Big Game at Sea 



Santa Barbara, are San Miguel, Santa Rosa, Santa 

 Cruz, Anacapa, San Nicolas, Santa Catalina and San 

 Clemente. All lie parallel to the coast, forming a lee 

 to the north and east, where the angler finds almost 

 perfect conditions. San Miguel, Santa Cruz and 

 Santa Rosa are reached from Santa Barbara; all 

 are private property, and permission must be ob- 

 tained to camp. This and the fact that bait is uncer- 

 tain, there being no professional fishermen resident 

 upon the islands, and no regular boat, has tended to 

 discourage anglers. One hundred miles to the south, 

 off Los Angeles County, lie two large islands San 

 Clemente and Santa Catalina about which nature 

 has done her best for the angler. The location seems 

 to be a favored one, a common ground for all fishes. 

 The islands are about twenty miles in length, Santa 

 Catalina being about seventeen miles from the main- 

 land, and San Clemente, a Government reservation, 

 about forty. The former has fifteen miles of good 

 lee, affording water as smooth as a lake, in a number 

 of bays and coves formed by the canons. The water 

 is deep along shore, intensely blue, and the fishing on 

 the line of fringing kelp. 



Santa Catalina is the only island having a town 

 and regular daily communication with the main- 

 land, Avalon, being well equipped with hotels and 

 cottages a unique spot, possessing everything re- 

 quired by the angler. The bay is filled with boats 

 and small launches equipped and furnished with every 



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