Southern California . may be caught finny monstersthat weigh from one to fivehundred pounds. The black seabass, or jewfish as it is popularlytermed, is the largest of its tribe which is capturedhere wnth hook and line. It is exciting sport to betowed by one of these great creatures, and after a longfight to land it; but, after all, the pride of conquest isthe only reward, for the fish is not fit to eat whencaught. There are, however, plenty of edible fish to betaken both with a. hand line and rod and reel, whichafford the fisherman all the sport he can ask for, and fre-quently more. Yellowtail
Southern California . may be caught finny monstersthat weigh from one to fivehundred pounds. The black seabass, or jewfish as it is popularlytermed, is the largest of its tribe which is capturedhere wnth hook and line. It is exciting sport to betowed by one of these great creatures, and after a longfight to land it; but, after all, the pride of conquest isthe only reward, for the fish is not fit to eat whencaught. There are, however, plenty of edible fish to betaken both with a. hand line and rod and reel, whichafford the fisherman all the sport he can ask for, and fre-quently more. Yellowtails, barracuda, rock bass and albi-core are caught by the boatload during the fishing season. 65. How often, in looking over the blue waters of theocean, we wonder at the mysterious life of its depths,and imagine tin- strange creatures which dwell have described their fancies of it, scientists havewritten down in their exact language its characteristics,but what a revelation to see it for ones self! The glass-bottom boats are unique in California, I believe, althoughbut an adaptation of the marine observation glass whichhas long been in use. From these boats it is possible tolook down into the water to the depth of from fifty to one hundred feet and observethe life as clearly as we lookabout us on land. Rowing-over the kelp beds, the ob-server is suddenly transportedinto a wonder world whichsurpasses his most fantasticGj<s^ bollomecf kojCt- dreams. Great trees loom up out of the gloom and spread their broad corrugatedleaves of amber in the bright sunlight. They waveand sway with the gentle motion of the water, andin and out swim the fish, now darting into the shadow
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