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uary, 1923 
THIS MONTH IN THE OUTDOORS 
THE SOUTH CALLS THE FISHERMAN AND 
WHILE THE NORTH OFFERS A WIDE RANGE OF 
a tribute to John Wanamaker, who 
ied last December, Joseph H. Appel, 
business associate for twenty-three 
ears, says the “merchant prince’’ 
“always breaking records”; that this 
the ruling passion of his life. “This 
t,” records Mr. Appel, “is illustrated 
very human story as related in part 
vlr. Wanamaker himself only three 
i s ago.” Here is the story: 
Jell these men how we caught all 
|| e fish in one day,” Mr. Wanamaker 
to the doctor who accompanied him 
me of his fishing trips in Florida, 
u mean,” said the doctor, “how you 
rht all those fish—148 kingfish, 
rhing 1,400 pounds.” “No,” said Mr. 
lamaker, “1,391 pounds.” “Well, 
1 pounds,” the doctor said, with a 
i e. But, not letting the doctor pro- 
[i 1 , Mr. Wanamaker told himself how 
: as done. 
t was just like this,” he said. “We 
, t out in the Gulf at 9 in the morn- 
: and the fish were biting freely. The 
or, not being very well that day, 
: iged back in his seat, and when I saw 
[ his eyes were closed I knew that 
. line would not take up a catch, so I 
ij'ic it and handled it with my own. It 
U a troll line. And with two troll 
i s I caught the 148 fish before we 
te home that day. Sometimes I 
i ild catch five fish in five minutes. I 
; ed them all in myself, at least to the 
i t. I had some help in getting them 
[jard. As the fish began to come in 
lid to myself, ‘Now I will stay until 
itch 50.’ When 50 were caught the 
t tor said, ‘Now you must stop and go 
j ie.’ ‘No,’ I said, ‘I must catch 58, 
record catch I made last year. So 
ept at it until I had 63. 
The doctor said, ‘Well, now you must 
home; at least when you catch 75. 
; I right,’ I said, ‘I will catch 75. 
ten I caught 75 I was thinking of 100. 
itien I caught 100 I began thinking of 
I record catch the whole boatload had 
de last year. I think it was 128. 
d I went after that record. I kept 
1 until I landed 148, and it was mid- 
I ht before we reached home, bringing 
h us the 1,391 pounds of fish that 
; nished happy meals for many a day 
the fishermen and their families, 
ere is nothing like going after records 
; 1 beating them.” 
' ’HE eyes of the angling world are 
now turned on Florida—February is 
•f' month when stories begin to appear 
Toughout the country telling of some- 
e’s battle with a tarpon, the unique 
perience with a sailfish, and the 
aphic sections of the Sunday news- 
1 pers will contain pictures of enormous 
1 tches of fish—taken by men who ‘ like 
; ing after records and beating them. ’ 
These men who go out for enormous 
catches of fish are not sportsmen anglers, 
no matter how high they may climb in 
the world of business, finance, literature, 
science or art. They go out, like Mr. 
Wanamaker, “to break records” unlike 
the sportsman who seeks to give his 
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Forest and Stream conducts this 
department for the purpose of telling 
sportsmen where to go and what to 
do throughout each month of the 
year. It is not to be a mere direc¬ 
tory but is intended to be a newsy 
department of interest to men who 
fish and hunt. 
It is compiled by Alexander Stod- 
dart, who was Rod and Gun editor 
of the New York Press, the Sun, and 
the New York Herald for the twenty 
years from 1900 to 1920. 
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quarry a fair chance, using sportsman¬ 
like tackle and enjoying the thrill that 
comes from a fair, square fight. If Mr. 
Wanamaker had been properly coached, 
he would have found that there is no 
fun in hurrying a fish into the boat and 
if he had taken a few fish on light tackle 
he would have entered a new world of 
sport of which he had never dreamed. 
