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FOREST AND STREAM 
March, 1920 
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ROWBOAT MOTOR 
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of weeds or shallows. It pivots on stern of boat. Can 
be raised or lowered when encoun- 
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propeller to right or left. Weighs 
only 72 pounds. Provides speed 
range of 2 to 9 miles an hour. 
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The Cailie Perfection Motor Company 
203 Cailie Building 
R Speed 
J> Motor 
is designed for 
those wishing the 
highest develop- 
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Has five 
speeds— 2 forward, 2 
reverse and neutral. 
Has magneto in fly- 
wheel and is equipped 
with a starter. No 
cranking. Catalog tells 
all. Send for it. 
Complete With 
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Army Officers’ Raincoats 8.50 and 10.50 
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Hip Rubber Boots...., 7.00 
Army Style 0. D. Shirts 3.50 
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Overseas Caps 1.00 
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revolver or a long, sharp knife like a 
machette, so as to dispose of big, foul 
fishes. In the old days I always kept a 
revolver handy, but one of my servants 
purloined it, and I have not since pur- 
chased another. If I go in for much 
more tarpon fishing, I shall certainly pro- 
cure another weanon. 
In the afternoon I took the boat for 
Corpus Christi, Leonard going along to 
start me on the journey, and incidentally 
to have a look at the town, which he had 
never before visited. 
I urged Leonard to remain another 
week, but he stayed only four days 
longer. He had been threatening to get 
after the big tarpon with standard light 
tackle in order to earn a gold button; 
and after I left he did so, using one of 
our light rods and a line that he pur- 
chased at the Inn. Sure enough, he se- 
cured a 5 ft. 9 inch fi.sh that gave him 
the button, but he complained that it 
took so long to land the tarpon with light 
tackle that two out of every three hung 
were stolen by sharks. He hooked one 
very heavy one in the back with light 
tackle, and it towed him out to sea, al- 
most to the whistling buoy — and even 
there the sharks got it. 
In addition to a few tarpon, Leonard 
took on light tackle after my departure 
six jackfish and a good many Spanish 
mackerel, but no kingfish. He is of the 
opinion that they had not begun to come 
in at that time, and that the few which 
we caught near the jetties were merely 
strays. 
While fishing at Port Aransas we met 
a strange fisherman — a one-armed man 
who handles a motorboat and catches fish 
both big and little unaided. He caught 
a Jewfish weighing 353 pounds on a 
hand line from his launch, dragging it 
around until it was tired and stopping 
the launch occasionally to take in a 
little line, until finally he brought it 
within reach of the gaff hook, which 
was attached to a short rope. Then he 
got another man to hold the gaff until 
he could run a heavy rope through the 
creature’s mouth and gills in order to 
attach it to one of the piles of the wharf. 
The name of this one-armed fisherman 
is H. C. Thompson, and he resides at 
Port Aransas. 
T AKEN a,ll in all, the eight days that 
my boy and I spent together at 
Port Aransas gave us excellent 
sport in spite of the unfavorable condi- 
tions. What we could have done, had 
the wind and waves permitted us to fish 
at all times where we pleased, no one 
can say, but it is no exaggeration to state 
that we could readily have doubled our 
catch. However, when two men in eight 
days land with rod and reel nearly two 
tons of fish, they have no cause to com- 
plain of their luck. 
