. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. 232 CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME ill uiidulaliiig courses leaving wavering, siiciky trails of light. Audio- vies, being feebler swimmers, dart away in short, curved dashes. Sar- dines are more powerful and dash away, leaving long sliglitly curved trails resembling tlic luminous paths of sky rockets. There are several ways of locating sardines in the day time (Figure 73). A school may be discovered at a distance by seeing the gulls, fulmar
. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. 232 CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME ill uiidulaliiig courses leaving wavering, siiciky trails of light. Audio- vies, being feebler swimmers, dart away in short, curved dashes. Sar- dines are more powerful and dash away, leaving long sliglitly curved trails resembling tlic luminous paths of sky rockets. There are several ways of locating sardines in the day time (Figure 73). A school may be discovered at a distance by seeing the gulls, fulmars, and shearwaters flying in circles and feeding upon the splash- ing fish. The water may also appear dark from the mass of fish below, and at close range the fish may be seen splashing on the surface. The character of the splash serves to distinguish sardines from ancho- vies, the former throw their tails above the surface without a marked silvery flash, while the latter flip over sidewise on the water sliowing their silvery sides and reflecting flashes of light. Some fisliermen locate deep-lying schools in quiet water by the "bead"—minute bubbles which come up from below and bead the surface of the water like rain drops^ Making a haul. Having located a school of fish dense en^^ugh to warrant an attempt, the crew stands in readiness to lay out the net while the skipper, noting the wind and current, circles and maneuvers the lioat into proper. l-'iG. 74. Hauling in Ihf wings. The activity liL-re shown is accompanied by llic excitement one feels before actually landing any other kind of fish. position. The net is always laid out in relation to the direction of the wind so tliat the boat may not blow back over the net. and to the direction of the current, so that the net may not be swept shut or prevented from opening fully. In making a haul, the net is laid out in a huge circle about the school of fish, the ends brought together and hauled in, impounding the fish in
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