The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-07-11
AT THE ISLAND
Tunas as Plentiful as Fishermen-The
Paloma Had to Put Back

AVALON, July 1O.-One Of the most re-
markable catches on record was made this
morning by A. E. league. While out yell
lowtail fishing with some friends he sud-
denly felt what was supposed to be the
strike of an immense yellowtail
The supposed yellowtail, however, was a
tuna, and game one at that. What made
the catch SO noticeable is the fact that the
fish was caught on very light pole and
with an ordinary yellowtail hook, in place
of the extra strong rod, reel and hooks
used for tuna fishing. The fish weighed
sixty-four pounds and took an hour and a
half to land. There were only about $50
feet of line on the reel, while the ordinary
tuna reel holds about 800.
Another tuna was hooked on hand line
from the same boat. He didn't do thing
but walk away with the whole line, hooks
and in fact the entire works
f. E. Brett qualified for membership in
the Tuna club this morning. Starting out
with Geo. Cornell as boatman a little after
this morning, he had hardly reached the
steamer buoy before he had strike. In
less than three minutes more another
strike was made, this time the fish swaL
lowing both hooks and some of the wire
leaders and was hooked hard and fast
For an hour and thirty-five minutes the
big fish yanked the boat around. At the
end of that time he was exhausted and had
lowed the boat four times across the mouth
of the harbor. and when killed was making
a Decline for San Pedro.
Yesterday was a good day for small
game fishing and some very good catches
were made. Messrs Duyckinck and Shanks
were out with Mexican Joe as boatman and
landed thirtyfour barracuda, two yellow
tail. bass and a twenty-pound halibut.
The fish were caught on rod and reel.
The yacht La Paloma which started for
San Clemente island yesterday morning,
returned in the evening. When out about
fifteen miles the barometer fell as though
it was going right on through the bottom
of the glass, and Capt. Goodfellow decided
that the safest course was to turn and run
for the shelter of the island before the ex-
pected blow should set in. The yacht was
sighted from the seal rocks and the launch
Narod was sent out to tow them in.
A shell party was given by Mrs. Dow yes
terday afternoon, with Button Shell beach
as the objective point. Large numbers Of
the beautiful shells found there were Sc
cured. The guests were Mr.. and Miss
Bauer, Mr.. Book, Mrs. Will Garnish and
son and Miss Dow and Mr.. Dow. Chap
pie" was boatman.
At the hotels: The Metropole-E. A.
Phelps, wife and child, c. H. Lymberg, NJ.
NJ Poole, Miss Droun. Miss A. N. Droun.
Miss N. Droun, Geo. Benckman, San Fran
cisco; ]. A. Avery and wife, A. ]. Lunt, D.
w. Muir and wife. E. L. Lewis and wife,
Mrs. E. w. Vitcher, f. w. Baumgardt.
Los Angeles; Miss Kepler, Kansas City:
T. w. Lowe, Pasadena; ]. N. Bowman,
M. c. Cornell, New York; H. H. Pease,
Tucson.
At the Island Villa-Miss A. J. Trumble,
Tacoma; Miss ]. A. Beaton, Newton, Kas. /;
Miss L. Cornnelly, Miss v. Johnson, d.
Stanberg, Los Angeles.
At Camp Swanfeldt-J. L. Wheat s. Con-
zales, Mrs. M. Maybery, ]. Wilson and
family, E. E. Payne, ]. A. Rosecfans, +.
w. Hadley, Los Angeles; Miss M. Hamlin,
Pasadena; D. P. Dayton, W. H. Hayman
Kramer.
At the Grand View-A j. Walters, E. Fl.
Hess and wife, Mrs. F. L. Hopkins. Los
Angeles; Mrs. T. F. Heple, San Jose; E. H.
Rulison, Muscogee, I. T.
The obstacle race at the skating rink last
evening was ludicrous, and the only WON
der is that there was no bones broken, so
hard did the participants fall.