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lift, making the game one of excitement to the finish. 

 For hours boats have been towed by these big fishes; 

 the angler who lands one certainly earns his sport. 

 At the end of the struggle the big fish will appear 

 near the surface, and when the gaff reaches his under 

 jaw and he is held, he tosses water over the boat and 

 makes a brave display of his power and strength. The 

 fish is then taken in tow, if very large, or hauled up 

 on the stern by block and tackle and taken inshore to 

 be weighed by the weighing committee of the Tuna 

 Club, as there are records, cups, medals and trophies 

 which go to the breaker of existing records. 

 The rod records of the Tuna Club are as follows: 



Largest Black Sea Bass (Stereolepis gigas) 



F. V. Rider, Avalon, Cal., season 1898 327 



T. S. Manning, Avalon, Cal., season 1899 372 



F. S. Schenck, Brooklyn, N. Y., season 1900 384 



C. A. Thomas, Pomona, Cal., season 1901 384 



H. T. Kendall, Pasadena, Cal., season 1902 419 



Edward Llewellyn, Los Angeles, season 1903 . . . 425 



H. L. Smith, New York City, season 1904 402 



L. G. Murphy, Converse, Ind., season 1905 436 



C. H. Earle, Los Angeles, Cal., season 1906 372 



C. J. Tripp, Los Angeles, Cal., season 1907 427 



Lloyd B. Newell, Los Angeles, Cal., season 1908. 380 



R. C. Baird, San Francisco, Cal., season 1909 394 



Jesse Roberts, Philadelphia, Pa., season 1910 385 



THE SANTA CATALINA SWORDFISH 



There are two swordfishes found on the California 

 coast the common Eastern swordfish, Xiphias, and 

 the Santa Catalina swordfish, Tetrapturus. The 

 former is taken with the harpoon and is not consid- 

 ered a game fish, attaining a weight of from six hun- 



