. 



Tackle and Lure Same as for bonito. 

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