Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-10-28
Los Angeles Sportsman Gives Point
ers To Local Anglers...Enthus
astic About Hawaiian Waters AS
Happy Fishing Ground

the Tuna Club now permits a chain
hook with 15-foot wire leader and Is
feet of doubled line. A word of eau
ton here Do not tie knots in the
doubled line Every knot weakens
the line at that particular place. The
better way is TO wrap the doubled lire
at intervals. ....,
Back to our fishing. The sWordfish
has struck and struck hard: Let him
go! You could not hold him if you
would The line would break in a
jiffy should you snub the critter. And,
do not put on heavy drag. The ten
sion on the line is so great when 500
or 900 feet is out that the mere re-
sistance Of the water is sufficient to
break it when curve is formed. A
five-pound drag is plenty, and some
anglers will not have more than two
or three pounds. And only thumb
pressure should be used while the fish
is running.
In the meantime that swordfish of
ours is going to beat the band. He
may take out. 1000 feet or less before
he gets temporarily winded, or con-
cludes to stop and see what all this
fuss is about, anyway. - j..
May Go Straight -..:. 49,. s..
He will pump and probably go in a
straight line, but do not count upon
his doing this. 1t is up to the Loaf
man5to follow him.. SO that the angler
may take up the Slack. But first he
must know just which way the fish is
headed and where he is bound for. If
| the boat should cross the anglers line
and cut tit is near the surface
everything is done for, so far as this
particular fish is concerned.
Here is where the boatman is most
valuable. He must know his business
when to start when to stop and
where to go. He must be onto the
fish's tricks. A good boatman is more
than half the battle, especially where
| the angler is a novice. ..".......s
Sometimes the swordfish will sound
and go down several hundred feet;
but not often After he has finished
| his first long run and finds there is
still something holding him back he
| begins to jump again-one OF the most
thrilling sights and experiences ever
vouchsafed an angler. -.
Jumps Are Various <~.:. g..
The jumps sometimes take the en-:
] tire body of the fish into the air;
sometimes lifting the head alone from
| the water. One that / caught jumped
clear from the water mot merely
| breaking the surface) no less than 81
itimeS, Occasionally in a surface. run
| there will be long succession of sur.
I face breaks as the giant fish plunges
along, making 60 or 20 Jumps in all.
You cannot tell what a swordfish
! will do. Sometimes after making a
run he will turn and go at right an
| giles or he may come back directly at
! the boat, putting terrific strain on
the curve of the line. 1t is the boat
mans business to relieve that strain
/ as much as possible to follow the fish;
| to make slack line for the angler to
reel up. .'.
A few boatmen at Honolulu, at the
call of the Tuna Club. trained to fight
big game fish as they are fought in
Southern California waters, with
/ launches like those used at Catalina,
! would 90 far quickly to poDuIariZe rod
and reel angling in Hawaiian waters;
! and | am mighty glad to see that the
! runa Club of Hawaii is taking these
matters up in such practical man
ner. Especially glad to know that a
| clubhouse has been established at Ho-
noIulu. and that "branches" are being
esta blished at other points in the ISL
ands
Our swordfish is tired now. and laws
| on his side beneath the surface with
perhaps 200 feet Of line out. The
Ibcat cannot get nearer without going
1 down where the fish is. 1t is now a
question Of pumping" ...
How To Do It -.
T. Use your drags now if you choose
10 do so. Pump. Elevate the point OF
! your rod by main strength to an angle
of As degrees or more; then suddenly
depress it to the surface of the water
! and reel in the slack quickly. Repeat
Repeat and keep on repeating. 1t is
hard work, and your arms ache like
I the deuce, but it is the only way
Pump. until you have brought the
tired. logy fish so near the boat that
the boatman with gaff in one HAND
can with the other seize the wire
leader ~< -. -.
/ Watch your step, Throw off your
drags, else one side winding swipe OF
the big fish will snap your line like
/ so much thread. -.
l. 500 Your fish is safely aboard
! Ii i Sa marlin or spedrfish, and weighs
as close 10 a ton as your conscience
and a cOmplaiSant bOatman will per-.