The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-02-04
TARPoN TACTICS.
Wonderful Fsnts, Flights and Leaps Of
tho Silver King.

Wonderful Feats, Flights and Leaps Of
tho Silver King.
In the big pass tarpon can best be
taught from near the bottom Of the
hannel and should be tished for with
i5ty feet OF line and heavy sinker.
In shallow water the tarpon leaps
high in mir the instant be feels the
look. but In the pass be often hghts
Tor minute or two before coming 10
the surface. More than once when
had come TO fear that my tarpon was
shark he has suddenly shot above
the surface like bullet from a gun
and In the first wild shake Of his head
thrown hook and bait fifty feet in the
air. and one even seat four ounce
eaden sinker dying over my head from
nearly twice that distance. Other tar
pom when struck came straight up
from the bottom, one grazing our gun
vale as be rose and another leaping
over the stern Of the canoe As soon
as tarpon was tired enough to let US
pull the canoe beside him we removed
the hook from his mouth and let him
swim home to his family. It happened
once that a tarpon was less tired than
we had assumed On that occasion we
swan home. and be had a good man
story to tell his friends.
II had been counted a poor year for
tarpon yet In fifteen consecutive days
OF nshing we were fast TO forty four
tarpon, egch OF which had jumped for
Us from one 10 twelve times Thls
high water mark Of twelve Jumps was
made by tarpon which was stiEnu-
hted to bis later efforts BY the pres
ence of a pursuing shark. and the
twelfth jump was double nun Der
There was commotion ID the crimsoned
water. new yigor at the other end OF
my line. and II was au hour later when
| finallg landed on a sand bar shark
with an aIdcrmanlc stomach A knife
drawn across this distended organ dis
closed tie tarpou ID sections. with the
hook still faat il hls jaw. and enabled
the camee snan to photograph to-
gether the subjects he had recently
photographed separately. Although
this shark was only one-hfth the size
Of orr big haEnmerhead. yet be made
but two bites OF bis victim.
Our work a Eoca Grande ended with
the red letter day OF the season of all
seasons was fishing in the pass With
City feet of line and the bait was di-
rectly unaer the canoe when . tarpon
struck aercelv. quickly carried away a
hundred more fees - lina and then
SWAN 81 sw fly tewagi na that fear
ga from The leaseued llne that be bad
escaped Then. sfty feeG frum the CA
noe. there SHOT into the air giant tar
pom. measuging. as we learned after
ward. an even seven feet Tp u9, up.
he rose until the camera seemed 10 be
pointed ut The zenlth. and before the
ratified camera man could get bis aim
the silver king had turned gracefully 4
In the air and was plnnglng downward. /
The captain swears that he saw. swing
ing clear OF the water, the ribbon which
marked twenty-five feet on the line as
it hung plumb down from the tarpon.
Once | gave my own estimate OF the
height Of the jump to a group Of
friends and after glance at their
grieved expressions appealed ID the one
Of most experience on the coast and
with the tarpon. After single mo.
ment az hesitation be remarked firmly:
I'VE fishermen faust stand together
/ believe the story"--A. W. Dimock In
AppIeton's.