Hunting and trapping stories; a book for boys . FISHING FOR THE SILVER KING as much strength as ^^?hen it was first hooked. All its efforts, nowever, to breakthe line had failed. After a while it seemed to give in and we slowly pulledto the shore, which was quite close, landing on the sandy beach, tiere thefish took a new lease of life and without any warning away it N\cnt. keepingthe line as taut as possible we had to run, but as the fish was m shallowwater the effect of the tight line was to draw it still further out of its Spaniard ran on ahead and during a pause in the race gaffe
Hunting and trapping stories; a book for boys . FISHING FOR THE SILVER KING as much strength as ^^?hen it was first hooked. All its efforts, nowever, to breakthe line had failed. After a while it seemed to give in and we slowly pulledto the shore, which was quite close, landing on the sandy beach, tiere thefish took a new lease of life and without any warning away it N\cnt. keepingthe line as taut as possible we had to run, but as the fish was m shallowwater the effect of the tight line was to draw it still further out of its Spaniard ran on ahead and during a pause in the race gaffed the a moment he went out of sight in a cloud of spray ; then he appeared withhis prize well in hand. We hauled it up on the beach where it flai)ped and. stru^-gled and fought like a dcn^.n. It pro^?ed to be a fine fish and ^^elghedone hundred and sixty-five pounds. Habct! Since that day we have caughtother tarpon, some of them even larger, but after all none have equalled iorexcitement the first catch. The tuna of California is caught in much the same manner as the tarpon,and it weighs from one hundred to three hundred pounds. It is just as great afighter as^ts cousin of Florida; knows all its tricks and a few ot its ownbesides Flying fish m-ake the best tuna bait. Sometimes a small band oltuna hunt together and soon succeed in sending the other swimming folk wildwith terror. When a big tuna take a bait on the surface it does so with arush and a splash like a big shark. A PIKE AND MOORHEN The name of fresh water shark has not been given to the Pike with-out good reason. Of large lake fish it is one of the fiercest and most dreadedand if food runs short it kills every living thing in the water. Its length isanywhere from eighteen inc
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