Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-21
GET YOUR BONITA
WITHOUT ANY HOOK
PATRoLMAN SANDERS CATCHES
FISH IN NEW WAY
While He Cannot Get Ananas Medal
for His Feat, Bluecoat Should
Be Awarded Special
Trophy

Jealous, no doubt, of S geant Harry
Whites success in capturing a champion
ship medal in the Ananias division of the
Southern California Rod and Reel club
Patrolman E. II. Sanders has been guilty
of reprehensible conduct in advancing an
DER true tale of his own prowess with
the rod and reel.
1t Is the opinion of those best able to
Judge, however, that Sanders will not be
cited for contempt for trying to dim the
luster of his superior officers reputation
and endeavoring to hoist his own stand
ing in the list of local Ananiases.
Sanders story is entirely too near the
truth, it is said, to be considered in the
competition for a medal of the class won
by Sergeant White, and for this reason
it will fail o. its object and secure for
him escape from the meritcA wrath Oh MS
fellow ia, fishermen.
That all fishermen may judge of the
merits of the tale told by Sanders 1t Is
here given just as it was told to an
admiring group of policemen in the as
sembly room ore night last week.
THAT fish story told by White" be-
gan Sanders, 'is all right for Its kind,
but it amt so. He lied about the size
of that albicore. l saw that fish myself
the week before he caught 1t and 1t
weighed only twenty-seven pounds, and
no man can tell me that an albicore can
double In weight in less than week.
Many Technical Faults
Then there were some other little
technical faults with Whites story. I've
beer fishin' myself and l know what I'm
talking about, but it aiL't necessary to
mention what they are Let him have
all the glory he can get out of 1t and
welcome TO it. That's me. | don't take
no credit from no man for his achieve
ments in the Izaac Walton line.
THE time 1 told you l saw that abb
core which White caught | was out my
self and had little fish adventure which
you might be interested ir hearing. rms
amt no perncious prevarication like that
one White told, though
This story is true one. Mebbe some
of you fellows won't believe it and L
tell you if it hadn't happened to me so
l know it's so l wouldn't believe 1t my
self. AS it is, though, 1 was there and
it really happened just as L am going
to relate it to you.
II was out in a launch one morning,
fishing for bonita, you know, and
had mad pretty fair success. L landed
a few small ones some ten or twelve
pounds in weight and was just thinking
whether 1 would have them photographed
hanging in a line with m at the other
erd or whether l would have them
grouped around meme in the center, |
YOU know. They do it both ways over
to Catalina-when 1 got the darndest
strike you ever saw.
Zip, bing. bang, whir-r-r-r, went my
reel and the tune was a mighty nice
one you car bet
"Well 1 grabs a firm holt on the rod,
puts on my thumb brake, sets the drag
and the fight was on.
short. L
played them fish till was most wore
out. l forgot to tell you that there was
two of them, one on the lower hook and |
one on the upper. Both bonitas, and one
weighed thirty-one pounds ard the other
a few ounces over twerty-seven.
"Well, I got those fish both close in |
and pretty nearly tuckered out when |
flaw in my line showed up and away they
went as free as the air.
'There was both them fish playing out |
there with my line and just to show their
for me one after the other
would jump in the air just to laugh at
me, you know.
about the second time they did that
got an idea You know 1 used to be
a pretty fair artist with the lariat. 1
could throp a rope and ketch most any,
thing that was ir reaching distance. |
So l Just picked up a big trot line we
had in the bottom of the boat and ran
a moose on the end of it,
"The next time those fish jumped out |
Of the water 1 was ready for them.
up came the little fellow, the twenty
seven FOUNDER, and he nIpped his tail
around like he was saying, IA! ta! old |
hossi we're off for, other pastures!
Just as he did mat l let fly. The |
moose flew far out and then like flash |
it settled down over the bonita's head |
ard I gave a jerk and there he was
fast an. tight
well, just dragged him and the other
one had to come with him. I brought |
them home and we had them fried and |
baked and all other ways. I bring my |
fish home. I don't let no sharks come
along and eat them up.
And" he concluded, II have a piece |
of the trot line in my pocket to prove