SOME FISH AND SOME FISHING 



fish reported, but they were lost, one of 

 them after seventeen hours of struggle. 



They tell me that there is a difference 

 in tuna; that some are much stronger than 

 others, which I do not doubt. My only ex- 

 perience has been with fourteen landed at 

 Catalina and one lost at St. Ann's Bay, Cape 

 Breton Island. The latter I lost after thirty 

 minutes, and was greatly relieved; for he 

 looked to be over eight hundred pounds in 

 weight, and was too strong for me and my 

 tackle. From my experience at Catalina, I 

 believe that any tuna up to two hundred 

 pounds in weight should be landed in thirty 

 minutes; but the tackle must be strong and 

 sound, so that it causes you no thought, and 

 you must have "hands." The fascination of 

 heavy fishing is the give and take between 

 man and fish, the knowledge of what your 

 tackle will stand, and the power that it gives 

 you to convince the fish of the fact that you 

 are his master. This is done by "hands," 

 just as riding a horse properly depends upon 



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