In the Gulf Stream 



Consider sailfishing. The cost of chartering the boat runs 

 from thirty to sixty-five dollars a day. The tackle supplied by 

 the boatmen is generally designed for durability in the hands 

 of beginners rather than for sporting qualities. Chances of get- 

 ting a sailfish to hit on any given day are far less than even; 

 chances of catching a sailfish, if it does hit less again than that. 

 Many anglers have trolled for months without taking a sail- 

 fish. And sailfishing is not a sport for persons subject to seasick- 

 ness .These conditions apply in a lesser degree (except for mal de 

 mer) to the commonest forms of tarpon fishing. 



A tourist angler who spends days in green-gilled queasiness 

 and gets no fish, or who takes a sailfish on a line that would do for 

 blue marlin, or who hunts tarpon for a week and catches nothing 

 but jack and snook on heavy tackle one who goes home lighter 

 by a good deal in the pocketbook but not much heavier in the 



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