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THEATRES, FESTIVALS, SPORTS
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San Joaquin Rivers for their perch and salmon, the Bay of Monterey for its 50-pound chinook or King Salmon, Coronado Bay for its bass, and Catalina coves for their blue and yellow-fin tunas, their black and white sea-bass, sword-fish, albacore and yellow-tails. Besides the fish mentioned, the chub, dace, carp, cat-fish, pike, sculpin, sucker, roach, eel, rock cod, pompano, shad, bonito, barracuda, sturgeon and anchovy are found in California waters. The Rainbow Trout is the sportsman's ideal fresh-water fish, "gamy but catchable." It is iridescent, speckled, symmetrical, has a delicate flesh, and averages 3 to 4 pounds in weight. Though not native to the region above the centre of the State, some southern streams have been stocked with it.

At Point Reyes, on the coast north of San Francisco, the California Anglers' Association meets for its yearly tournament.