SOME FISH AND SOME FISHING 



the tuna had become educated and there- 

 fore more difficult to deceive. They are a 

 migratory fish and it is hardly probable that 

 the same schools return as a rule to the 

 waters of the Channel Islands, especially 

 as the fish have the habit of disappearing 

 entirely for years at a time. 



The fact remains that the schools of fish 

 would vanish if approached by a boat and 

 would not follow the wake of a launch under 

 any circumstances. 



Skittering a one-pound bait with a rod 

 is hard work, so kite fishing was invented 

 at Avalon for this purpose and proved to 

 be a great success, and it has become the 

 belief that no one can take a tuna these days 

 by any other means. 



The kite used is a simple 28 inch or larger 

 boy's kite made preferably of silk with the 

 usual ragtail to which are added a few wine 

 bottle corks to make the kite float should it 

 fall into the sea. 



The kite is allowed about seven hundred 



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