Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-02-01
BEST FISHINGN.
WORLD TOBE HAD
HERE, SAYSJUMP
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moved to Southern California 10 fish
and has lived there ever since. His
home vas formerly In st. Louis.
81 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.
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. !
"As an example of the necessity Of
boats of type that will be OF use to
1.-THE angler, j might state that Gaia
lima has hundreds of these boats.
There are 60 boats for fishing that
may be hired, and 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. a.. .....
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 ii brought here on account of
the weight, as it is a 12-ton boat.
81 expect to bring the boat with me.
on the next trip, and although 1t will
cost me about 500 to bring ii over
and back, the sport will be worth it.
/ 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 a variety Of fish in one
spot. =. - .-..E- ..
Many Move to Hawaii. - ..#...s
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 a few weeks in
fishing in California. found such
good sport there that | decided to
move to California. l went to Cali.
fornia and made my home there, not
because of the climate but because
could spend my time fishing. I may
decide to move to Hawaii in the fu-
ture. This is surely a fisherman's
paradise. ~. -
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 a stay.
'Regarding tackle used here, find
that there is great amount of dis.
cussion. on this subject. / brought my
sled and kite with me, and although |
these are new to Hawaii in sense,
nave found them to be of much use
to me in landing the lighting fish.
When you let your kite drop into a
school of tuna many yards away, you
have the satisfaction of knowing that |
there is some fun ahead for you.
Seek Tuna Near Hawaii.
Not all the tuna are off the island |
Of Maui. am going to fish around |
Oahu for few days, and 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 |
errnen state that the tuna can only |
be found many miles from here, am |
confident that short journey will |
bring results. ....
Il have noticed that the price of
fish is very high here. I cannot I'm.
1erstand why this should be so, with |
30 many fish around the islands. The |
price of fish in Honolulu is
much higher than the retail price in |
Los Angeles. There must be some |
reason for the high price,"
Mr. Jump with F.. K. Burnham and |
n. Gooding Field has been on Maui
for one week Mr. Burnham, as we'll |
as Mr. Jump, is well known as an
angler, and has number of good
catches to his credit Both sportsmen |
are earnest in the statement that Ha.
vail is destined to be the leading
game fish center of the world.
Fish Are Fighters. .....f..
Il am more than pleased with the
results of the trip" said Mr. Burnham
today at the Moana Hotel. I'VE
caught lots of fish and they are fight
ers. here is no question that these
are wonderful waters for game-fsh."
Though the party did not land any.
t is known that the famous blue-ffn
tuna, SO priced at Catalina, are also
10 be caught in Hawaiian waters.
The only drawback to the sport was
he occasional prevalence of sharks.
Day before yesterday two big fish
we're being hauled IN, and when one
was about 100 feet and the other 80
'eet from the launch, sharks took all
Of each catch except the head.