CHAPTER XXVIII 
GAME FISHES OF THE COLONIES 
Tue colonial possessions of this country, espe- 
cially those of the Pacific, abound in a number of 
interesting fishes which, when thoroughly inves- 
tigated, will doubtless add to the list of large 
American game fishes available to anglers. Very 
little attention has been paid to angling as a 
sport either in Hawaii or the Philippines, and as 
in the present volume I have confined my de- 
scription of catches to those personally made, I 
shall pass them with but brief reference, and turn 
to the game fishes of Porto Rico, all of which I 
have brought to gaff or net. 
About Honolulu the opah, referred to in a 
previous chapter, is taken, and I have seen a 
photograph of a large specimen of this fish 
claimed to have been taken in these waters with 
rod and reel. Dr. Jordan, who in 1902 made a 
visit to Samoa and the islands, wrote me: “ Game 
fishing is almost unknown about the islands, 
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