Index 
California barracuda, see Barracuda 
of California. 
California crayfish as bait, 413. 
California flying-fish as bait, 414. 
California herring as bait, 414. 
California sheepshead [ Pimelometo- 
pon pulcher| — 
Coloring, 177. 
Description, 176-178. 
Fishing for, 181-183. 
Food, value as, 183. 
Game qualities, 182. 
Range, 176, 179, 180. 
Tackle, 181. 
Weight, 183. 
California smelt as bait, 414. 
Caranx hippos, see Jack. 
Caranx pisquetus, hard-tailed jack, 
173. 
Caulolatilus princeps, whitefish, 183. 
Centropomus, robalo, 131. 
Centropomus undesimalis, found on 
Texan coast, 131. 
Centropristes striatus, sea-bass, 277. 
Chance in sea-angling, 14. 
Channel-bass [Scienops ocellatus| — 
Description, 187, 193, 194. 
Fishing for, 191-193. 
Food, value as, 199. 
Game qualities, 198. 
Names, 189. 
Range, 188, 190, 198. 
Size, 195. 
Spawn, I99. 
Surf-fishing, 196. 
Tackle, 191. 
Value, 199. 
Cherna criolla grouper, 221. 
Chief, grouper fishing, 216. 
Chinook of Monterey [Oxcorhyn- 
chus tschawytscha] — 
Fly-fishing, 384-386. 
Habits, 387, 396. 
Kipling’s fishing experiences, 385. 
427 
Chinook of Monterey [continued] — 
Season, 388. 
Sport, 388, 390-395. 
Tackle, 388-390. 
Whitney, J. P., study and writ- 
ings, 385, 386, 389, 391, 
394. 
Chetodipterus faber, see Mariposas. 
“ Chowder fish,” blackfish, 276. 
Clam bait, 413. 
Cleopatra and Antony story, 296. 
Clupea pallasii as bait, 414. 
Colonies, fishes of, see Hawaiian Isl- 
ands azd Porto Rico. 
Conch as bait, 412. 
Coryphenida, see Dolphin. 
Crayfish as bait, 411, 413. 
Cuban hogfish, 128. 
Cynoscion macdonaldi, species of 
white sea-bass, 30. 
Cynoscion nobilis, see White sea-bass. 
Cynoscion parvipinnis, species of 
white sea-bass, 32. 
Deep-sea fishes and water pressure, 
II-I2, 
Digestive organs of game fishes, 8. 
Dog snapper [Lutianus jocu] 45. 
Dolphin [ Coryphenide] — 
Beauty of, 345. 
Bottle-nose dolphin, 348. 
Color changes, 346. 
Description, 345-348. 
Fishing, 342-3474 
Game qualities, 13, 345. 
Range, 343. 
Size, 346. 
Species, 348. 
Tackle, 344. 
“Don Juan,” quotation from, 268. 
Drum [Pogonias cromis]— 
Bait, 318. 
Description, 311. 
Drumming, 314. 
