SOME FISH AND SOME FISHING 



him. At the end of his first run is the 

 moment to fight him to a finish. If he gets 

 his second wind, he will be stronger than 

 you. In this manner I killed a tuna on my 

 last trip weighing 156% pounds in twelve 

 minutes. 



It is not easy to compare the two kinds 

 of fishing, or to say which fish is more game, 

 the tarpon or the tuna, for they act very 

 differently. It is safe to say that they are 

 imbued with quite different ideas when first 

 hooked. The tarpon has no fear of boat or 

 fisherman; his only idea is to shake the hook 

 loose, and to do this he jumps out of the 

 water, and will do so several times if you 

 fight him hard. The harder you fight him, 

 the more he jumps and the quicker he comes 

 to gaff. I have never had a tarpon take more 

 than 250 feet of line, and that in a tideway. 

 I have heard of fish that have taken more, 

 but am only telling of my own experience. 

 The tuna, on the contrary, is off in a wild 

 rush the moment he feels the hook, and I 

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