. Outing. s turbu-lent water alive with fish of many of gulls, terns and pelicans above,and splashings of jackfish and tarpon be-low, marked the presence of great schoolsof minnows. Nothing was easier than tostrike a tarpon, but then the trouble be-gan. Tide and the tarpon were carryingus out to the near-by, foam-crested rollers,while the motor boat vainly struggledagainst them. We were rushing throughthe water away from the breakers, yetminute by minute, as in an uncanny dream, ing near the shore, made our way back intothe harbor, which we reached at dark, withnothing but pleasan
. Outing. s turbu-lent water alive with fish of many of gulls, terns and pelicans above,and splashings of jackfish and tarpon be-low, marked the presence of great schoolsof minnows. Nothing was easier than tostrike a tarpon, but then the trouble be-gan. Tide and the tarpon were carryingus out to the near-by, foam-crested rollers,while the motor boat vainly struggledagainst them. We were rushing throughthe water away from the breakers, yetminute by minute, as in an uncanny dream, ing near the shore, made our way back intothe harbor, which we reached at dark, withnothing but pleasant memories to showfor the work of a strenuous day. Thereafter, when the wind was high andthe tide strong, we either fished from ananchorage, or cast anchor from the canoewhenever a tarpon was struck. Some-times, but seldom, the line on the reel gotlow, the fish having carried off five hun-dred feet and we had to take in the anchorand follow him. It is rarely that a fishweighing less than two hundred pounds.
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