Big Sharks as Game 



so utterly ruined their boats that the fishery was 

 abandoned. 



An acquaintance of mine stated that once in Mon- 

 terey Bay a huge specimen of these sharks followed 

 him about for hours, becoming so attentive that he 

 came in shore. This shark, which was estimated to 

 be thirty or forty feet in length, placed its head 

 directly beneath the rudder of the launch about three 

 feet down and held that position. 



These huge creatures are harmless, having ex- 

 tremely small teeth, and doubtless live on sea weed, 

 and on small fishes and animals of various kinds. 

 The specimens caught off the Southern California 

 coast became entangled in nets, involving great loss 

 to the Portuguese and Italian fishermen. 



At Santa Catalina sharks of remarkable size are 

 taken with rod and reel, and in other ways it being 

 not unusual to see huge Grouper sharks, twelve or 

 fifteen feet long, brought in by anglers, while Mack- 

 erel and Thresher sharks, Hammer-heads, Oil sharks, 

 and many more fall to the anglers especially in Sep- 

 tember, when the big game comes in from the outer 

 sea to prey upon the schools of fish which abound in 

 the vicinity of the island. 



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