SOME FISH AND SOME FISHING 



water small-mouthed bass and is covered 

 with scales, is mottled on the belly, and has 

 square fins and tail. 



The giant bass grows to a great size. It 

 is said that one was landed by a handline in 

 the gulf of California that weighed 720 

 pounds. 



These fish have been taken at Catalina 

 Island for some years on regulation tuna 

 tackle, the record fish weighing 493 pounds. 



Although the giant bass cannot rightly be 

 classed as a game fish it gives the beginner 

 a strenuous sensation and affords good 

 training for more exciting sport with the 

 rod. 



A proper spot having been selected near 

 the edge of the kelp, the boat is anchored 

 and the anchor-rope buoyed so that it may 

 be thrown overboard when a fish is hooked. 

 This is really not necessary unless the fish 

 is of great size. I took, from an anchored 

 boat, three giant bass last season that would 

 average over 250 pounds, in fifty minutes. 

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