The Taking of Big Game Fishes 



be used as in the case of other large fishes, but it 

 should be lighter. 



The preceding methods are those adopted and 

 used by the Tuna Club of Santa Catalina, founded 

 ten years ago by the author for the protection of the 

 oceanic game fishes of California. The 2i-strand 

 line was advocated to lessen the catch, and foil the 

 u fish hog " and his tribe, but many anglers use a 

 9, 1 8, and other small lines. 



It is believed that the 2i-thread line is the logical 

 size for the largest fishes mentioned, but the Light 

 Tackle Club, founded by its President, Mr. Arthur 

 J. Eddy, of Chicago, which has its headquarters at 

 Avalon, Cal., advocates a rod which weighs but six- 

 teen ounces and a 9-thread line for fishes under one 

 hundred pounds. The action of these two clubs 

 places sea angling on a very high standard. They 

 offer valuable prizes for the record fishes taken ac- 

 cording to their rules, and the yearly tournaments are 

 of much interest. Those who take a twenty-pound 

 fish with the tackle of the Light Tackle Club are 

 entitled to a bronze button; a forty-five-pound fish 

 brings among the joys of the catch a silver button, 

 while a sixty-pound fish caught with this thread en- 

 titles the angler to a gold button. And twelve anglers 

 have qualified, taking the yellow-finned tuna up to 

 sixty pounds and over. The prizes of this club for 

 the season of 1906 were as follows: 



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