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Index 



Barracuda of Florida \_Sphyrana 

 barracuda} 



Bait, 91, 92, 96. 



Curiosity, 91. 



Description, 89. 



Ferocity, 88, 90, 98. 



Fishing methods and experi- 

 ences, 91-96. 



Flushing, 92. 



Food, value as, 97. 



Game qualities, 88. 



Giants, 98. 



Habits, 98. 



Range, 89. 



Spawning, 90. 



Tackle, 94. 



Young, 95. 



Channel- bass, see that title. 



Sea-bass, see that title. 



Striped bass sport, 277. 

 Bastard halibut \_Paralichthys call- 



fornicus~\ 369. 

 Black angel-fish [Pomacanthus ar- 



cuatus'] 35S-35 6 - 

 Blackfish [Centropristes striatus] 



277. 

 Blackfish [ Tautoga onitis\ 



Bait, 276. 



" Chowder fish," 276. 



Fishing, 276-280. 



Food, value as, 275-276. 



Range, 274, 276. 



Spawning, 276. 



Weight, 276. 

 Black grouper [Garrupa nigrita~] 



216-221. 

 Black sea-bass [Stereolepis gigas] 



Bait, no, 1 1 6. 



Color, 1 06. 



Fishing for, 106-115. 



Game qualities, 115. 



Haunts, 105, 106, 108. 



Length, 106, 107. 



Black sea-bass {continued] 



Season, 108. 



Species, 108. 



Tackle, 115, 116, 117. 



Towed by, 112. 



Weight, 108, 109. 

 Bluefish [Pomatomus saltatrix\ 



Description, 158. 



Family, 158. 



Fishing for, 153-158. 



Food, value as, 162. 



Game qualities, 156. 



Migration, 159, 161. 



Number, 160. 



Range, 159, 161. 



Rod record, 157. 



Spawning, 161. 



Synonyms of, 152. 



Tackle, 155. 



Voracity, 160. 



Weight, 157. 

 Blue parrot-fish \_Scarus ccerulem~] 



338. 

 Boatmen, see names Long John, 



etc. 

 Boats 



" Bull Pup " sloop, 323, 334. 



Tuna fishing, 59. 



Yellowtail fishing, 140. 

 Bonito \_Sarda chiliensis] 



Beauty, 294. 



Range, 295. 



Season, 295. 



Sport, 294. 



Bottle-nose dolphin catch, 348. 

 " Bull Pup " sloop, 323, 334. 

 Butterfly-fish [Lampris luna~] 348. 

 Butterfly-fishes, name for mariposas, 



355- 

 Byron, dislike for angling, 268. 



Calamus kendalli, pluma, 404. 

 California, Gulf of, white sea-bass 

 habitat, 30. 



