Wilson's guide to Avalon . Fighting the Fish Large Game Fish. Leaping Tuna 251 lbs. Black Sea Bass 436 lbs. Albacore 66j lbs. Yellow Fin Tuna 60 lbs. Leaping Sword Fish 339 lbs. Yellowtail 60| lbs. White Sea Bass 60 lbs. The weights given record the largest fish as yet taken. Small Game Fish. Blue Eyed Perch, Rock Bass, Whitefish, Sheepshead, Barractida, Bonito orSkip-Jack, Dolphin, etc., etc. These fishes give excellent sport on 3-6 or othervery light tackle. 23 WILSONS GUIDE TO AVALON. V ictory The Tuna Club Visitors will notice on the sea shore, a short distance beyond the Metropole,a small
Wilson's guide to Avalon . Fighting the Fish Large Game Fish. Leaping Tuna 251 lbs. Black Sea Bass 436 lbs. Albacore 66j lbs. Yellow Fin Tuna 60 lbs. Leaping Sword Fish 339 lbs. Yellowtail 60| lbs. White Sea Bass 60 lbs. The weights given record the largest fish as yet taken. Small Game Fish. Blue Eyed Perch, Rock Bass, Whitefish, Sheepshead, Barractida, Bonito orSkip-Jack, Dolphin, etc., etc. These fishes give excellent sport on 3-6 or othervery light tackle. 23 WILSONS GUIDE TO AVALON. V ictory The Tuna Club Visitors will notice on the sea shore, a short distance beyond the Metropole,a small brown establishment on a platform jutting out over the sea with a flagflying from its flag-pole bearing the magic inscription Tuna Club. It is thehome of the world-famed Club that has had more influence than any otherinstitution in the matter of angling for game sea-fish. The Tuna Club was founded by Professor Holder and a few friends, and forsome years had its head-quarters at the Metropole Hotel. It was this circum-stance that gave to the wide porches of that Hotel the reputation of being theplace where all the fish-stories of the world had their origin. Before the Tuna Club came into existence the method of angling was to hangout hand-lines, perhaps as many as ten of them, from the stern of a launch andhaul in the fish by main force as fast as they could be caught. Thedestruction wasenormous, the fun was poor, and the ruin of the fisheries was inevitable; to preventsuch a dis
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