The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-04-06

hold on and see whether 1t was possi-
BILE In any way to tire him out.
We then signalled the launch which
had been following us, but keeping .
good three-quarters Of 4 mile away. to
send the dinghy with some lunch.
They had evidently been expecting
this signal. because In . very few
minutes We were pleased to see the
launch 60 ahead Of u. and parallel to
the direction We were taking In order
that when the dinghy was dropped
they would only have to row to head
US OF, ~ NO ordinary rowboat could
catch us a. long ~ the tuna towed
without altering his course. When
the boat came alongside. which It
could only do when the tuna was tow
ing us straight ahead. Charlie grabbed
the dinghy by the gunwale while the
man In the dinghy dumped our grub
aboard. II the fsh does not start to
raise Cain We generally let the other
boat stay alongside in order to give
him an extra load to tow.
At the end Of an hour and a half I
gave the order to the launch to COM
mence to work on the f,sh. too. The
launch, being told that the tuna was
approximately 175 yards ahead Of us,
proceeded to run in front Of him. and,
by giving him the propeller wash.
would turn him back into the bay.
as he was then going out to sea.
With this particular FISH the launch
did not have much effect. except to
make him swim deeper. and then he
did not mind the launch at all We
were towed around the bay all day.
generally inside the outer island tCi-
bou islandD. but occasionally We went
beyond the islands. sometimes to tho
north side Of the bay and sometimes
on the south side. About midnight the
tuna took the bit in his teeth and
started seemingly stronger than ever
to tow US toward Ingonish island light
at about seven miles an hour. or bet
ter. and did not change his direction
until he was about three miles from
1t. when he ran toward the shore. and
gave us a very lively time for about
half an hour or more. Then he
started to leave the shore and go
obliquely to sea. taking us about FIVE
miles from the shore
| AS soon as daylight came | made
every effort possible to gain some line
on the tuna and after about 80 or As
minutes Of strenuous pumping. man.
| aged to get in two or three turns Of
the double line on the reel. which
meant that the tuna was within. 20
feet of u.s. Immediately drove q
wedge into the thumb brake. hoping
to prevent him taking more line. but
within minute or SO he took it into
his head to bolt, and the wedge was
ripped out Of the thumb brake, as If
1t had been made Of straw
Twice more l got the double line on
the reel. but each time he ripped It
out seemingly whenever he wanted.
At $50 a. m. when l had had the
rod for about 10 mortal hours. my
hands and arms were aching SO that
was forced to give 1t up: but befors
doing 30 I asked Charlie If he would
like to take turn at the rod. He
took the rod for 20 minutes, and dur
ing that time twice pumped the fish
to within 70 feet Of the boat, drove
the wedge In the brake. but, as b.
fore. the fish took the line out again
at will
l again took the rod for about II
minutes. and at the end Of that time
little after "a m. cut the line and
let him 20.
We went aboard the launch-I turn
ed in. and the others had breakfas,
in the cabin. I slept till We reached
Sydney. at 1880 a. m, feeling none
the worse for as exciting motor-and
fish-power cruise as anyone couk
wish for.