POPULAR SALT-WATER FISHES 47 



Vermilion Fish: (Pesce-Vermiglia) Caught 

 only by hook and line on small-fish, crab, 

 clam, and worm bait about rocks in deep 

 water in Monterey Bay and the Farrallones. 

 Weighs up to four pounds. 



Yellow-Fish (Striped Fish, Atka Mackerel, 

 etc.): Caught on small-fish bait about the 

 Aleutian chain and the Shumagins north to 

 Kodiak and west to Atka. 



Yellow Tail (Silver Perch, Mademoiselle, 

 etc.) : Caught on light tackle with shrimp bait 

 along the coast of New Jersey. Is abundant 

 singly and in pairs about Beaufort, N. C., and 

 Charleston, S. C. , and common along the shores 

 of Louisiana and Texas and the west coast of 

 Florida throughout the year; most plentiful 

 from May to November. Is found with the 

 Spot and Squeteague on the grassy shoals of 

 the bays. 



