The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-22
GULF STREAM HANDICAP
TARPoN HOOKED THAT WORKED AS
STEADY AS AN OLD ROADSTER
Graphic Statement by ]. D. Masters Of
Sherman. Wtc Has Been Fishing
at Galveston,

Mr.. j. d. Masters merchant Of shcr
man. Texas, and past master In the
nrt Of Fishing, WAS In the city yesterday
FOR a stay OF several hours lie was en-
route home from fishing trip of
weeks duration at Galveston, and on ar
irving al this place missed the katy
connection just three minutes. A miss Is
said 10 be always as good as a mile, aud
this one was good for a fish story, which
Mr. Masters related between ctasomme
and desert at the Logan hotel yesterday
II have been down on the north jetty
at Galveston for week with a fishing
party, which consisted OF myself ana
twelve others. making thirteen Ia all, and
an unlucky number In most eases. The
party was composed Of Il, n. Mulkey, II.
Barnes. G. +. McKInstry, J. j. and
Georgr Knight, doe Startling John liarFl-
Lnthican aud Mr. Turner. Tne litter is
solicitor for the Rock Island railroad, and
the other gentlemen represent various en-
terprlses at sherman, lallas and Fort
Worth. We expected some Houston Usher
mon, but they failed 10 arrNe We MI
got aboard the schooner Mayllower ana
went out TO the north jetty. the only
lime camc to town was u few minutes
on Thursday, long enough to get paper
and see how the corn market was dong;
We were out Of reach of telephones and
tolegraphs ana mails, and we put In
weok Of 1t.
miss an opportunity to 70 after the hnny
tribe but If ! had dshed from Cape Cod
hay 10 Cape Horn and back again am
sure thar no snch luck would have been
encountered ms WAS the portion of our party
at Galveston. We caught rcd fish, trout,
Spanish mackerel and sheepshead until we
were tired pulling them IN. Talk about
waiting for fish a. bite. Why, we coudn
hdit our hooks fast enough. There was
strike every time baited hook struck
ne wat% ana We caught hsh until we
were SO tired pulling them IN that IT was
a rest 10 stop and hight mosquitoes These
mosquitoes are not so had as rule MS you
might think, but they are a great deal
wind sat In from the land and blew an
army of galinippers down on MS, 'rhis
was the uniy time that we were seriously
interfercd with by these giants Of the
mesquite race.
'Tarpon are so thick about the nortn
ietty that they fnterferpd with the en- ch.
! Ing OF smaller fish at times Hooking a
tarpou and landing on6 is altogether diff
fereut proposition. Anybody with mulet,
or even q shrimp, the end of n line
can hook a tarpon; but 1t takes a fisher.
| man OF both experience and strength To
! land one. l saw a tappon hooked, and
| viii you believe IT, thai fish went atty
| feet aud turned two somersaults out %
| the water IN less than second Two
| men wece Bshlng from skin near us. one
| Of them hooked tarpOn. The big fish
! played M the end OF the line and ut times
! Popped out Of The water and gave sort
OF Ncrohauc exhibition until the man who
| was handling the line was wringmg wet
| with pcTspiration and all but exhausted.
| After a time the tnrpon tired Of this line
! Of sport, ana he made a line as straight
us the crow flies and as swift for deep
water. The skin skinned the waves Ia
! the wake of the fish, which was going as
| steady as an old rohster in harness and
| making speed record that would have
| given 2:iO fnyoriie cards and spades
| ana make him heartily ashamed that he
! ever entered the race. The last we saw
| ~ the shlG It was bounding along miles
! away. ] an satisfied the fishermen finally
| had to cut the Tine IN order not to yet
| 50 FIR from home that they couldn't paddle
| back ia a week,
"Ihe whirling tuna Of California is thc
| only fish / have heard OF that discounts
the tarpon on being game, and all | know
/ about them Is what | saw In Harpers
| Weekly. II they are ahead of the tarpon
| In being game ana active, | don't care
20 know any more about them than / can
| dpd out By reading"