Jan. 11 - East & West Beach - Santa Barbara

[davetclown]

note the similarities, above is a long jaw cisco (black and white) there are several verieties across the US, several went extinct in the late 1900's.

the fish on the bottom is your fish

cisco are part of the trout family and are often called haring

Knowing the habits and habitat of these fish, however, can be more important than the bait you use to try to catch them. Cisco are not always associated with bottom-dwelling species like whitefish and therefore need to be fished for differently. Schooling fish, cisco cruise mid-lake depths over the 60- to 150-foot (18- to 46- m) range and can often be seen swimming just 10 feet (3 m) below the serface. Anglers rely on sophisticated electronic LCD or flasher-type depth sounders that display the suspended fish.
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