Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-02-01
BEST HSHINGN
WORLD IOBfHlD
HERE, SAYSJUMP
Famous Angler, Holder of the
Worlds YeIioW-fin Tuna
Record, Makes Big Catch

who returned yesterday from Maui,
where he had been fishing of the lit
the island of Molokini. In less than
| two hours Mr.. Jump caught two tuna,
weighing y and 81 pounds; two ona,
weighing 62 and 40 pounds; and one
dolphin.
Day after day of splendid sport is
reported by those in the party, Mr..
Jump, F. K. Burnham and H. Gooding
Field. who used Harry Baldwin's
launch for their excursions to differ
tent fishing grounds. Yesterday was
| a banner day, more than $50 pounds
of yellow-fn tuna being landed in
three and a half hours.
Mr.. Field this morning rode through
| the city in an automobile in which
reposed two monster fish, both priced
tuna, which together weighed 1872
pounds, and the others brought back
similar trophies.
Holds Worlds Record.
| Mr.. Jump holds the worlds record
for catching yellow-fin tuna. At Gaia.
/ lima one day, the noted angler landed
| 20 of these fish with light tackle. The
statement of the wealth of fish in Ha.
waiian waters is by an authority, as
Mr.. Jump has been an active fisher
man for more than 20 years. He
moved to. Southern California to fish,
and has lived there ever since. His
| home was formerly in st. Louis.
Il do not know whether you appre-
ciate the value that will come from
giving publicity to your fishing, but in
my many years experience / have.
found that fishing has been big boost
for bringing wealthy tourists, said
Mr.. Jump. Catalina has become a
popular place for tourists because
there are plenty of fish there, but even
Catalina does not begin to come up to
Hawaii in that respect. < =-,.-.
Hawaii Needs More Boats. T..
What Hawaii needs is boats. With
plenty of boats here, am confident
that these islands will become the
great center of the sport. Sportsmen
from all over the world come to Gaia.
lima every year to fish. We have
members Of our, clubs there from
France, England, Australia and all
other countries of the globe. One
man comes there every year from
British East India Good fishing will
bring the wealthy tourist, and boats
are necessary. H.. ....- s..., 4
''As an example of the necessity of
boats of type that will be of use to
the angler, / might state that Cata-
lima has hundreds of these boats.
There are 60 boats, for fishing that
may be hired, AMI 'perhaps $50 boats
are owned by individuals belonging to
the many clubs. The Los Angeles Mo-
tor Boat Club has SO boats at the pres.
ent time. sas; .4s.:szt
People who love to fish will go to
any end to get the fishing. AS rule
they want the best, When talked
with one of the leading anglers who
had visited Hawaii, he stated that
there were plenty of fish here, but no
boats Of the type necessary to land the
fish. / then made arrangements to
bring my own boat, but was unable
to have it brought here on account of
the weight, as 1t is ,12-ton boat
81 expect to bring the boat with me
on the next trip, and although it will
cost me about 500 to bring 1t over
and back, the sport will be worth it.
7 am sure that If there were many
boats, like we have In Catalina, in Ho-
nolulu the sportsmen would flock here
in numbers. In all my travels / have.
never found place where one could
catch such variety of fish in one
spot 4. .s....*..-l-. ~ s.:...... -
Many Move to Hawaii. +ss4s .---, r..
ITO give you an idea OF how the
sportsman, and there are thousands of
them in the United States today,
Graves for fishing, will cite my own
case. / left St Louis a number of
years ago to spend few weeks in
fishing in California. / found such
good sport there that l decided to
move to California. I went to Cali
fornia and made my home there, not
because of the climate but because 1
could spend my time fishing. | may
decide to move to. Hawaii in the fu-
ture. This is surely a fsherman's
paradise. sd.
Il can say that Hawaii has larger
fish than they have in Catalina. The
largest fish caught at Avalon is PSI |
pounds for tuna and 355 pounds for
a swordfish. You can find 2S5 pound |
tuna in the market here. This is an
other point that will help in bring.
ing the sportsman here for stay.
Regarding tackle used here, l find |
that IuCAO 10 q great dulOuuI Oh us. Il
cussiOn on this subject. I brought my |
sled and kite with me, and although |
these are new to Hawaii in a sense,
nave found them to be of much use |
to me in landing the fighting fish. |
When you let your kite drop into a
school Of tuna many yards away, you
have the satisfaction of knowing that I
there is some fun ahead for you.
Seek Tuna Near Hawaii.
Not all the tuna are of the island !
Of Maui am going to fish around I
Oahu for few days, and I expect to
bring in some good specimens, of the |
gamey fish. There is no doubt that |
the fish are to be found not so far
away, and although many of the fish
ermen state that the tuna can only |
be found many miles from here, I am
confident that a short journey will |
bring results. -
Il have noticed that the price of
fish is very high here. I cannot un.
1erstand why this should be so, with /
IN MANY fish around the islands Tho