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Index 



Spanish mackerel [continued] 

 Garden Key, 290. 

 Migration, 292. 

 Range, 292. 

 Spawning, 292. 

 Tackle, 291. 



Spawning of game fishes, 9-1 1. 

 Spotted cero, name for kingfish, 



286. 

 Spotted grouper [Epinephelus drum- 



mond-hayi] 222. 

 Sphyrana argentea, see Barracuda of 



California. 

 Sphyrcena barracuda, see Barracuda 



of Florida. 



Squid, tuna bait, 416. 

 Stereolepis gigas, see Black sea-bass. 

 Striped bass sport, 277. 

 Strombus gigas as bait, 412. 

 Structure of game fishes, see Game 



fishes. 

 Submarine forests, 105, 178-180, 



35*- 



Superstitions of sea-anglers, 14. 

 Surf-fishing for channel-bass, 196. 



Tackle 



Albacore, 202. 



Barracuda of California, 102. 



Barracuda of Florida, 94. 



Black sea-bass, 115, 116, 117. 



Bluefish, 155. 



California sheepshead, 181. 



Channel-bass, 191. 



Chinook of Monterey, 388-390. 



Dolphin, 344. 



Drum, 317. 



Groupers, 212. 



Halibut, 365, 366. 



Hogfish, 123. 



Jack, 168. 



Jewfish, 303, 306. 



Kingfish, 282. 



Leaping tuna, 59-67. 



Tackle [continued'] 



Mariposas, 351, 352. 



Sheepshead, 328, 331. 



Spanish mackerel, 291. 



Tarpon, 236, 237, 257-261. 



White sea-bass, 24, 25. 



Yellowtail, 139. 



Tamisio, maigre fish story, 309. 

 Tampico, tarpon fishing, 271, 272. 

 Tautog, name for blackfish, 274. 

 Tautoga onitis, see Blackfish. 

 Tarpon [ Tarpon atlanticus'] 



Aransas Pass, 253, 256, 261. 



Bait, 237, 253. 



Courtesy code in angling, 270. 



Description, 227, 228. 



Fighting, 255. 



First view of the tarpon, 223. 



Fishing, 224-270. 



Frenchman anecdote, 266. 



Gaffing, 264. 



Game qualities, 226. 



Habits, 233. 



Jenkins, W. S., on, 230. 



Leap of, 239, 247, 248, 251, 272. 



Mexican fishing, 271, 272. 



Migration, 230. 



Name, 228. 



Photographing in air, 373. 



Playing, 264, 265. 



Porto Rican waters, 401-402. 



Pumping, 264. 



Range, 229. 



Rapacity, 233. 



Records, 240, 241, 252. 



Scales, 233. 



Season, 234. 



Size, 233. 



Skill required in tarpon fishing, 

 266. 



Smallest, 231. 



Spawning, 232. 



Tackle, 236, 237, 257-261. 



Texas, 231, 244-246. 



