Tagging fish has indicated th at
there is no m ajor m igration move
THURSDAY, A PR IL 30, 1953
m ent. The fish m ay be found in
brackish w aters as well as in salt
w ater. On he west coast in the
Pacific the ' Striped M ullet is
Team standings April 16
found
from M onterey to Chile.
I iy E . L aurenck P almer
W
L
The
S
triped
Mullet
is
on
of
the
H E FISH figured here is the
14
m
ullet
group
th
a
t
congregates
in
P
ete
Lesm
eister
.......
34
S triped Mullet which is a close
17L
relativ e of the W hite Mullet, the huge schools. It is closely re la t F reem an’s M arket .... a o tt
ed
to
the
Silversides.
19»
Tots,
Teens,
M
incer’s
2
8
1
ft
F an -tail M ullet and the Brazilian
K
err
H
dw.....................
22
28
The Striped M ullet is one of
M ullet Of these the Fan-tail and
24
B razilian M ullets may be consid the larger m ullets. It may reacn Don’s Cliff House .... 2 J
Sisco
Loggerettes
....
28
23
ered more southern than the a weight in excess of 5 pounds
Chetco
Cafe
35
13
S triped and the W hite. The W hite and a length of 2 feet. It is dark
35
M ullet is rare north of New York blue above, has silver sides fad Eagles A ux................... 13
though it has been taken as far ing to w hite or pale yellow on
YEARLY HIGH GAMES
the under sides. There are showy
as Maine.
Individual games
The Striped M ullet has the rep- tlark stripes along the sides and L arrie Peterson ................... 214
these of course help distinguish Clara Goyke ......................... 205
the species from the related K atie Hall ............................. 196
W hite Mullet.
Dana Baird ........................... 196
When m ullet form schools in
Individual series
M ¿A»*
shallow w aters they frequently C lara Goyke .......................... 521
jum p into the a rir m aking it easy L arrie Peterson ................... 504
for the school to be located by Verna Crabb ............................ 491
fishermen.
Fisherm en
usually
Team games
take Striped M ullet with seines Chetco Cafe ............................ 892
either set when a tide is in to Pete Lesm eister Ins............... 881
capture the outgoing fish or set Don’s Cliff House .................. 862
Mullet
around a milling school of fish.
Team series
01*91 Nolfe«.l Wildlife fe<fer«*fe«
Some m ullet m ay escape a seine Pete Lesm eister Ins............. 2515
set for them by leaping over the Don’s Cliff House ............... 2468
u tatio n in the New York latitude cork line but m any are t^ken. In
Sisco Iz)ggerettes ............... 2462
of hibernating during the w inter spite of this wholesale m ethod of
Ten High Average
m onths. We do not presum e to taking the fish over m any years
Clara Goyke ............................ 152
pass judgm ent on this statem ent. the supply seems to rem ain ap
Katie Hall .............................. 144,
T he southern limit if the range proxim ately the same. This m ay Verna Crabb ............................ 142 |
in the A tlantic is Brazil w ith be due to the enorm ous recupera- Rickey H aggerty ................
134
the greatest concentration off tive power of the fish.
' Dana Baird ......... Z Z Z I 132
Florida and the Gulf of Mexico.
In the Florida area, spaw ning Audrey Keen ......................... 126
takes place in shallow w ater over Cleo Rogers
125
sandy bottom s from D ecem ber E rsa F isher
124
through
February.
Som etim es i Yolande Vaughn
123 1
eggs may be laid over rocky bot K athy K arns .......................... 121
toms th at lie to a depth of over
HIGH GAMES A PRIL 16
20 feet. In the spawning act a
Ind. gam e: Dana Baird, 196;
single fem ale is usually surround
ed by a num ber of m ales all of Ind. series: Verna Crabb, 483;
PLANER ENDS
whom are usualy sm aller than Team gam e: Tots to Teens &
the female. No parental care is Mincers. 843; Team series, Chetco
Cafe, 2383.
given the eggs or young.
S triped Mullet feed freely on
Easy S tre e t
\eg etab le m atte r, some of it ta k tract of the m ud eaters.
en from muds. The fish has the | M ullets are of considerable
characteristically long intestinal food value for m an and provide
one of the most popular and suc
cessful baits for the larger game
fishes of the seas. The size of the
m ullet used depends in part on
the fish sought by the angler.
M ullets are commonly cut up for
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So valuable is this species th at
extensive studies are being made
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to assure th at the supply contin
ues. The N ational Wildlife Fed
eration has sponsored many s tu
dies designed to protect different
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