
Captain Jim Gardner coming into Avalon with 3 Sea Bass and the Bass flag flying, Santa Catalina, CA., ca. 1903 / source
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Captain Jim Gardner coming into Avalon with 3 Sea Bass and the Bass flag flying, Santa Catalina, CA., ca. 1903 / source

436 pound record Black Sea Bass being reeled up (the Bass flag flying) caught by Levin Graham Murphy on 80 line, Santa Catalina Island, July 16, 1905 / src: Islapedia.com

Captain Jim Gardner (and two other men) Poses with Black Sea Bass Caught with Rod (and reel) in 1907 at Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, CA.
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Charles Frederick Ironmonger ::
World’s record Giant Sea Bass, 428 pounds, caught by John I. Perkins, boatman from
Farnsworth, with rod and reel in 57 minutes
Santa Catalina Island, California, June 31, 1905 / source: big fishes of the world
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Charles Frederick Ironmonger :: A Fish-woman in Victorian dress (Mrs. E.N. Dickerson, of New York) stands next to her prize catch of a 363 pound black sea bass (caught with rod and reel in 35 or 55 minutes), Santa Catalina Island, California, 1901 / source: islapedia.com
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Charles Frederick Ironmonger :: 425 pounds Black Sea Bass taken by Edward Beach Llewellyn (time: 41 minutes) on August 26, 1903. It became the World’s Record Black Sea Bass caught. Off Catalina Island, California. / source and more info: www.flysfo.com/museum/
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