A New Game Fish 



" These tuna all surface when hooked at some 

 stage of the fight; this appears to be a trait character- 

 istic of the species, thus differentiating from the com- 

 mon albacore, which, when hooked, immediately 

 sounds in all cases ; they, however, are not to be con- 

 sidered for an instant in the same class. 



' With light tackle the time required to bring a 

 tuna of forty pounds or over to gaff has ranged from 

 one to two hours." 



It is conclusive, then, that a new factor in sea 

 angling has appeared in these already remarkable 

 waters; a new game fish ranging from twenty to sev- 

 enty pounds or more ; a game which combines the play 

 of the albacore and the tuna, which makes in the larger 

 fishes a surface play like the bonita, and has strength 

 and power sufficient to give it high rank with the 

 fine tackle which anglers now use with a view of giving 

 the fish fair play. In one season over five hundred of 

 these fishes were brought to gaff, most of them being 

 released and not gaffed ; and when it is considered that 

 albacore, two kinds of bonitas, yellowtail and white 

 sea bass, with barracuda and swordfish, are roaming 

 these seas all at one time, some idea of the sport may 

 be imagined. 



Mr. L. P. Streeter, Secretary of the Tuna Club, took a large number of yellow- 

 fin tunas in 1906, and made some interesting deductions as to the average time in 

 bringing them to gaff on a 9-ounce rod and a nine-thread line. 



Fish 15 to 20 pounds: Four caught average time 16 minutes. Fish 20 to 25 

 pounds: Seven caught average time 32 minutes. Fish 25 to 30 pounds: Three 

 caught average time I hour. Note This high average due to I hour 45 min- 



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