SOME FISH AND SOME FISHING 



tire him out. The water is very deep off 

 Catalina hundreds of feet deep. When 

 your fish sounds, if you wait a few moments, 

 he will discover that the pressure of the 

 water is more comfortable nearer the sur- 

 face. The great depth of water is an 

 advantage as well as a discomfort to the 

 fish. 



I proved to my own satisfaction years since 

 that every tarpon should be brought to gaff 

 within thirty minutes, and went to Catalina 

 Island to see if the same could be done with 

 the tuna, with the following result: 



June 5 : tuna, 150 pounds, 2 hours, 20 minutes. 



June 6: tuna, 130 pounds, 1 hour, 17 minutes. 



June 8: tuna, 102 pounds, 19 minutes. 



June 9: tuna, 123 pounds, 19 minutes; tuna, 104 

 pounds, 45 minutes. 



June 10: tuna, 118 pounds, 27 minutes; tuna, 88 

 pounds, 20 minutes; tuna, 100 pounds, 17 minutes. 



June 11: tuna, 99 pounds, 15 minutes; tuna, 103 

 pounds, 14 minutes; tuna, 62 pounds, 8 minutes; tuna, 

 109 pounds, 9 minutes; tuna, 118 pounds, 20 minutes. 



Total: thirteen fish, 1411 pounds. 



I fought my first fish with a rod that had 

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