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In writing to Advertisers mention Forest and Stream, 
of an angler to resist the temptation 
presented, and a few hours are spent 
in killing some more trout. It gen- 
erally ends up with leaving about noon 
instead of sunrise as planned. That is 
one of the ways of the wilderness. 
Time, as a schedule, means so little! 
(Concluded in September) 
Tuna Ahead! 
(Continued from page 453) 
of large hotels and the Ocean View 
seems to be the preference of the tuna 
group. The fishing boats are mostly 
thirty to forty-footers, equipped with 
fast four-cylinder engines and ar- 
ranged with comfortable chairs for 
two fishermen only. The’ standard 
rate for tuna fishing is $25 per day 
for the party, and good boats are usu- 
ally available if arrangements are 
made the afternoon or evening before 
the trip. 
The tuna grounds vary and at times 
excellent fishing can be had from three 
to ten miles southeast of Block Island, 
but the best fishing Jast Summer was 
about fourteen to seventeen miles due 
southeast, and this is also the best 
swordfishing locality. 
The standard requirements of the 
Atlantic Tuna Club are rod of wood, 
prefarbly hand-made double built split 
bamboo, with agate guides and tip and 
to be not shorter than six feet nine 
inches over all, tip to be not Jess than 
five feet in length and to weigh not 
more than sixteen ounces, the line not 
to exceed twenty-four thread, pref- 
erably a 6/0 reel with two hundred 
yards of line, although a 9/0 reel and 
more line can be used and is very often 
quite essential. A ten-foot wire leader 
with ten feet of double line and two 
swivels are the standard application 
for attaching a six and one-half inch 
“Squibnocket” tuna squid. The troll- 
ing is done at about thirty to forty 
feet astern at a speed of from eight 
to twelve miles per hour. Capable mo- 
tor boats are therefore absolutely nec- 
essary. — 
The above tackle is the tuna stand- 
ard, but the light tackle class has a 
few followers who find it next to im- 
possible, however, to land a fifty 
pounder on this outfit. It calls for a 
nine-thread line and not more than a 
six-ounce, five-foot tip. An abundance 
of genuine sport can be had with 
smaller fish, but one never knows what 
its next strike will scale, and many 
fish will carry away hooks in their 
snouts to cause annoyance for weeks 
after. I am a convert of conservation 
and it always worries me to lose a 
hook and leader as surgeons are not 
at the beck and call of the oceanic 
family. 
In landing the real tuna, such as 
Zane Grey, J. K. L. Ross, Captain 
Laurie D. Mitchell and others go after 
at Cape Breton, I am told a thirty- 
nine thread line with a special 12/0 
reel is used. Mr. Grey, while discuss- 
ing fish with a friend of mine, stated 
that he would rather use a nine-thread 
line and light rod than any other 
equipment. He was speaking of 
Florida waters, however, and if he 
thought it possible to land large tuna 
on lighter than thirty-nine thread, I 
am confident he would attempt it. 
From records available, I find that 
very few tuna are taken in excess of 
one hundred pounds on the twenty- 
four thread equipment and the cen- 
tury mark is the prescribed gold but- 
ton weight of the Atlantic Tuna Club. 
Tuna can invaribaly be sighted be- 
fore they strike, providing reasonably 
calm weather is experienced. The butt 
must be hard held at all times and one 
should be prepared, as the strike of a 
tuna is probably the hardest and 
fastest of any fish that swims, not 
even excepting the tarpon and barra- 
cuda. Swordfish can be taken on the 
same tackle, but with difficulty, and a 
mackerel bait is more advisable than 
a squid. The Block Island boatmen, — 
however, prefer to take no chances — 
with swordfish, as this is their princi- 
pal source of income, a three hundred- , 
pound swordfish being worth $60 over 
the side of their boat. 
The Californian marlin, as most of 
my readers probably know, is a species 
of swordfish with a much shorter bill 
than the broadbill and is much more 
slender, resembling the sailfish in 
many of its construction details. The 
long dorsal fin, while not as high as 
the sailfish, is equipped with a groove 
which permits it to be entirely hidden 
and out of the way when desired. 
Practiaclly all of his fighting is done 
on the surface with the fin cutting the 
water in a most dramatic manner. My 
personal opinion is that the waters 
around Block {sland are improving, 
and although not visited by many 
large tuna over one hundred pounds. 
the smaller ones are very plentiful 
when the weather permits The larger 
ones may be there, but they are rarely 
sighted, and I have never heard of 
hooking any such fish as the seven 
hundred fifty-eight pounder Zane 
Grey landed near Sydney, Nova Sco- 
tia, last Summer. However, very fre- 
quently five hundred to seven hundred — 
pound tuna are taken in pound nets 
off Fire Island or the Jersey coast. 
I think the Atlantic Tuna Club of 
Block Island has done more to pro- 
mote North Atlantic game fishing than 
any other organization and prizes and — 
buttons are presented to the members 
for their catches, provided they are 
taken on the authorized tackle and 
have the required weight limitations, 
It will identify you. 

