El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-16
Nv ASHINGTON, D. c., April 10
wv special bulletin on the


w A special bulletin on ''th
greatest fishing in TIL
world, beautifully illustrated will
photographs, is about to be issued b.
the government fisheries bureau 1t il
very attractive literature to anglers.
For one thing, it speaks of southern
California as the only part of the work
where fishes are shot by gunners FOL
sport The game In this instance i:
the California flying fish-a species
very strong on the wing" which
skins through the air for distances OF
a quarter of a mile more. Marks
men go after IL in fast gasoline
launches, with shotguns. and as the
fishes rise out Of the water, they shoot
10 right or left.
Must BE Accurate.
Very ready and accurate marksman-
ship is required TO hit the fish. which
flies with great swiftness- It has Of
ten been asserted, by the way, that this
f1nny creature does not move its huge
winglike pectorals in flight; but some
naturalists nowadays declare that il
does use them to keep itself aloft
farping them with such rapidly that
TO the eye they produce the effect of
a blur. One must own that it is diff
cult to see how the animal could fly
such great distances by merely leap
ing and skimming-
The flying fishes shot In the manner
described are taken aboard the boat
with the help of a scoop net. But it
is thought that good dogs might cas-
lily be trained to retrieve them from
the water, and an effort is to be made
TO utilize this idea for developing the
sport
Fishes of the kind are particularly
good TO eat, and in great demand for
food, but commonly they are sold as
bait for tuna or yellowtail, fetching
higher prices for that purpose than in
the market. During the fishing season.
from May to October. they are worth
a dollar a dozen
The YeIIowtaiI Fish.
The yelIowtail is the great food fish
OF California 1t is also magnificent
game. being the hardest fighting fish
known Very beautiful fblue and sill
Yer, with Yellow fins), it sometimes at
tains q weight Of 100 pounds The rod
record is so pounds.
II is taken off shore from dowboats
or launches. with a six ounce or nine
ounce split bamboo. the bait used be-
ing the dying fish or sardine. Also. II
IS captured miles out at sea- where 1t
turks under the kelp patches.
At Santa Catalina Island there is an
anglers club. which does everything IT
can to foster and encourage the gentle
sport" 1t even maintains a small bio
logical station, with numerous aquaria,
for the purpose of studying the deni-
zens of the ocean at close quarters:
and. to promote the use OF the light
rod as an instrument Of aquatic sports
nanSh.p, il offers valuable prizes for
the biggest fishes taken by this means
It's members are mostly persons OF
some weaath. and the club maintains
quite a little feet of launches of eight
OF more horsepower peculiar fea-
ture of these boats being that they
have glass bottoms
Three Species of Tuna.
Three species of tuna frequent those
waters. One of them, the "leaping
tuna is the greatest of all game
fishes The angler who goes in pur-
suit of il uses a "a ounce rod, the butt
of which rests in a socket on the seat
of the boat-a very useful contrivance,
inasmuch as the ieaping tuna averages
10 pounds in weight II is wonder
full jumper, and preys almost exclusive.
" on flying fish and squid- The bait
used is preferably flying fish, the
method employed being 10 troll for
the mighty game about quarter OF
a mile off shore-though sometimes the
fisherman takes an opportunity to APP
proach a school and cast his bait in
front of it
The yellow finned tuna averages
only 10 pounds in weight. 1t is one
of the most beautiful of fishes. some
what resembling the Ieaping tuna, but
with fms Of a vivid lemon yellow color |
On occasions il has been known TO tow /
boat for two or three miles
The third species is the long filmed
TINA. of about the same size, which is
otherwise called the "albacore." 1t is
so bold and ravenous that on occasions
IT has been known actually TO snatch |
q sardine from a fisherman's hand held
over the gunwale of the boat.
Sea Bass.
Another great game fish is the white I
sea bass. which reaches a weight of
100 pounds The record of the Santa |
Catalina club is so pounds. 1t makes !
fine play, and to land large speci-
men requires no small amount of skill !
Though il prefers flying fish. it finds !;
the sardine very acceptable. One meth !
cd of taking it is to drop an empty !
hook into a school of sardines and !
one Of them. If a white sea /
bass is around. it will take it instantly. |
The black sea bass is a mighty fish !
indeed. averaging 250 pounds. and oc- |
casionaily running up TO soc pounds |
weight. II is sought by anglers in and |
about the klein giant Seaweed which 1