The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1899-06-30
FOR GIGANTIC FISH.
CONTEST OF THE CALIFORNIA
TUNA CLUB.
Object Is to Foster Sportsmanlik
Methods of Fishing-It win Be .
Great Tournament-wiIL Last Through
the Summer.

Lovers of rod and reel are to have
a mighty all-summer session of sport
at the fishing grounds of the Tuna
Club, Santa Catalina Island, California,
about three and half hours from Los
Angeles. A tournament has just
opened which will continue until Sep
TENDER, the object being to beat the
high records already established by the
club, which include a 327-pound black
sea bass and 1S3-pound leaping tuna.
Sportsmen from all parts of America
and Great Britain have been invited
to participate. There is no entry fee,
merely an observance of the Tuna Club
rules regarding light tackle being re-
quired that is, all fishing is to be done
with light rods not less than seven
feet Iong and lines not over twenty
four strand or thread All records are
to be determined by the weight OF the
fish at the weighing, no allowances be-
ing made, the competing catches be-
ing reported to the weighing commit
tee on the day of the catch, and all
weights being posted at once. Thirty
or more prizes in eleven classes are
to be awarded. For exceeding the club
record of the 1S3-pound leaping tuna,
class A, which weigh from 20 to 200
pounds, the prize will be a 500 silver
mounted tuna rod and reel. III the
record is beaten by several anglers, the
heaviest fish will be considered the
prize winner. If the record is not
beaten the largest tuna or black sea
bass of the season will take the sec
ond prize, the second largest the third
prize, and for the third largest a sill
yer medal will be given. For the larg-
est tuna of the season the prizes are a
silver champagne cooler, the Tuna
Club gold medal and the Tuna Club
silver cup, the last two, however, to
remain the property of the club, to be
contested for each season, with the
name of the winners engraved thereon.
For the next largest tuna a reel is
the prize, and for taking the first leap
Ing tuna of the season a handsome sill
YER mounted rod is offered Black sea
bass, which weigh from IS to 500
pounds, constitute class b. For eX-
ceeding the club rod record of 327
pounds the prize is a silver mounted
black sea bass rod valued at 500. For
the largest black sea bass of the sea-
son the prizes are a gold medal, sill
yer cup and a handsome angling suit.
The next largest black sea bass wins a
green heart silveT-mounted black sea
bass rod valued at SIG. The first catch
of black bass of the season will be
rewarded by 600-foot cuttyhunk line,
II strand, and a set of hooks. Class G.
includes white sea bass weighing from
20 to so pounds, and the prize for the
largest fish in this class is a silver
mounted sea bass rod, to win which
the angler will have to pass the club
record of 60 pounds. Glass ID comprises
the yellow-tail, 10 to 60 pounds. For
exceeding the club record of Al pounds
a cup or trophy is offered; for the larg-
est fish of the season a gold medal;
next largest, rock bass reel. Glass
E consists of rock bass, to II pounds,
the rods to be TO 10 ounces. For the
largest fish, a silver-mounted green
heart rock bass rod is offered. Glass
f includes bonito, 8 to II pounds. For
the largest fish taken an automatic
prize reel is offered The longest con-
ties. waged by a tuna, as shown by
the club records, was seven hours. The
Tuna Club hopes through this tourna-
ment to foster and encourage rod and
reel fishing, and to prevent the excess
sive waste of game fishes that result
from unsportsmanlike methods.