The sun., 1916-11-19
HBARTBRBAKINGT TO
PUMP" SWORDFISH
When Broadbill Sulks 1t May
Take Angler Hours to
Land Fish.
HAWAIIAN GAME FISH
~ JAMES W. JUMP.


In last SUNDAYS Sun I told bout
taking the superdreadnoughts Of the sea.
the tuna, the marlin swordfsh or spear.
fish, a. the Tuna club Of Santa Catalini
Island has newly christened II. n the
broadbill swordfsh. found in the Atis/'c
as we'll as the Pacific. In the Pacific
the game In played differently " you are
after 4 broadbill. You see one lying tust
beneath the surface Of the water. with
the dorsal An and the upper lobe Of the
mighty tail sticking out.
Your boatman circles the boat around
the Hsh and you draw the tempting bait,
IA flying fish or small albacore or per-
hape a small barracuda. In front Of II.
Mr.. Brosdbill Is wholly Indifferent. pay
ing no attention either to the bait or to
the launch.
You rencat the process OF temptation
I'm after time. In the hope OF convin.
cling Old Zlphlas that II is dinner time.
Several hour may be devoted to one
fish or perhaps he may strike the first
or second or third time. Or he may sud-
denly decide that eight bells has struck
and that II Is his watch below.
DO not be caught mapping. Suddenly
Old Ziph wakes up and takes the bait
slap. bang! Just like that. And way he
goes. straightaway. never jumping. never
sounding. until perhaps he has towed the
launch several miles. II YOU should
snub him. or try to stop him. good-by!
You can only sit tight and pray the line
win not break. while the boatman sends
she launch after the big FISH as best he
can. Sometimes. however. the hroadblil
takes the bait gently and girgerly, and
the angler must give him time before
etrlking.
FOnP HnmPs A. vmns1 n enaAaAnn
When he broadbiil comes to the con-
clusion nat he has gone far enough. md
10 tirod. he may sound for zoo or 500
feet. 10 sulk and rest. Again II Is up
70 the angler to pump" tire fish to the
sur'ace>-a heartbreakirg task with the
marlin and more 50 with the broaibili.
And when The latter Is raffed he will
come TO life quicker and harder than any
other game fish that swims. hut you
have a good bOatlnan and nc Is yours.
Few broid5!ll swordfsh are brought to
gan under two hours. and often four
hours IL required. Cases are known
when an angler mas fought n broadbill
ten hours only to lose It.
The lea ping tuna may be dismis sed with
this brief mention because II has been
written up numberless times. II IL st.l.
the king OF big game salt water fish. and
the Tuna Club button is still the great
eoI bHgilng ueCOr3tlOn.
I fished in Hawaiian waters last win
ter. For variety and number OF big
game f'sh It Is the anglers paradise. a
paradise which has yet been exploited
but little. When ore may catch, az I
did. fifteen varieties of game salt water
fish. big and little. In one days fishing,
surely thus to name It Is not extrava-
CANT.
fellowin tuna. %swordfsh uiua, ono.
nInh LV -
the principal varieties Of game Ash, ea-h
and every one worthy OF the anglers
oesi skiH on heavy or light tackle. as
the case may be. And they are plenti-
full
Just by way OF illustration the kaku,
which runs from Ave to seventy-fve
pounds In weight. is only one OF twenty
varieties OF barracuda found In Ha-
waiian waters.
n southeast. with n lee coast line
nearly 800 miles long. II the Intervening
channels are included.
The prevailing WHY'D Ia a northeast
trade. and on the lee side OF the islands
the angling conditions are much the
same as those prevailing on the lee of
santa Catalina and San Clemente ISL
ands. the hsh most frequent!ng the COM
paratively quiet waters. They ara
csusht on the windwerd side. but the
conditions are not so favorable there.
the yellowfn tuna, for which the
catalina record Is less than 40 pounds,
hero reaches a weight OF several hundred
pounds and is very plentiful. The mar
I'm swordfsh or spearfish is also numer-
u ! hooked only one. which got away.
the time.
Tho ulua, bulldog of the seas. 4. the
typical deep sea game Ash Of Hawaiian
waters. II Is chunky. broad of tail and
ncsVy or shoulder. with n pugnacious
ttoman nose. II weighs up 10 $50 pounds
and Is. pound for pound. the hardest
hshting fish they have.
MY best ulua, caught OH light tackle
thihe ounce rod and nine thread line),
weighed 3S pounds. The ulua strikes
hard. heads for the rocks or bottom and
requires skiiful handling.
ineh there Is the ono. with a sword
nsh body and II pike head. weighing IN
10 lO0 pounds. 1t strikes harder ana
more swiftly than any other game 0sn
81 us size. II makes long runs of 400
or 900 feet Just beneath the surface of
tis water and does not Sound or sulk. as
do the ulua and tuna.
AZ the end or n long run II may turn
ana head directly for the boat. and ,ho
angler must lie on his guard against the
breaking or tangling OF the line. Ny
heaviest ono weighed e. pounds.
D~'ArtaRnsa Of sens.
MY hat IL Off 10 the dolphin. king OF
hsht tackle Saine fish, the D'Artagnan
or the summer seas. IT Is very plentiful.
running In schools and weighing up 10
80 pounds.
II Jumps repeatedly. hghling all the
way, never quitting makes short runs.
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