FISHING TACKLE AND COMMENTS 



and also two on 15 -thread which, of course, is just a stunt, 

 but the possibility of getting them in shallow water there and 

 away from the sharks shows that they can be taken on 24- 

 thread. The answer to it all is, of course, that the anglers and 

 guides have learned how to fight these fish far more effi- 

 ciently, and the fine handling and speed of the boats have 

 been a contributing factor. Also, since the duration of the 

 battle has been shortened by so many minutes, the risk of 

 having the fish mutilated by sharks has naturally been re- 

 duced. Beheve me, the boys who fish off Cat Cay and Bimini 

 really can fight those tuna. They don't give them anything at 

 all when they don't have to. They really sock it to them, 

 making sure they herd them in on the white and shallow 

 bottom whenever possible. 



FAST TIME IN BOATING FISH 



There has been a great deal of criticism going the rounds 

 during the past few years about fish being caught too quickly. 

 I feel that this is so completely unimportant that I have here- 

 tofore given it no consideration. It has merely served to 

 amuse me, for only people who lack knowledge and experi- 

 ence of big game angling would ever venture the opinion 

 that there is any particular method, if ethical tactics are em- 

 ployed, that enables an angler to expedite the process. How- 

 ever, as long as this topic has become side-line gossip among 

 armchair anglers, I shall offer my own ideas on the subject. 



When anglers spend some weeks of the year fishing, go to 

 the right places to catch fish, and have a chance to hook 

 many of them, they are on occasion lucky enough to boat a 



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