. The boy anglers; their adventures in the Gulf of Mexico, California, the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, and the lakes and streams of Canada. Fishing; Fishes. i6o THE BOY ANGLERS while Miss Nora Fowler held the record for shortest time, landing her tarpon in two and a half minutes. To the boy or man not interested in angling such statistics count for little, but at Tarpon they were known to every one from the captain of the Life-Saving Station down. Mullet, tarpon bait. to the smallest boy, and the great anglers were talked about by the boys with bated breath. " Yes, sah," said a blac
. The boy anglers; their adventures in the Gulf of Mexico, California, the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, and the lakes and streams of Canada. Fishing; Fishes. i6o THE BOY ANGLERS while Miss Nora Fowler held the record for shortest time, landing her tarpon in two and a half minutes. To the boy or man not interested in angling such statistics count for little, but at Tarpon they were known to every one from the captain of the Life-Saving Station down. Mullet, tarpon bait. to the smallest boy, and the great anglers were talked about by the boys with bated breath. " Yes, sah," said a black boatman, " yes, sah, I dun row Mistah Cottah long befo' he got to be a great man an' made his ; From the deck of the house-boat the boys could oc- casionally see the backs of tarpons, supposed to be feed- ing on mullet, and the anglers discussed them and their peculiar habits. One of the large fish hung from the shrouds, and the boys measured its scales, finding them to be four inches across, the fish being literally encased In silver. '' The tarpon is a curious fish," said the owner of the Texan house-boat. " They come in here about the first of April, but the sport does not begin in earnest until. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Holder, Charles Frederick, 1851-1915. New York, D. Appleton
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