CHAPTER XVIII. 



Fishing For Other Sea Fish. 



EEP sea fishing for the gamey amber jack, 

 bluefish, weakfish, and other denizens of the 

 deep is exciting sport and interesting to all 

 anglers, whether they have an opportunity to 

 indulge in it, or whether they must be content 

 to only read of it and live in hope, and I 

 regret that for the purpose of this work I must confine this 

 great branch of angling to a single chapter. I can only give 

 brief descriptions of the fish and tell in a few words how 

 they are captured. 



Many fine game fish are found off the Pacific coast. 

 The tuna has already been described. There are several 

 smaller tuna, good game fish, but a description of these cannot 

 be given here. In the Pacific along the coast of California 

 and southward is found the black sea bass or jewfish, an 

 ocean monster running up to 800 pounds in weight. It re- 

 sembles the black grouper of the eastern ocean, but is a 

 finer fish. In appearance it is very much like a monster 

 black bass. It is caught by still-fishing from an anchored 

 boat in about fifty feet of water, tuna tackle being used. 

 Albacore is used for bait. The fish puts up a great fight, 

 but is not to be compared with the tuna. 



The yellowtail of the Pacific is not the little fish known 

 by that name along the Florida coast, but is a larger fish, 

 running up to sixty or eighty pounds in weight. It is a 

 splendid fighter. A light salt-water rod is used for them, and 

 a nine thread linen line. Linen line is the only thing for 

 ocean fishing as silk will not stand the salt water. The bait 



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