Tackle and Lure—Same as for whiting.
THE TUNA CLUB OF CATALINA ISLAND
I cannot close these articles on fish and fishing without a few words of commendation of the Tuna Club of Catalina Island. From the very inception of this organization it has striven to encourage the use of light tackle by all anglers. To this end, it has adopted three classes of tackle specifications for the taking of the several kinds of fish found in the waters surrounding its island home, and provided a number of cups and buttons to be awarded each year to anglers who land fishes of certain weights, with such tackle as is prescribed therefore by its rules. This campaign, which it has so energetically urged in behalf of scientific angling, has worked wonders in its section of the Coast. The old methods of landing fish, even of the gamiest quality, by the employment of nothing more than brute force at the end of an unbreakable cable, has almost disappeared in its section, and scientific angling with the lightest possible tackle has taken its place. But the good work of the Tuna Club has not been confined to the boundaries of its own section. Anglers from other sections of the country visiting Catalina, and seeing the additional pleasure derived from the use of light tackle, have become enthusiastic advocates of this more scientific means, and returning to their homes have spread the propaganda there.
To the stiff pole and chalk-line fishermen of confirmed habits I have nothing to say. But to the younger generation who have not yet grown grey in the practice of bad habits, I wish to urge upon them the use of the lightest tackle possible, as a means of developing greater skill and deriving greater pleasure from their favorite sport. And this is equally true whether it be a tuna or a trout.
Order, ACANTHROPTERI.
Family, SCIAENIDAE
| Genus | Species | Common Names | Range | |||
| Menticirrhus | undulatus |  | California whiting or sand sucker | | From Point Conception south to Guaymas, Mexico. | |
| Roncador | stearnsi | Spot-fin croaker | From Point Conception south to Manzanillo, Mexico. | |||
| Umbrina | roncador | Yellow-fin croaker | From Point Conception south to Manzanillo, Mexico. | |||
| Cygonoscion | nobilis | White sea bass | From San Francisco south to Coronado Islands. | |||