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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Oct. 7, 1911. 
Atlantic Tuna. 
Asbury Park, N. J., Sept. 28.— Editor Forest 
and Stream: Did any of your readers ever think 
it possible to capture- tuna from the beach? 
Improbable as this question may seem, never¬ 
theless an incident of this character occurred 
yesterday at Seaside Park, N. J. A party of 
fishermen went down there with the intention 
of capturing channel bass, which have been 
quite plentiful at this resort, over sixty having 
been captured in the last few weeks, ranging 
from twenty to forty pounds each. Upon their 
arrival they were informed by one of the life 
saving crew that they had no chance of taking 
channel bass that day, as tuna had been swim¬ 
ming in the undertow. Of course they scoffed 
this idea, as ordinarily tuna are captured from 
five to ten miles at sea. They tried their luck 
for some time without success, when one of 
the party, Charles Savage, thinking that a dis¬ 
turbance in the undertow was due to bluefish, 
put on a squid, and almost on his first cast 
had a terrific strike, and after a severe fight, 
landed a tuna weighing 31^2 pounds. The 
strain was so great that the hook attached to 
the end of the squid had become loosened to 
the extent that the fish nearly escaped. 
Shortly afterward, Ed. Dolbey, who was 
fishing in a similar manner, got a strike from 
another tuna of such great strength that the 
fish simply dragged the 6oo-foot line off the 
reel, and with its continued rush, broke the 
line and departed seaward. 
The only other recorded instance of a tuna 
being captured this season, in this section with 
rod and reel, was that of Joe Cawthorn, a mem¬ 
ber of the Asbury Park Fishing Club, who 
caught one in July about ten miles at sea. 
This tuna weighed 25O4 pounds. 
Incidentally the channel bass fishing this year 
has been the best ever known, and the members 
of the Asbury Park Fishing Club, and others, 
on their annual sojourn at Barnegat City, have 
reported over 150 fish taken. 
Hartie I. Phillips. 
Some ten days ago the Montreal papers 
stated that J. K. L. Ross, of Montreal, had at 
last succeeded in capturing with rod and reel 
one of the great Atlanta tuna in Cape Breton 
waters. The London Field confirms this state¬ 
ment. We quote: “At last one of the big Cape 
Breton tuna has been caught, and very justly 
it has fallen to the portion of J. K. L. Ross, of 
Montreal, who has now been fishing for these 
monsters for several seasons. The news of 
Mr. Ross’ triumph comes to us from himself 
in the form of a cablegram, which relates that 
on August 28, he gaffed and landed a tuna of 
630 pounds, after a five-hours’ fight. He is 
heartily to be congratulated on the perform¬ 
ance. It is a well-earned reward for his de¬ 
termination and trouble. His tuna is, we 
should say, by a good deal the largest fish ever 
killed on rod and line, and is, of course, more 
than twice as heavy as any tuna caught at 
Santa Catalina, where a fish of 200 pounds has 
always been a big one, and Colonel C. P. More¬ 
house’s fish of 251 pounds holds the record.” 
Season Closed. 
St. Johns, N. F., Sept. 21. — Editor Forest and 
Stream: The angling season closed on Sept. 15. 
Many fine catches of rainbow trout have been 
reported as caught in ponds near the city. P. F. 
Moore a day or so before the season closed got 
a catch of rainbows in a pond near the Bauline 
line, seventeen miles from town. He had them 
on exhibition and they delighted the eyes of 
many anglers. 
During the season a local dealer had several 
fine exhibitions of rainbow, loch leven and local 
mud trout. This firm is a large dealer in the 
finest British and American fishing tackle, and 
as every Wednesday during the summer is ob¬ 
served as a whole or half holiday, and large 
numbers of anglers go out of the city on these 
occasions to the lakes along the railway line and 
bring in great catches, the firm conceived the 
idea of securing the very best creels for exhibi¬ 
tion purposes. 
They offer weekly during the season prizes for 
the best catch of any kind. The only condition 
is that the tackle used must be purchased at 
their stores. While there is a small element of 
commercialism in the scheme, it is a very sporty 
proposition. The senior partner is one of the 
very best types of our local anglers and his de¬ 
light in everything appertaining to anglers and 
angling is well known, and accounts for the 
valuable prizes offered by the firm. These prizes 
are well worth winning, as they comprise first- 
rate rods, tackle, wading stockings, etc., and their 
value is out of all proportion to the tackle gen¬ 
erally purchased by competitors, so it will be 
seen that the encouragement of real sport and 
not profit is the main object. 
As a result the show windows are a sight 
after each holiday, and local anglers as well as 
thousands of American visitors who came on 
the round trip during the season made it a 
point to see and admire the display each week. 
J. Curran, of Gambo, closed the season at that 
place by hooking and landing after a noble fight 
a splendid salmon weighing 27E2 pounds. 
W. J. Carroll. 
The Proof. 
Ossining, N. Y., Sept. 30 .— Editor Forest and 
Stream: In a contemporary of yours running 
a prize contest for big fish, there is the story of 
Edward P. Wooding, of Yonkers, N. Y., catching 
a small-mouth black bass weighing six pounds 
and six ounces in Kensico Lake, N. Y. The 
story mentions the fact that Jim, a companion of 
Mr. Wooding, got hold of “a big fish that got 
away.” 
