. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. 246 CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME soon enougli the mackerel will come sailing through the air and land with a thud on the deck; but if he hesitates and the mackerel gets its head down there will be a fight out of all proportion to the size of the fish. The mackerel must be taken off the hook with an air of disdain. The fact that he is able to outfight many justly famous game fishes must not be allowed to count in his favor. He is just too
. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. 246 CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME soon enougli the mackerel will come sailing through the air and land with a thud on the deck; but if he hesitates and the mackerel gets its head down there will be a fight out of all proportion to the size of the fish. The mackerel must be taken off the hook with an air of disdain. The fact that he is able to outfight many justly famous game fishes must not be allowed to count in his favor. He is just too darned common. To be sure, on barges located in kelp or near rocks, where the mackerel is comparatively scarce, it is sometimes in great demand—as jewfish bait. Mackerel is supposed to be poor eating, but the trouble is that most people do not know how to prepare it. The next time that you have a mackerel, try boiling it fifteen minutes in a saturated salt solution, split it, break away the dark meat, bones and skin, and serve the white meat with a good cream sauce. If more people did this they would probably put their mackerel into their gunny-sacks with more Fig. 5S. Loading live bait into a floating receiver alongside a barge. Note the empty receiver hanging in midair. The searchlight is for night fishing. If the fisherman uses live bait he may hook a mackerel, bonito, or barracuda. Bonito, the smallest of the tunas, is very like a mackerel on a somewhat larger scale, but is much more highly regarded. A barra- cuda can generally give a good account of itself during the few seconds allowed it on barge tackle, but if he has a chance to fight he soon proves i that he has not the almost unlimited endurance of the bonito or mack-j erel. If the fisherman lets a hand-line down to the bottom he is likely to I get a halibut, rock cod, sanddab, flounder, or kingfish. The last three] are not caught when you are fishing in deep watei-—they are merelyi discovered waving fe
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