The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-27

T. not a fraction Of a second for snytlhin .
lightning It is once moro darting away. The
hum Of the wheel rises 70 Q scrcech as the Y,
E ,1nss o almost sto e sn. 2 ~ M hot sr from fSps the op rod A YhiS
Off at tho left the fish is swishing and splashing
In frantic endoayor to break away, Occasion.
q second to the surface OF the bay. The line runs
from right to left and back again through the
coSrsc. tH F : snsi HP riSESs the Of d aSs%f fully II is q d Fsp,a
times within thirty feet or SO Of the boat, when
It takes a new start and away it goes, carrying
tion. AT last the yellow tail shows signs
81 Me'f Bns Il pu ISe as s II q shark esSiS were n t on he iHSs
Now. as tho shining prize is drawn nearer, and
noarer by. tho painting, anxious angler, IL darts
beneath the boa, in ono last endeavor to escape.
Tho angler waits q moment, that seems to him
like an hour sometimes, and then firmly and
fSSi fSR Is in no he boz Boat aSI In O'S'S moment on confusion
reigns there. There is a medley Of threshing
heads, fms, and tails, Of ,throbbing sides and q
tangled line, as the fish bouncos about and ham,
mora its head on the boat bottom for some min
utes until Its throat is cut,
was the most satisfactory 6sh he had ever trollcd
for. The novelist had angled in about all tho
famous fishing waters Of the world aia too too c he
win. in London, that. no had never found any
sport 90 exciting, and requiring such doStsrity
r 9 Bay. The iiss .tSpyr@na sroentiai has a
represen' etive four teel long Ia the q, Gulf OF Mex,
leo and OF the coast or Brazil. Iho oarracuuh
80 some S et@of feet ION long w" Il Is Il IN form SraVY ike Tie east
ern pil korel. 1t weighs about thirteen pounds,
Rs meat q Sf Is sMsst f nns nr mack o 'siSS nhs sn se 1ssi:
edible. qualities. Fishormen call it the dainty
Il viii follow close to the surface of the water
a trolling hook or a California deyice OF bone p At,
hook, as Il making sure OF, the bait. suddenly
Il T its m lssR p9 VIII s,nit, f fast isna sB q a fSe 0 aSer
fish Of it's size in these waters. to wrench away
from the, line. Often sixty feet Of line are car
Men who fish for barracuda with rod and reel
S forms s al manner ann SV 81 , symn al HsI iea tnS While hSn P his
osaptor is watching and waiting With q thump.
Ing heart; Ny the ash darts deep 2, down |. below oy
breath, Mr.. Barracuda lie darling straight at the
kelp thirty feet below. In a twinklIng II Is OFF
and away again. this time. drawing the line
through the fingers Of the fisherman till they
Many a trial Of conclusions with a barracuda
has lasted twenty minutes or q half hour; Grad
angfor has skiltully worn 1t out in its struggles;
but their, is never an opportunity FOR the Usher
barracuda until he has safely brought it to KnT.
for every man who has ever angled in the Pa.
cifc waters Of this region has stories to tell OF
the superb specimens of barracuda he has lost
from his hook by a peculiar muscular wriggle Of
the fish Just as he was drawn within distance Of
the gaff. The more sportsmanlike fishermen
from the East use nothing but a rod and reel in
catching barracuda. and some Of them say they
wish wi, for NO hvsi ! q, sport than "a mi; a.. ph ioI ash b c does tSs
yellow tail, but is quicker in Its movements and
more renourceful. Barracuda move in vast
trial America In May and Juno. and may be
caught star north as San Francisco. Catches of
twenty-five barracuda in a day are common ut
snUna placag along SOuthern Culi.Druia-
Then there are the bonita-the Shorio chien-
sis. 1t is the prettiesto OF all salt water fish. Fish,
OF. the mnckorel family. and has the unmis.
%iustrous with the most delicate shades OF green.
or six pounds. Epicures in San Francisco say It
is the most juicy and toothsomc OF all the coast
fishes, and there is always a call for 1t at all
clubs. It is a shy bitter, and may be captured
, mer, for it comes north only when the water is
warm. and 1t goes back south early in October.
A curious fact is that # is seldom caught IN ita
who have had several snmmers'' experience In
southern California; prefer to fish for bonita and
fsh on the hook, and has 50 much vitality thu
long after the yellow tails and barracuda hays
their heads and tails the smaller bonita vii
still be tapping on the wood.
Every one who does much fishing at the coas,
here has a. leas, one experience wit the man ian,
y E'' caught 1t san Hp!geso. siaiia Monica. and
Catalina Island in July and August. They mr.,
close cousins OF the black bass of Eastern fresl
waters. and in shape and coloring are identical
but arc so enormous as TO DO grotesque. Fancy
q tsh that has eyes as large as horse Dyes. scales
that will cover a silver dollar. n head as large a.
a hushel basket, n mouth that will take in q
fifteen pound roast OF beef, and n tail that viii
more than cover a laISe barrol head. Such ~
always caught on powerful handlines and b,
hooks OF the toughest steel over a foot in length
Aea asS a hHS csn Ssea isasn took Ok I his a record TfG iisb P II
this way last August. He was nearly four hour
In landing his prize after he had hooked Il
in many stores in Los Angeles and San Fran
cisco for weeks after the evont. TIL flesh OF thu
The Spanish mackerel tScomberomorus con
color is caught in vast numbers at several o
the southern California beaches in July. an,
August. None ever go further north than SAINT;
Barbara. The fish Is a good bitter. and, is easily
landed by one who has a strong and d~exterouI
reel. The Spanish lnackerel swim so near tn
surface OF the water that their approach may b.
s are a. long si4tS di 81 ,Ss,s s f.S tat Tne E Sv y sIn hss S ssT
son In two hours. and has known several Gooi
anglers with rod and rec. to come into Avalon
EIIGov,, Markham alone caught atty three
pound Spanish mackerel at itedondo In on
afternoon last summer Tho fishermen at SAINT.
Catalina Island get thousands every summer.
q delight to all anglers: It does not give tn
fight the other fishes do. but It Is u f~irst-clas
edible fish; In any other locality than this. 81
rich In edible fishes. 1t would he famous. Its eye
are bright and full Of fire. and the spines OF 1t
dorsal fin stand erect and show its comb,tiv'
qualities. 1t Is a foot long, deep and thick II
body. has a lprgc head. and 70 marked will
reel. Tor the rock col swims deep and live
among tho kelp. A hook baiicd with n sardin
or small perch is its best allurcment,
Ranking next TO the yellow tail in It's beaut,
is the sea bass. common all along the California
coast. This magnificent fish tCynOscion nObii,
represents the Atlantic sduotcaGuc on thi
coast, the genus being known in New York n
weakhsh, at Cape Cod as drummer. and in tn
Southern States as sea trout, but none equal tn
California species In size and beauty. The Cal
forn!. sea bass ~attains a length of three feet Ant
a weight Of fifty pounds in "a I, W instances. TIL
fishermen call tho young. from four, to min
pounds, sea trout, and believe them to DO differ
ent fish. but they are merely tho immatnr
CVnosci0n mobile. Other allies are (CynOSciO
Ddrrdpinne) the 'corvina." ranging from Sal
Pedro to the Gulf OF California; the red ron
cador. ranging from Point Conception. south
Santa Barnard south, and little roncador. TIA
ycllow-fnned roncadorl L nlbrina roncador). tn
bagre CIentierrus undutatuS), and others, al
"a I hla ua food Hahaa