254 Big Game Fishes 
“norther” in November sends them south, the 
season closing by the first of December, when 
tarpons appear to be crowded out by the ducks. 
To Dr. H. W. Howe of Mexico lovers of this 
strenuous sport are indebted for the discovery 
that the tarpon winters as far north as Tampico, 
and that there is excellent fishing here in January, 
February, and March; hence the travelling angler 
can find tarpon fishing if desired every month in 
the year, between Florida, Texas, and Tampico. 
In an interesting and valuable series of articles 
in Forest and Stream, Mr. Waddell gives many 
interesting facts relating to this gamy fish in its 
winter home. He believes that it is more gamy 
at that season. According to Mr. Waddell, the 
Mexican tarpon ascends the river Panuco forty 
or fifty miles, and a small one was taken in the 
Papaloapam River one hundred and twenty-five 
miles from the Gulf. The Mexican tarpon record, 
according to the same authority, is a two-hundred- 
and-twenty-three-pound fish, six feet eight inches 
in length, caught at Tampico by Dr. Howe of the 
city of Mexico. 
This catch will stand as the world’s record. In 
a letter to me Dr. Howe said: “ My fish weighed 
223 pounds six hours after it was caught. Its 
