Favorite fish and fishing . h and Fishing black bass, or light striped bass, tackle Isnecessary to withstand Its fierce rushes whenhooked. And last, but not least, comes the jew-fish, the Gargantua of the water, thoughclothed In a vesture of modest blackishgray. It Is somewhat like a colossal blackbass In contour and appearance, and In facta closely allied species, the jewfish of thePacific, Is called black bass on the coast ofsouthern California. The David who slaysthis Goliath of the deep should be proudof his achievement. If It Is killed on the twenty to one hundred pounds Isabout
Favorite fish and fishing . h and Fishing black bass, or light striped bass, tackle Isnecessary to withstand Its fierce rushes whenhooked. And last, but not least, comes the jew-fish, the Gargantua of the water, thoughclothed In a vesture of modest blackishgray. It Is somewhat like a colossal blackbass In contour and appearance, and In facta closely allied species, the jewfish of thePacific, Is called black bass on the coast ofsouthern California. The David who slaysthis Goliath of the deep should be proudof his achievement. If It Is killed on the twenty to one hundred pounds Isabout the usual limit of rod-fishing for thejewfish, though a few have been killed onthe rod upward of two hundred or threehundred pounds at Catallna Island on theCalifornia coast. At any deep Inlet of the west coast ofFlorida, or about Key West, they may befound, but never In great numbers. Unlikethe tarpon, the jewfish Is an excellent fishfor the table, and Is greatly esteemed atKey West, where It Is cut In steaks and fried 158. a. cin > o c C3 Florida Fish and Fishing in batter, when it is very toothsome. I Some Big Oneshelped capture one on a shark line at Jupi-ter Light on the east coast in 1878 thatweighed three hundred and forty pounds onthe light-house steelyard, and United StatesSenator Quay was a witness to the weigh-ing. I was also particeps crhninis in takingon a shark line another that weighed threehundred pounds, at Little Gasparilla inlet,on the Gulf coast, in the same year. Andfarther up the coast, at Gordons Pass, nearNaples, I killed a number on the rod thatweighed from twenty to sixty pounds. Adecade ago the south shore of this inlet,under the palmetto trees which grew on thesteep bank, was a noted place for jewfish,and much frequented by Col. Haldemanand other Kentucky gentlemen who hadwinter residences at Naples. Another jewfish, a tropical species {Pro-microps itaiara) ^ growing even larger thanthe one named, is also found in Floridawaters. I do not mean the
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