The sun., 1916-11-26
SOUTHLAND CALLING
NORTHERN ANGLERS
White Coral Beaches Fringed
With COcOanut Palms
Inviting.
BIG GAME FISH TAKEN
ny VAN CAMPEN HEILNER.

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Now that winter with all her ice and
snow Is closing in on US. the angler
begins TO think Of other climes, of the
white coral beaches fripRed with cocoa
nut palms, of the wonderful reefs with
their myriad beauties. of the great fats
lying for miles along some tropic isle,
of the warm Southern sun that breeds
that lazy contented feeling, and a strange
unrest seizes him.
Soon YOU will see him overhauline his
big game tackle. replenishing Il from
the sporting goods stores. then you will
ind him haunting the travel bureaus.
and the next thing you know. ne is set
tied comfortably in n Pullman with rods
and accoutrement stacked I'm on all
sides, bound for the warm Southland and
the homes OF the big game fish.
Southern fishing. once YOU have tasted Of
II. seems too good to be true. To wrestle
with the great fish one finds there in q
land Of summer time. while your friends
at home are going about in fur, and
heavy clothing and only drea Of the
time when they NAV again wet A line.
is surely a novelty.
barracuda savage Fish.
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ana ,sor,,a,. a.. r.n =" ~.
harr,nrsa r..r - ~
gano ru".s una a ss.ase
oTnri. .n. .me .'sNee shape'
t. $3.50, ~ CI'n -
49, 49,. 'Vue
.u s " "spee'aeuIar cap OF .he
800, 81. - nay 20 'epea'eu
logged fighter. never giving IN until the
last moment. The average barracuda is
rom tnree 20 hVe ieet long. ana from
twenty 10 thirty POUNDS an weight.
Zane Grey mentions one Eleven feet
u mat he saw at indian Key. and 1
nave heard that they grow 10 twelve IN
the bananas.
The kinghsh Is another fish we'll worth
The anglers effort. Long. graceful.
closely resembling n Spanish mackerel.
they afford n great deal of pleasure in
the catching. The faster YOU troll for
them. the better the big ones like Il.
In taking the bait they make spec
tacular leaps into the air. often Kissing
II and seizing IL on the way down, but I
have never known them TO jump after
being hooked.
a kinsfish does not put up his great
est fight until within sight Of the boat.
when he goes ON on great swinging
PUSHES that are very difficult to handle.
The average kingf1sh Is from twenty
to thirty pounds. though, they grow
much largc-. There is "A gold button
Tor a kinsfish or NIFTY pounds or over
mat has lam in the Long Key Fishing
lamp ior three years. and ! guess IL will
remain 'here a Few more. unless some
fortunate gentleman OF the Rod ami
'uh column claims II this winter.
B Ambcrinck Iixiuc Dxn.-o
-,
IN" ahIperJacK may be briefly de-
SN,Io'a > h'ihR dynamo. ! nave booked
ln'o I..Ns On 'he rcet that no power
~, oou cdr,n 'ou,u stop They are OF
WV !c'""'".i fahh'iy ana noted FOR their
sa'nen.Ss; inc average IL from twenty
~ loI's NE pouhi,' nut the Long Key
7 an,.o". m,u py VIZ. l-,kles' ~ ninety
v pou'"'s' ms hs1 tough n great
1911 ,lhe ! UNDERSTAND and was
az o'o"k"' 10 shH aiier a fatlguing
"sN,, ia.
Nv .o".es ue sallnsn. THIS nsh,
,eedn"lSly OF the BIRD FAMILY. possessing
n''uous hs",lhE quantities.. requires
1919 WV hiA'l btlIS NoDhcu lO
la ~ u stili greater Feat. The
that the sailGsh's month 10 bard nm,
bony, there being on,y n very SINAI,
portion where "A hook NAV take hold
And when once hooked IL performs
such extraordinary actions. leaning into
the air aud rushing across tho srrface
on its tail. that II the angler docsr',
drop his rod in as;onlshment n will he
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