TARPON FISHING 



and so drove them out to sea. I did not 

 believe it at the time, and I have since had 

 many opportunities to prove that, on the 

 contrary, the disturbance work up the fish 

 and encourage them to take notice and 

 strike. There is a pool in New River which 

 motor-boats pass through a hundred times 

 a day, and the tarpon remain there all the 

 time if the water is not too sweet; in this 

 case they go to sea, and return when the 

 rain-water has run out. At Catalina, Calif., 

 you almost always fish in launches. You 

 can cover much more space, your bait trolls 

 more steadily, and you have not the feeling 

 that the man at the oars is rowing his heart 

 out. 



The best boat is a large rowboat with one 

 and one-half horse-power gasolene-spark 

 engine. The boat must be light, for your 

 boatman must have his oars ready to assist 

 you in playing your fish when it is hooked. 

 You need but little power, for you should 

 not travel faster than a man can row, and 



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