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 ^ een cau g nt w ^ tn nan o! 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 172 P oun ds. 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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