Oct. 27 , 1906 .] 
FOREST AND STREAM 
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The Devil Fish of the Gulf. 
New York, Sept. 22 . —Editor Forest and 
Streams: I inclose personal letter, also page 
from the Galveston Daily News, thinking both 
may be of some interest to you. Mr. Cotter, 
proprietor of the Aransas Pass Hotel, is an 
old personal friend of mine. I have spent four 
seasons at the Pass, and think it the best point 
for large and small game fish in the country. 
This holds good with feathered game, as a guest 
of the Aransas Pass Hotel can always kill his 
quota of redhead ducks or quail within a few 
miles of the hotel, and in a short space of time. 
I have been watching your paper for further 
reports of the catch of some of my tagged 
tarpon, jewfish and yellowtail, which were 
caught and turned loose four years ago, but so 
far have only heard from the one jewfish, which 
was reported as caught about two months after 
it was tagged. W. B. Young. 
Mr. Cotter writes: 
Fishing has been very good all summer, 1,246 
tarpon have been landed this season to date and 
lots of time is left to catch more. October is a 
good month for tarpon and you should get some 
shooting in the back bays then. Fish stories are 
scarce, but here is one: While out mackerel 
fishing a few days ago, a lot of the fishermen 
were anchored close to each other and were hav¬ 
ing fine sport, when of a sudden a yell was heard 
and the boat W. B. Leach, of Palestine, was 
fishing from, was seen coming through the 
fleet at about twenty-five miles speed with no 
visible effort. The boats scattered as best they 
could to keep from being wrecked. After clear¬ 
ing the fleet the boat was seen going straight to 
sea at this terrific speed. Mr. Leach and his 
boatman were staying with the boat. Several 
launches started after them to save their lives; 
but for two miles or more were unable to gain 
on the fast moving boat. Of a sudden some one 
in a nearby launch gave a yell, and looking at 
the boat in the distance a huge black mass was 
seen to rise to the surface, spreading out on each 
side of the captured boat. Several yelled, “devil 
fish!” and drove their launches at their utmost 
speed to reach the occupants of the captured boat. 
Philip Mayer, of New York, who was in the 
fastest launch and was armed with a harpoon, 
was first to reach Leach’s boat, and being of a 
venturesome nature drove the harpoon into the 
devil fish, which made a sudden surge, almost 
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