RECORDS 



As far as my personal knowledge is con- 

 cerned the first tarpon was landed with rod and 

 reel by Mr. W. H. Wood on March 25th, 1885, 

 bottom fishing in Surveyors' Creek, Florida. 

 Mr. Wood's great ambition was to land a tarpon 

 while fishing from the shore or beach. 



I know of over a dozen fish that have been 

 taken that weighed 200 pounds or more. 



The first was landed by Mrs. Stagg and 

 weighed, I believe, 205 pounds. 



Edward Vom Hofe's fish followed on April 

 30, 1898, 210 pounds at Captiva Pass, Florida. 



N. M. George took one of 213 pounds at 

 Bahia Honda, Florida, on April 8th, 1901. 



Dr. Howe wrote me from Mexico that he had 

 captured a 223-pound tarpon at Tampico. 



The largest tarpon I ever saw was caught off 

 Tea Table Key, Florida, on May 15th, 1904. 

 I was told that it weighed 224 pounds. Charlie 

 Thompson, a professional fisherman, was the 

 lucky angler. 



W. A. McLaren holds the record for a fish 



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