34 THE TARPON 



taken in the Panuco River, Mexico, on March 

 27th, 1911. Length 7 ft. 8 ins.; girth 47 ins. 

 Weight 232 pounds. 



Mrs. W. Ashby Jones caught a tarpon in the 

 Caloosahatchee River, Florida, in 1916, that 

 weighed 210 pounds. 



Mr. B. W. Crowninshield has a record of 

 25 tarpon taken between sunrise and sunset at 

 Boca Grande and I believe Mr. L. G. Murphy 

 has a like record at Aransas Pass. 



The greatest fishing I ever heard of was done 

 by Mr. and Mrs. Magill on a cruise along the 

 west coast of Florida in 1915. They captured 

 176 tarpon that weighed 16,377 pounds. The 

 heaviest fish weighed 196J pounds, eleven 

 weighed over 180 and forty over 150 pounds 

 each. 



There were 785 tarpon weighed at Useppa 

 Island in 1917 and but 23 of them weighed over 

 150 pounds. 



At Aransas Pass, Texas, the following fish 

 were liberated after being measured: 



1906 1,573 



1907 1,333 



1908 700 Beginning of light tackle 



1909 720 



1910 800 49% on light tackle 