The Long Key Fishing Club,* the Sail- 
fish Club of Florida, and other fishing 
clubs are preaching in Florida the ethics 
of sportsmanship, a gospel that in ang¬ 
ling club life had its biggest boost at 
Avalon, California, more than a quarter 
of a century ago. To-day every fishing 
club that is organized for the protection 
of game fishes and the development of 
angling for sport stands unitedly against 
the type of fishing Mr. Wanamaker 
indulged in. 
In taking tuna, swordfish and marlin 
swordfish, fish weighing over 100 pounds 
each, the tackle of the Tuna Club of 
Avalon, Cal., specifies a tip not to weigh 
more than 16 ounces and a standard 24- 
thread line. On this sportsmanlike 
tackle, Col. C. P. Morehouse of Pasa¬ 
dena, Cal., has taken a tuna of 251 
pounds and W. G. Evans of Denver, 
Col., a marlin swordfish of 340 pounds. 
The late W. C. Boschen of New York 
City landed without assistance a sword¬ 
fish of 463 pounds. 
On light tackle, with a tip not weigh¬ 
ing more than six ounces and a standard 
9-thread line, James W. Jump of Los 
Angeles, Cal., has taken a tuna of 8044 
pounds and R. Rochester, Jr., Los An¬ 
geles, Cal., a tuna of 77^4 pounds. On 
the same equipment. A. J. Coxe of Los 
Angeles, Cal., has taken a marlin sword- 
QUAIL HUNTER 
WINTER SPORTS 
fish of 175 pounds and J. W. Jump one 
of 185 pounds and another of 314 
pounds. 
On Three-Six tackle, the weight of 
the whole rod not exceeding six ounces, 
with a line of standard 6-thread, a whip¬ 
like equipment, sportsmen take yellow- 
tail, which correspond in weight and 
gameness to the kingfish Mr. Wanamaker 
caught. 
Sunny Hawaii Calls 
I N midwinter, when angling for the big 
game fishes of the sea is at a stand¬ 
still in the North, sunny Hawaii beckons 
to the angler. And it is not such a long 
trip—only four and a half days from 
either San Francisco or Los Angeles. 
It has such big game fishes as the tuna, 
swordfish, oceanic bonito, California 
bonito, albacore, dolphin, tarpon, ono, 
ulua, barracuda, frigate mackerel and 
black sea bass, practically all the South¬ 
ern California coast fishes added to those 
of Florida. 
Under the auspices of the Hawaii 
Tuna Club fishing competitions are held 
for which prizes are awarded. The lee 
side of the islands furnish angling con¬ 
ditions similar to that of the Santa 
Catalina and San Clemente islands, off 
the coast of Southern California. 
James W. Jump, writing to the waiter 
some years ago, enthusiastic in his praise 
of Hawaii’s big game fishes, describing 
the ulua, the typical deep-sea game fish 
of the Hawaiian waters, called it the 
“bulldog of the sea.” The ulua is a 
chunky fish, broad of tail and heavy of 
shoulder, with a pugnacious Roman nose. 
It weighs up to 150 pounds “and is, 
pound for pound, the hardest fighting 
fish they have.” Mr. Jump says that the 
ulua strikes hard, heads for the rocks or 
bottom and requires skillful handling 
He took one on light tackle (nine-ounce 
rod and nine-thread line), weighing 
38 pounds and he is anxious to try it 
again. 
Aid Bob-white 
EBRUARY is the. month that in the 
North quail need assistance. Snow¬ 
storms are great destroyers of Bob- 
white, that is, snowstorms followed by 
a light thaw and freezing weather by 
which the crust of the snow is frozen so 
that the birds are unable to escape. The 
quail has no firmer friend than the gun¬ 
ner. It is he who trudges out in wintry 
weather and places grain where they 
may get sustenance during winter 
weather. Many clubs plant buckwheat, 
barley and other food and cover for the 
birds. 
If you are a lone sportsman, or if you 
and others are interested in saving the 
birds during the rigors of winter, fol- 
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