BLACK SEA BASS 



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getting upset, is a feat worth while. If a large Sea Bass 

 possessed the courage and fighting qualities, pound for 

 pound, of the fresh-water black bass, it would take a hawser 



Photographed by Ironmonger. 



BLACK SEA BASS. 



Caught at Santa Catalina, with rod and reel, by Mrs. 

 A. W. Barrett, of Los Angele.s. Weight, 416 pounds ; 

 length, 7 feet 10 inches; girth, 5 feet 11 inches. 

 Time, 2 hours and 15 minutes. 



and a donkey engine to handle the line, a tugboat to with- 

 stand the shock and a bomb-lance to kill the fish when 

 alongside. 



On our Atlantic coast, from Charleston to Brazil, occurs 

 another huge fish to which the popular name "Jewfish" is 



