for fish long ages before it became such for the nobler race that sports 

 with them. The waters, some of them, are always land-locked and 

 quiet. Sitting in your boat on their unruffled surface, the bottom that 

 lies thirty to sixty feet below you appears to be within easy read: of 

 your arm. Fish of all colors, sizes, and degrees of table excellence may 

 be seen awaiting your skill. The favorite method is by trolling, and 

 you will catch specimens of all Pacific Coast varieties except the salmon, 

 which, having a decided preference for glacial seas, stops short in its 

 migrations whenever the temperature shows a notable rise. It is by 



FRYING FISH SANTA CATALINA ISLAND. 



Exocetus calopterus. 



no means an uncommon achievement to hook and land a fish whose 

 weight exceeds that of the captor. Not infrequently a day's catch of 

 yellowtail and other desirable fish will aggregate a weight of 250 pounds 

 sometimes rising to those figures twice told. 



A visit to Santa Catalina Island will give a new experience to the 

 veteran angler no less than to the novice. For the gun wild goats, 

 quail and other birds can be had. 



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