On this date in 1966, The San Bernadino County Sun’s Ocean Fish Report listed the following:
Seal Beach: 18 anglers: 177 barracuda, 24 bontio, 2 calico bass, 5 halibut.
The fifty-three year old “bontio” typo has been preserved in the service of historical accuracy.
– Michael Dobkins
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