POPULAR SALT-WATER FISHES 



Albicore (Carcane, Tunnina, Tauna, Mack- 

 erel, Bonito, etc.) : Caught on the troll in the 

 Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Is well-known in 

 the Gulf of Mexico. Attains a weight of forty 

 pounds. 



Amber-Fish (Jack-Fish etc.) : Caught abund- 

 antly on medium tackle with crab, clam, 

 worm, and small-fish bait just below the sur- 

 face off the West Florida coast and the 

 Carolina coast. Weighs up to fifteen pounds. 



Amber-Fish (Rock Salmon, etc.): Caught 

 near Pensacola in company with the preced- 

 ing species, which it resembles in appearance 

 and habits, though growing to a greater 

 weight. 



Amber-Fish (Yellow-Tail, White Salmon, 

 Cavasina, etc.): Caught by trolling along the 

 coast of California. Ranges from Cape San 

 Lucas northward to the Santa Barbara and 

 Coronados Islands. Weighs up to forty 

 pounds. 



Anchovy (Sardine, Spearing, Whitebait, 

 etc.) : Caught on Brook Trout tackle, with bits 

 of clam and worm, abundantly in the Atlantic 

 waters about Ft. Macon, Ga., Woods Holl, 

 Mass. , and New Jersey and New York ; in the 

 Pacific abundantly in sheltered bays from 

 British Columbia to Chili. Attains a length 

 of six inches. Is the principal food of the 

 Bonito, Salmon, Mackerel, Sea Bass, Barra- 

 cuda, etc. 



Bass, Sea (Blackfish, Black Will, Black 

 Harry, Hannahills, Bluefish, Rock Bass, 

 Black Bass, etc) : Caught on bottom places in 

 the summer and autumn, particularly July to 

 October, with shrimp, killy, and clam bait 

 the large specimens in the ocean, and the small 



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