The herald., 1898-06-25
SOME FISH STORIES
The Season Opens Most Auspiciously
at Avalon

AVALON, June 2S.-Mr. Frazer was Out
yesterday morning with Geo. Johnston and
landed 75-pound tuna in fifteen minutes
on a hand-line.
Geo. Wilson of Los Angeles, while out
with Hugo, the boatman, Tuesday, landed a
2l-pound halibut in fifteen minutes on rod
and reel.
E. e. Ives, w. H. Hamilton and DR.. ]. 2.
Raster caught twenty barracuda and yell
lowtail in two hours yesterday. They were
out in Hotson's launch Pulling Pig
-Four immense Blacklist paid visit to the
harbor late yesterday afternoon. The larg-
est one must have been nearly thirty feet
long and as he sported near the surface of
the water his five feet of dorsal fin stuck out
Of the water. looking like a small leg-of-
mutton sail. When they left the harbor the
fish went out by Sugar Loaf, where Mr..
Garnich and F. A. Curtin and son were fish
ing and the largest one dived directly under
the boat, coming up within six feet of the
side Of the boat and frightening the elder
Mr.. Curtin badly.
E. F. Doran took out party of friends in
his launch Narod yesterday. The party was
composed of w. X. Landers and family O.
Oakland Mrs. A. w. Cook and daughters of
Colorado Springs and c. s. Smith of San
Francisco. The point of interest was Camp
Banning and very enjoyable time was had.
There is scarcely a night that there are
not from two to five parties out after tuna
One enthusiastic party started out at 8
o'clock this morning and returned about Z
with one lonely yellowtail. They said they
didn't mind it at all, but from the way they
glared at each other nobody believed them
At the hoteds: The Metropole H. C.
Pinching. San Francisco; F. r. Bladeslee,
Los Angeles; w. j. and II. w. Landers,
San Francisco; Mrs. w. S. Goodfellow and
daughters, Oakland; Mrs. Davenport,
Berkeley; Mrs. A. l.. White and party, Oak
land; Mrs. Geo. Dow and family, San Pedro.
At the Glenmore-J. Strohn and wife, Los
Angeles.
Two more tuna. a shark and few yellow
tail were the total of last nights catch.
The lucky tuna fishers were w. j. Landers
and E. l.. Doran, and an exciting time they
had Of 1t. They left the bay at o'clock
and were lowed up to Long Point. AS they
were going up they lost one set of hooks,
and as soon as another line was rugged they
got a strike, casting off from the launch
Mr. Doran settled down to work, and in a
few minutes the fish was brought to gait
Instead of the gamy tuna they expected,
it turned out to be a bonita shark, with
three sets of wicked-looking teeth about
half an inch long and sharp as needles
After losing two more sets of hooks, the
strike of large tuna was felt and then the
fun began. For two hours and five minutes
Mr.. Landers played the fish, now strug-
Cling and then again sulking on the bottom.
Finally he was brought to gaff and the kill
was made. Almost as soon as he was
gated Mr.. Doran hooked fast to another
tuna and in just eleven minutes he was
brought to gaff. Mr.. Landers' fish weighed
1888 pounds and Mr. Doran's 1903.
Mr.. and Mrs. Duyckinck and son. while
out in the launch Putting Pig, with Holson
as boatman, caught II barracuda and ono
yellowtail.
Arthur Ferguson of Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
and Arthur Traphagon caught seven bar
racuda and two 3O-pound yellowtail.
The stage makes daily trips over the
new road. The return to Avalon is said to
be enough to raise hair on a bald mans
head.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Frank of San Francisco
are registered at the Metropole.
Messrs. Ives and Hamilton and DR.. Kos