THE TARPON 



and on the following new moon, in February, 

 I landed a fish weighing 165 pounds. 



This fishing was done from a row boat; but 

 in later years and since the advent of the Wil- 

 son spoon I have fished in a small launch. A 

 live bait behind a launch soon dies and revolves 

 like a pin-wheel which destroys one's line, but 

 the Wilson spoon skitters and does not revolve 

 in the water. 



Tarpon are greatly attracted by this spoon, 

 and it has been a blessing to me in Cuba where 

 no mullet were to be had. 



I built two fishing yachts, the Savalo and the 

 Kona, for tarpon fishing in Cuba, and fished 

 there almost every winter from 1904 to 1920. 



I have cruised from Nipe Bay to the west- 

 ward around Cape San Antonio and as far as 

 Cienfuegos on the south coast, and also to the 

 Isle of Pines 60 miles south of Cuba. 



Tarpon are to be found in certain rivers in 

 Cuba at all times of the year. I say certain 

 rivers, for the tarpon is a clean fish and does 

 not favor muddy water. The soil of Cuba is 

 red and rich, so that the streams that drain 

 the cultivated lands are mostly muddy; in such 

 rivers no tarpon are to be found. 



There are large swamps in Cuba, and the 



