SOME FISH AND SOME FISHING 



most one-cylinder engines do not slow down 

 graciously. 



I have fished in this manner for the last 

 few years, believing the old way of trolling 

 to be quite out of date. In a few seasons' 

 fishing I have taken tuna, tarpon, hundreds 

 of kingfish, grouper, barracouta, mutton- 

 fish, cavalli, pompojacks, ladyfish, bonito, 

 bluefish, and Spanish mackerel. 



In tarpon-fishing I usually am towed in 

 a rowboat, for the reason that my launch 

 travels more slowly with the weight astern. 

 The boatman casts off when I tell him to, 

 and the launch goes on out of the way. I 

 have done this with good success not only 

 in rivers, but also in the open sea and along 

 tide-rifts in the passes. 



This method of fishing has, however, one 

 great drawback: if you are trolling with a 

 live mullet, it soon dies, and revolves like 

 a pinwheel. Most cut baits will do the same, 

 as spinners will also; and no number of 

 swivels or "anti-kinkers" will prevent your 



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