The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-04

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fishing grounds all winter. it is said, and they
promise such sport this spring that u
number of Eastern sportsmcn are said TO be
going to the California con II to try their luck
with them. The men who have iishcd for tho
tunas declare that they have more vim and go in
them than n tarpon Of double their weight. and
that they have broken more rods ana run away
with more lines than any other fish on the
Pacific coast.
II the Eastern slortsmen are anxious TO have
n 20 at tuna fishing there does not seem to be
any rcacoA why they should go to California 10
search for their game. The great fish are To DC
found in plenty on the Cape Ann coast, OF Prov
incctown. Gloucester, and other Massachusetts
towns. and at many other parts OF the Atlantic
coast, clear UP TO the mouth of the 81. Law
renee River, and they are To he found in the
European waters all the way from the Mcditcr-
ranean TO the Loirordcn Islands in latitude
60' north. Fishermen who 20 after the
tuna on our coasts will have the advantage of
seeking II bigger fish than the tuna hunter of any
other part OF the world, for 1t is not uncommon
TO find specimens in the Cape Ann waters which
range from loo TO 1000 pounds in weight.
Tho fish is a very familiar one TO down East ASH
ermcn. but in this part of the world 1t is called
by n different name. The Cape Ann fishermen
call it the horse mackcrcl. II is known as the
funny to the English'spcaking people of Eu-
rope. and us the ton or tuna 10 the people who
border the Mediterranean.
Except its deadly enemy, the killer whale, it
is probably the most active fish that is TO DO
found in the sen. and New Workers saoali cher
ish no hopco O: seeing a specimen oft in the aqua
r,,m IN. - Ia o,,o-c,Lor to, ,u,ch an .b.. r,ov,
to DO kept for even n little while i'll captivity.
| But the idea of treating it as a game fish and
seeking lis capture with rol AMI reel seems
never TO have occurred 10 any one until the Pa
ciilc fishermen went after II in that way.
On the Atlantic coast it has been hunted and
captured for many years with the horpoon, just
as the swordlsh is CAPTURED. In recent years it
crel is known scientifically as Thy"N"S o'cynHs
"m arr han%snr,c n,c,n,or Of ,hv, family ,on
ho,, orrnyaS VIVA rn"ri, ~ 'I is r'i in : = ~
handsome standings OF metallic blues and Erays.
with intcrmixturcs OF some moro brilliant tints.
1t makes its apocarango in June and stays
until October. When the fish arrive they
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feeders, ana by the middle Of the season they arc
heavy with fat. They feed upon every kind OF
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ia snitcd nnI "oirmrr WITHIN q" t"S roars
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hayo bcrn 'rsinhlisEci IN th,, NjnssnrhIIt.
srt,s shcrrs nnJ IA rrruinr NsLrr, fnr
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ara traditions nhnut NInssnr hisrttS waters
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iott' ont 50 an" pnonl ea"' , nv h hnI tbo ron We Hmn
do thnt nowndavs. Even bcf"rc ihS rcruinr
fshiny ,yts bcc-II, for thru, thrrm hnJ born snrn,
hin Clutches u,nIc nf tl,"sr yr,,t uDh ir,nt
Horny Wcbb OF Milk IslnnIn near tilnucrsfrr
fnuni , int Of hnr.n i,,rL nrri ,i'nsi,,, Usb Il, IL,
rorird III lie rn no. out mSthr thc yT" wi1E n ,I hn IN ms
and cnuinrcS tlirtv ma ihn tIirtv rvcii rhcj
40 oOo rnunds irbcy M, mo "re,nv G;r iii :, -.
Kinds OF tish. Int nncnh,dcn nnd n,S,ciicrcl seen,
Ia bo their faynritn InnI hrr, "
When tho killer Thal. nnpcors thcv fec in
terror. They appear to be- rather a northern