. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. CALIFORNIA PISH AND GAME. 63 Shad fishing in California is practically all done with drift gill nets having a drawn mesh of from 5-| to 6| inches. The regular salmon boat (Fig. 16) and gear are used, but the gill net is of smaller mesh and of somewhat lighter twine. The nets are from 150 to 350 fathoms long and 25 to 65 meshes deep. There is but one distinct run of shad into the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers each spring and this l
. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. CALIFORNIA PISH AND GAME. 63 Shad fishing in California is practically all done with drift gill nets having a drawn mesh of from 5-| to 6| inches. The regular salmon boat (Fig. 16) and gear are used, but the gill net is of smaller mesh and of somewhat lighter twine. The nets are from 150 to 350 fathoms long and 25 to 65 meshes deep. There is but one distinct run of shad into the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers each spring and this lasts about three months, beginning about the first of March and lasting until the first of June. The height of the run is in April. A few shad, however, are taken in striped bass and salmon nets practically the year round. It seems strange that with the occurrence of the shad in abundance in California its desirability as an article of food has fallen so low. Shad in the eastern states are considered a luxury, and the western shad is thoroughly equal in quality. It seems strange, too, that, consid- ering the present high price of most of the other fish as well as the high price of meat, a fish with the food value of the shad should not be. Fig. 19. Mending shad nets. put to more profitable use than dry-salting for the markets of China. The shad is more difficult to prepare because it is more bony than other fish, but the flavor is unsurpassed and should outweigh the difficulty of preparation. The feeding habits of the shad are likewise in its favor. This fish spends the greater part of its life along the ocean shore and feeds principally on shrimps, sand-fleas, and other crustaceans. It comes into fresh water for only a short stay during the spawning season and returns thereafter to the ocean. During its stay in fresh water it feeds but little, if at all. The unpopularity of the shad seems traceable to three factors: flrst, the abundance makes this fish undesirable; second, th
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