Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-21

came to the boat / just hit it with a
gaff and 1t got so mad 1t jumped right out
of the water and over the boat, thus
wrapping the line right around the
launch. Then it repeated the perform
ance and came right over the boat again,
and when l saw what it was doing l
just reeled In my line as fast as / could
and on the third jump over the boat 1t
made there was not enough line left to
let it go into the water again and 1t
dr opped right down in my lap.
Button Is Easy
II grabbed 1t and held on as tight as
1 could and then Harry took 1t off the
hook for me and | went right ashore
and got my button.
THAT fish weighed 70 pounds AZ ounces
on the scales, but / think the men who
got 1t weighed were Jealous and fixed the
scales, for / know it weighed at least
two ounces more than the weight they
gave"
Mrs. Haupt's experience was more in
the nature of an expose of the veracious
and truly, truly narrative told by Ser
geant Teddy Haupt at a meeting of the
club some weeks ago, which won for
him all the medals in the gift of the
club for that meeting.
"Of course" said Mrs Haupt, you re-
Teddy, as you all affectionately call him
down here, told when we came back from
Catalina. He related in the most graphic
style 1t was possible for him to assume
how he had caught four great big fish On
one line and how he had filled the boat
with all kinds of fish that day and sup
piled everybody else with fish which
they claimed credit for catching. Well,
he didn't catch one of those fish without
my assistance.
III you don't know it want to tell you
right now that he is limburger cheese
fiend. / can't bear limburger cheese.
suppose II Is hereditary with him. how
ever, for he carries the stuff around with
him wherever he goes and he uses 1t on
every occasion.
well, when we went out in the boat
that day he took two packages of the
stuff along with him. He wasn't CATCH
ing any fish. Finally he became dissatis-
fed, but I urged him to keep on fishtng.
You know every time one would get Il
strike the others would have to pull up.
He pulled in his line while Harry White
was fighting with a jack smelt or some
other kind of fish Hike that and reached
for n limburger sandwich That gave Ine
an idea. While his line was lying in the
boat / carefully took lot of limburger
and fastened it on his hooks. When lie
u
had great big strike, and he pulled in
three fish %
Then baited his hooks, all unbeknown
to him, with limburger again. Again he
caught three big hsh, and the next time
put on the limburger was when he got
those four fish he told about. And the
reason the bonita and the Jewish got
| to fighting was because the jewish found
| out that the bonita had the biggest lump
| of limburger I never saw anything like
1t in my life.
II put on limburger and the fish just
ate 1t as fast as 1t hit the water. They
were that greedy that 1t kept him busy
| hauling them in and we came pretty
near swamping the boat, / tell you, with
the weight of fish, but Teddy swelled up
and thought 1t was his ability as fisher
man that brought all the fish In, and lie
preached about light tackle and heavy
tackle and this kind of leader and that
kind of hook, but / want to tell you 1t
was all owing to the limburger cheese
that l got rid of that day"
There were a score of other stories told
by the honor guests of the Ananias club
last night, but, as stated when the year
book comes out the dear public Will De
allowed to enjoy them
The meeting wound up in an impromptu
dance, and right merrily did the fisher
lads and lasses trip the hours away, and
at the end, which came real early this
morning 1t was the unanimous vote that
this meeting was the only one ever held
by the club.
Next week Charlie Dixon is going to tel
how he caught steel head trout in Eel
river with Japanese hook and blue
bottle fly.