Generally, for want of proof, we accept such 
stories with a grain of salt. However, in this 
case there seems to be proof that this big one 
was really a whopper. Two weeks ago, Kensico 
Lake was drained and all fish therein were trans¬ 
ferred to Rye Lake at Rye, N. Y. There w^re 
over a thousand small-mouth black bass. One 
of them, weighing about seven pounds, had a 
hook, with leader attached, firmly imbedded in 
his mouth. So well was he hooked, that for 
fear the fish might be injured, the hook was not 
removed. Now that “Jim” knows the sort of 
fish that gobbled his frog that memorable day, he 
sure has a tale worth telling to hand down of a 
fish that got away. Chas. G. Blandford. 
Kansas City Bait- and Fly-Casting Club 
Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 25 —Editor Forest 
and Stream: Below are the scores made at our 
sixth annual casting tournament, which was held 
at Spring Valley Park yesterday: 
Quarter-ounce 
accuracy: 
Per Cent. 
Per Cent. 
C. H. Cheney. 
.. 98.9 
G. L. Robirds. 
.. 97.9 
N. F. Noland. 
... 98.5 
J. C. Kerner. 
.. 97.9 
E. G. McLean. 
.. 98.5 
E. M. Meier. 
.. 97.8 
F. B. Robinson_ 
.. 98.1 
J. G. Hollingsworth. 97.7 
U. H. Hosterman. 
.. 98.0 
J. W. Bramhall.... 
.. 97.6 
W. L. Rock . 
.. 98.0 
Half-ounce accuracy: 
W. L. Rock. 
.. 9S.8 
N. F. Noland. 
.. 97.3 
C. H. Doyle. 
.. 98.6 
T. C. Kerner. 
.. 97.1 
O. C. Viquesney... 
.. 98.4 
C. H. Cheney. 
.. 96.7 
T. W. Bramhall... 
.. 98.2 
G. W. Wool worth. 
.. 96.1 
U. H. Hosterman. 
.. 98.2 
F. B. Robinson_ 
.. 96.0 
E. G. McLean_ 
.. 98.1 
O. H. Pitkin. 
.. 94.6 
E. M. Meier. 
.. 98.0 
S. C. Wilson . 
.. 93.0 
G. L. Robirds. 
.. 97.6 
Accuracy fly: 
T. W. Bramhall... 
99 9-15 
W. L. Rock. 
98 10-15 
E. G. McLean_ 
99 1-15 
C. H. Cheney. 
98 10-15 
J. G. Hollingsw’th. 
99 
J. M. Clark. 
98 4-15 
F. B. Robinson... 
99 
G. L. Robirds. 
98 3-15 
E. M. Meier. 
98 14-15 
N. F. Noland. 
98 3-15 
T. D. La Brie. 
98 12-15 
Wells . 
97 9-15 
Half-ounce accuracy (special): 
C. II. Doyle . 
.. 98.2 
G. W. Woolworth., 
... 96.2 
U. H. Hosterman. 
.. 97.8 
Hisey . 
... 96.0 
O. C. Viquesney.. 
.. 97.7 
O. H. Pitkin. 
... 95.9 
T. D. La Brie. 
.. 97.5 
C. C. Smith. 
... 95.5 
S. C. Wilson. 
... 97.1 
Thomas . 
... 93.9 
W. C. Sherlock... 
... 97.1 
Simmons . 
... 93.7 
F. B. Robinson... 
.. 96.8 
1. G. Hollingsworth.. .91.9 
T. M. Clark. 
... 96.6 
Wells . 
... 90.7 
Half-ounce accuracy (special): fishing lines, 60 to 80tt.: 
Per C’t. 
Per C’t. 
C. H. Doyle. 
99 3-15 
O. H. Pitkin. 
98 2-15 
Hisey . 
98 10-15 
C. II. Cheney. 
98 1-15 
E. G. McLean_ 
98 10-15 
J. W. Bramhall... 
97 12-15 
G. L. Robirds.... 
98 8-15 
U. H. Hosterman 97 12-15 
W. L. Rock. 
98 6-15 
Simmons. 
. 97 10-15 
E. M. Meier. 
98 5-15 
F. B. Robinson... 
97 9-15 
T. D. La Brie. 
98 5-15 
I. M. Clark. 
, 97 8-15 
1. C. Kerner. 
98 3-15 
O. C. Viquesney. 96 6-15 
N. F. Noland. 
98 3-15 
Wells . 
. 93 1-15 
S. C. Wilson. 
98 3-15 
J. G. Hollingsw’th 93 1-15 
There were 
some 
very handsome 
prizes 
awarded to the winners in all five events. 
This was one of the most successful tourna¬ 
ments we have ever held and will just about 
wind up our casting for the season. 
E. G. McLean, Sec’y. 
North Shore Casting Club. 
Chicago, Ill., Sept. 25.— Editor Forest and 
Stream: The scoring season being over for this 
year, the general averages for 1911 follow. In 
view of the splendid showing of this list (the 
best that the club ever had), I predict that the 
next year will show amazingly good averages, in 
both bait and fly: 
Bait. 
Fly. 
W. 
Liddel . 
97.86 
D. 
H. Ellsworth. 
T. 
A. Forsyth. 
99.36 
G. 
D. Lyon. 
F. 
W. Bunts. 
A. 
M. Hall, M.D. 
99.00 
E. 
Lambert . 
I. 
H. Bellows. 
99.07 
G. 
A. Ilinterleitner. 
F. 
E. Adams.. 
. 98.95 
R. 
H. Binns .. 
L. 
Goodwin . 
98.11 
C. 
M. Ercanbrock. 
W. 
I. Marshall. 
. 98.15 
c. 
O. Dorchester, M.D. 
. 98.00 
99.19 
C. O. Dorchester, Sec’y-Treas. 
