ApRIL 7, 1906.] 
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tion was complete. I kept my line well under 
control and was soon convinced that the struggle 
was to be short, sharp and decisive. In fact, so 
short was the battle I was, before ten minutes 
had passed, rapidly moving up the beach leading 
my fish, which lay upon his side, to a point where 
William could reach him with the gaff. 
“Hurrah!” exclaimed Charlie Boy, “that’s a 
good ‘15-pounder and you made quick work of 
him, one barb of your hook has gone through 
his tongue and the other into his jaw; no fish 
could resist that long, and he just had to come 
to the gaff. And now let’s eat,” he added, ‘“‘we’ve 
got a broiled grilse, some fried sea trout, boiled 
potatoes and other fixings, and I dare say you are 
as sharp-set as the rest of us.” 
Epwarp A. SAMUELS. 
Tarpon Fishing in Mexico. 
Tampico, Mexico, March 18—Editor Forest 
and Stream: Inclosed please find the record of 
tarpon caught and landed during the week end- 
ing to-day: E. H. Brown, of Chicago, fished five 
days and landed eight; W. H. Dilg, of Chicago, 
fished five days and landed twelve; Mrs. W. H. 
Dilg, of Chicago, fished five days and landed 
three; I. Rosenfield, of New York, fished five 
days and landed fifteen; H. H. Mallory, of Chi- 
cago, fished five days and landed eight; R. K. 
Strossman, of Chicago, fished three days and 
landed three; W. A. Jones, of Chicago, fished 
three days and landed five; W. G. Jones, of Chi- 
cago, fished three days and landed three; W. J. 
Abram, of Louisville, fished six days and landed 
eighteen; F. Lewald, of Chicago, fished five days 
and landed seven; F. T. Middleton, of England, 
fished three days and landed three. 
A large proportion of the fishermen sportsmen 
that you number among your readers, do not 
thoroughly understand that this is practically the 
only early winter fishing ground for tarpon in 
the world. The Aransas Pass season ends in the 
late fall, and then the fish come south to seek a 
warmer clime. Our rivers are full of fresh water 
from the rains until November. By Dec. 1 the 
tarpon reach their feeding grounds here, and 107 
tarpon were caught here in the Panuco in that 
month. 
In January, February and until the last of April 
the fishing 1s very fine, Mr. Waddell, of Kansas 
City, landing fourteen tarpon ranging from 4% 
feet to 6 feet and 8 inches in one afternoon, after 
passing the morning in shooting ducks. 
By the last of April the tarpon leave for 
Aransas Pass and Port Arthur, and fishing is 
over until another December. The two seven- 
foot tarpon caught by Chicago fishermen the past 
week are in the hands of the taxidermist, and 
will be shipped to the great city on the shore of 
Lake Michigan. They were both captured on 24 
thread lines, and with Vom Hofe reels carrying 
600 feet. 
Fish and Fishing. 

Getting Away from People. 
Letters from inquiring Americans, asking 
when and where to best go a-fishing is ac- 
cumulating upon my desk. Most of these I have 
barely had time to ackhowledge, invariably 
adding that I would do my best to furnish the 
information asked for, through the columns of 
ForEst AND STREAM, for it is pretty safe to say 
that what one sportsman unacquainted with the 
details of Canada’s sporting attractions, and the 
best locations for sport, is desirous of knowing, 
would prove welcome intelligence to many 
others who are planning to come north for the 
first time. 
One peculiarity of several of the letters now 
before me is the fact that the writers ask where 
they can go to get away from other people. In 
the days of Dame Juliana Berners, the same 
desire was common to anglers, but the good 
prioress of Sopwell gives other reasons for it 
than those which doubtless most prevail. 
To-day I shall scarcely have time to notice 
more than a couple of recent inquiries. One 
gentleman in East Walpole, Mass., writes: 
“Will you kindly tell me what sort of a canoe 

trip I could get in the Quebec district in July, 
where I would be likely to find trout and salmon 
and where I could get away from other people?” 
Another writes for information as to a trip, 
leaving a point near l’Anse au Foin, and getting 
into the waters of the Betsiamites as quickly as 
possible, and then following this river until it 
empties into the St. Lawrence. This latter in- 
quirer says, “Of course, I am looking for good 
salmon and trout fishing and other kinds, if I 
can get it, with plenty of rapid water for the 
canoes and pleasant scenery along the route.” 
If the writer of the above descends the 
Betsiamites, he will have all the rapid water he 
wants for his canoes, and more than enough, 
for there are many places in the descent where 
the canoes will have to be portaged. I know 
nothing of the route between |’Anse au Foin 
and the Betsiamites, but the last mentioned 
river may be reached by two different routes 
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There is quite a direct route to it from Lake 
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