CHAPTER XXVIII 



GAME FISHES OF THE COLONIES 



THE colonial possessions of this country, espe- 

 cially those of the Pacific, abound in a number of 

 interesting fishes which, when thoroughly inves- 

 tigated, will doubtless add to the list of large 

 American game fishes available to anglers. Very 

 little attention has been paid to angling as a 

 sport either in Hawaii or the Philippines, and as 

 in the present volume I have confined my de- 

 scription of catches to those personally made, I 

 shall pass them with but brief reference, and turn 

 to the game fishes of Porto Rico, all of which I 

 have brought to gaff or net. 



About Honolulu the opah, referred to in a 

 previous chapter, is taken, and I have seen a 

 photograph of a large specimen of this fish 

 claimed to have been taken in these waters with 

 rod and reel. Dr. Jordan, who in 1902 made a 

 visit to Samoa and the islands, wrote me : " Game 

 fishing is almost unknown about the islands, 



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