The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-09-01

HOoks-Alderman DwOrman Los
es Half the Catch of the Season.
The Kennedy house at Brazos Is
land that was washed away in the
storm of last Friday was the camp
ing place of many a fishing party
during its day, but probably none
that had as varied an experience as
the last that it sheltered few days
before the high water put period
to its existence. There were but
two in the party Joe Combe
and Alderman Sam Dworman of
this city-but they put in a morn
ing's work that is claimed to be
unequaled in the annals of Point
( Isabel, Padre Island, Brazos Island
Laguna Madre and, in fact, the en-
tire Gulf of Mexico. Fishing from
9 o'clock to u, they hooked eight
tarpOn and two kingfish, landing
both kingfish and three tarpOn. The
two anglers soIemnly assert that
none of the tarpon were less than
six feet long, while one was-Dut
that's anticipating.
The first adventure of note oc
Cured on the evening before the
morning of the thrilling three
hours. A big piece of tarpon bait
on a Is inch hook had been Sc
cUrely fastened a little way from
shore Shortly before dusk this was
attacked by a shark of tremendous
size, variOusly estimated from "A to
A feet Both Doctor Joe and
Alderman DwOrman saw the shark
and rushed to the rescue of the bait.
The shark, seeming their approach,
beat it while the going was good,
leaving the bait some distance up
the line but pulling the hook out
perfectly straight
The three hours of sport next
morning were pUnctuated with Incl
dent. OF the five tarpon that were
hooked, but not landed, two man
aged to wriggle off the hook, two
broke 8-inch hooks clean as
whistle, and the other snapped Al
derman DWOrman's pole just below
the reel, escaping with the hook
and part of the line
LUZ IAAC lNclI AtllttLtuL Gi the
morning was furnished by the same
tarpon-hungry shark that had
showed himself the evening before
to be in the Big John class at
Strengthening out curves He played
a dOuble-header during the morn
ing, walking, or rather swimming
away with the game-fish each time
DR.. Joe called him a base stealer,
but a man who has a big tarpOn
taken from him just at the moment
OF landing it is privileged to say
anything. There is no doubt, how
ever, that that shark S work on the
lines would get him a job in the
brush league any time The first
time he figured in the game was
when DR.. COmbe was just about to
land a big silver king that he had
subdued after a hard fight The
shark came in for it fast and nab
bed it, making one gone various
unintelligible sounds escaped from
the doctors lips, which the shark
evidently mistOOk to be shouts OF
encOurag cement from the rOOters, for
he hOated back to his position to
be in readiness for another chance.
He didn't figure again in the
summary until Alderman Dwor-
man made the catch of the season,
about an hour later Then Mr..
Shark made the play that gave him
the hOnOrs of the day or half of
them at least. 1t was after a battle
of fully three-quarters of an hour
with the largest tarpon he has en-
countered this year that the alder
n BoH cr1ppnadnd IN H.
opponent on Padre Island, having
been carried clear across the pass
in the struggle.
Early in the fight his reel had
been torn from its fastening, handi-
Gaping him considerably but, in
spite Of this disadvantage, he final
ly managed to draw the quivering
fish up on the beach. After a few
moments rest, he started to tow the
beauty across the pass to Brazos,
and had gotten about half way over
when there was swish in the rear,
a mighty tug on the line, and a red
dening of the surface of the water.
fastening to the shore, Mr. Dwor-
man pulled in his mutilated prize
and with melancholy interest pro-
ceeded to take some post norton
measurements Four feet eight in
ches of tarpon had escaped the jaw
of the shark, from which remnants
DR.. Combe graphically reconstructed
the fish on the sand and pronounced
1t to have been a trif1e more than
seven feet in length. AS an expert
in comparative anatomy, the doctors
estimate was accepted without ques-
ton The tarDOD'S head covered &
inches of tape, while its waist meas
ure was almost unfit to print-39
inches.
1t is to be hoped that last weeks
storm will not interrupt the fishing
at the Point for the stories have
been getting better each week and
another struggle between these two
valiant anglers and the marauding