Fish and Fishing 



ity of C. F. Holder, whose influence in hold- 

 ing up a high standard of sport is highly com- 

 mendable. 



Tuna angling is a modern sport confined so 

 far as known, to Santa Catalina, California. 

 The locality is limited to about four miles of 

 coast in the lee of the Island Mountains 

 Localftv "^vhich afford several open bays, generally 

 smooth, the wind only blowing part of 

 the day, thus giving the angler perfect conditions, 

 without which tuna fishing would be impossible 

 and extremely dangerous. 



The tuna is an ocean wanderer, found in many 

 parts of the world, known as the horse mackerel, 

 tunny, and great albacore. Everywhere it is 

 a terror to the smaller denizens of the deep, 

 feeding on blue-fish, menhaden, her- 

 the"Tuna ^"^S' ^^ ^^^^ Atlantic, gorging itself with 

 the great flying fish in the Pacific. For 

 centuries it has been caught in great nets in the 

 Mediterranean Sea. From the St. Lawrence, 

 along the coast of Nova Scotia, down to Cape Cod 



in New Eng- 

 land, it is com- 

 mon, and at 

 times is har- 

 pooned by the 

 Position before the strike. fishermen 



Some specimens attain a weight of 1,200 to 1,500 

 pounds. 



The "leaping" tuna has been rightly named by 

 its champion, Charles F. Holder, author of "Big 



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