Fish and Fishing 



they are taken by the largest fish as food. For 

 that reason, the flying-fish is often used as bait. 



The white sea-bass average about forty or fifty 

 pounds, small ones being more or less rare. 

 Specimens weighing eighty pounds have 

 Record ^^^^ caught with hand lines. The rod 

 record is fifty-six pounds. In the San 

 Francisco market, bass weighing sixty to eighty 

 pounds are not uncommon, and doubtless the fish 

 attains a maximum weight of one hundred or more 

 pounds. 



In the Gulf of California a larger species of this 

 genus is found; it is a stouter and bulkier fish; there 

 is a record of one being caught weighing 

 Bass ^^^ pounds. It is known as the Gulf bass 

 and can be found in vast numbers on the 

 shores of the East coast, even entering the mouth 

 of the Colorado River. 



STRIPED BASS 



No one will question or dispute that the striped 

 bass, or rock fish, is the finest representative of 

 the whole great family of sea-basses. Handsome 

 in form and color, its table qualities are excellent, 

 and it is a bold and persistent fighter in whatever 

 method caught. It is a prolific breeder, hardy, 

 and easily transplanted for distribution. 



The natural range of the striped bass includes 



the entire Atlantic Coast, from the Gulf of Mexico 



to the Gulf of St. Lawrence, the fish entering rivers 



and ascending them almost to their head-waters. 



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