VI. 



Page 



Rawhide cushion to secure line to swivel 100 



Record fish, schedule of 86-88 



Reels 94 



Release hook 107, 124 



Remora, a parasite on tarpon 73 



Rod, Dr. Gaines' observations 161 



How it is held while fishing 118 



Two should be carried 94 



Wrappings _ 94 



Rolling hitch 99 



Rules to govern capture 151 



Run of fish varies 135 



Schutt, L. P., his hard luck 89 



Sewing cotton, fish caught on 90 



Sharks, attracted by fish struggling on hook 158-159 



Baiting them up 159 



Dr. Beebe's experiences 158 



Catch free tarpon 155 



Equipment 155 



Harpoon and its use 156 



How tarpon escapes - 160 



KiDing catch 157 



Outfit for shark fishing 156 



Pulling power 158 



Rig of shark hook and its use 155 



Size of 157 



Species 155 



Use of blood to attract- , 159 



Sinkers 104 



Spawning, conclusions relative to 43 



Strike of tarpon 164 



Striking fish. (See Methods) 



Storey and Perry, seine small tarpon at Sanibel Is., Florida 26 



Stray, J. W., harpooning methods 133 



Sunburn and its treatment _ 109 



Survivor from another era 11. 18 



Swivels - 107 



Syrus, Publius, quotation (Preface) 

 Tackle (see items of) 

 Tarpon (Tarpon atlanticus) 



Afl[idavit to attest capture 153 



Age not determined from scales or otoliths 66-72 



Air breathing habits 47, 51 



Air bladder of 47, 49-51 



Albinos '^^ 



