Sport on land and water : recollections of Frank Gray Griswold . ATER he will be stronger than you. In thismanner I killed a tuna on my last tripweighing 156J pounds in twelve minutes. It is not easy to compare the two kindsof fishing, or to say which fish is more game,the tarpon or the tuna, for they act verydifferently. It is safe to say that they areimbued with quiet different ideas whenfirst hooked. The tarpon has no fear ofboat or fisherman; his only idea is toshake the hook loose, and to do this hejumps out of the water, and will do soseveral times if you fight him hard. Theharder you fi
Sport on land and water : recollections of Frank Gray Griswold . ATER he will be stronger than you. In thismanner I killed a tuna on my last tripweighing 156J pounds in twelve minutes. It is not easy to compare the two kindsof fishing, or to say which fish is more game,the tarpon or the tuna, for they act verydifferently. It is safe to say that they areimbued with quiet different ideas whenfirst hooked. The tarpon has no fear ofboat or fisherman; his only idea is toshake the hook loose, and to do this hejumps out of the water, and will do soseveral times if you fight him hard. Theharder you fight him, the more he jumpsand the quicker he comes to gaff. I havenever had a tarpon take more than 250feet of line, and that in a tideway. I haveheard of fish that have taken more, butam only telling of my own tuna, on the contrary, is off in a wildrush the moment he feels the hook, andI have had 650 feet of line taken from mebefore I could stop my fish. He thendwells, perhaps sounds, then runs again, T -is J L TUNA, 156^ POUNDSTime, 12 minutes. BLACK SEA BASS, 238 POUNDSTime, in minutes. St. Catalina, Cal. TUNA FISHING 111 perhaps twice, then sounds as a rule. Fromthat time on it is a question of pumpingyour fish up to the boat, if you wish to killthe fish and not to allow him to commitsuicide by towing you about. With propertackle, either fish should be killed andgaffed within thirty minutes, barring acci-dents. If you are fortunate enough tohook your tuna in the upper jaw andhold him hard during his first run, he comesto the surface virtually drowned, and ifyou are quick, it takes only a few minutesto bring him to gaff. The method of fishing for tuna is to trollfrom a power-launch or from a rowboatastern of such a launch, with a flying-fishfor bait. The tuna follows the bait, strikesat the head, and turns as he strikes, sothat he is generally hooked in the cornerof the mouth, and makes his run with hismouth closed. To kill him in such casesyou must tire him o
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