Sport on land and water : recollections of Frank Gray Griswold . MANGROVE SNAPPER. RAVALIO TARPON FISHING 105 I have fished in this manner for the lastfew years, beheving the old way of trollingto be quite out of date. In a few seasonsfishing I have taken tuna, tarpon, hundredsof kingfish, grouper, barracouta, mutton-fish, cavalli, pompojacks, ladyfish, bonito,bluefish, and Spanish mackerel. In tarpon-fishing I usually am towed ina rowboat, for the reason that my launchtravels more slowly with the weight boatman casts off when I tell him to,and the launch goes on out of the way. Iha
Sport on land and water : recollections of Frank Gray Griswold . MANGROVE SNAPPER. RAVALIO TARPON FISHING 105 I have fished in this manner for the lastfew years, beheving the old way of trollingto be quite out of date. In a few seasonsfishing I have taken tuna, tarpon, hundredsof kingfish, grouper, barracouta, mutton-fish, cavalli, pompojacks, ladyfish, bonito,bluefish, and Spanish mackerel. In tarpon-fishing I usually am towed ina rowboat, for the reason that my launchtravels more slowly with the weight boatman casts off when I tell him to,and the launch goes on out of the way. Ihave done this with good success not onlyin rivers, but also in the open sea and alongtide-rifts in the passes. This method of fishing has, however, onegreat drawback: if you are trolling with alive mullet, it soon dies, and revolveslike a pinwheel. Most cut baits will dothe same, as spinners will also; and nonumber of swivels or anti-kinkers willprevent your hne from being ruined inshort order. This gave me much troublefor some time, but I heard of a new im- 106 SPORT ON LAND AN
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