The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-02-13
MANY UNUSUAL
CATCHES OF FISH

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talized the party further by even
Selling on the teaser and holding
on, but never so much as even
smelling the two baited lines
out. 1t is said the sailfish en-
joyed the days fishing immense
ly and never had a better time.
Captain Ted Canova on the
launch, ''Mary B" out, Rayways
showed his party plenty Pf bar
racuda, kingfish, gfo6per and
mutton snapper. In the party
were ]. F. Taylor Of Pittsburgh,
Herbert and Charles Simon of
Pelham, N. Y, Fred Fgebsary of
New York, Pearson Sunderland
of Baltimore. ba,.
A. ]. Brown, V. r. Haener,' Al,
Hamel and H. Michaelis of River
Rouge, Michigan had a great
time aboard Captain Henry
Weatherford's Lucky Strike"
catching plenty of kingfish and
barracuda and also landing the
beautiful striped yellowtails, an
excellent food fish.
Trolling the banks of Jack
channel futilely Thursday ex-
cept for one spot was Captain
Frank Gates in the Marlin, but
when that spot was hit all heck
broke loose with big barracudas
smashing into the bait. Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. w. Ingleson of Birming-
ton, Michigan, were convinced
that Key West has the best fish
ing of the country. Twice a
"douhleheader", twov lines going
ont at one time resulted ipboth
fish being landed Mackerel
were also caught. The, bay bar
racuda seem to put up a better
fight than those on the reef and
are known as tough guys.
Fishing Thursday was better
than ever. Mrs. Phyllis Robson
of London and Mrs. Justin w.
CRIES. of Hamilton, Mass, Casa
Marina guests, report the catch
of two forty-pound tarpon, each
landing one, and also three large
Jewish, aboard Capt. jake Keys
Legion.
DR.. C. N. j. Sommer and M.
William Murphy of Trenton, N.
j., in Captain Henry Weather
ford's Lucky Strike, brought
in a l4-pound bonito and three
20-pound bluefin tuna, not an
everyday catch, besides dolphin,
mackerel and kingfish. They
saw five sailfish, hooked two but
lost both.
T. H. Peterson, DR.. Berlina and
NJ. ]. Florence of Hallock, Min
nesota, got a 1l12-pound bonito,
ambeFjack, mackerel and small
shark on Captain Gould Curry's
"Moby Dick. A fair-sized bull
dolphin kingfish and jack were
caught by. party futilely trying
after sailfiSh aboard Capt. Louis
Avalo's yacht FLORIDA. The par
ty were E, S. Boxwell of South
Bend, Indiana; v. ". Corroll of
Key West; Russell M. Perkins of
York Village, Maine.
Yellowtail, barracuda, grouper,
maekerel, a boat load of 'em,
were captured by F. J. Trautman
and Don Greene of Fort Wayne,
Indiana, on Captain Veral Rob-
erts' ILL Dot. One amberjack,
four feet long, weighing SO
pounds and taking 45 minutes to
land, was caught by the party of
Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen Quilhot of
Amsterdam, N. Y, on Captain
Ted Canova's Mary b..
DR.. Jack Bowler and party of
Cincinnati on Captain William
Wickers' pilot One" brought in
a large catch, of dolphin, mack
eral, barracuda, kingfish, POM
pa, jack and a 55-pound am
berjack measuring 40 inches.
Pirates Cove
Good weather prevailed for the
week and several b we're out
every day at Rirate he Fish
ing Camp.
sDr.s Harry n. LohiSh, DR..
Charles Wright, Jr., DR.. J. Parker
Bursk, and DR.. Francis P.
Clarke of Philadelphia, fishing
with Capt. Thos. Moore on the
'Moccasin", brought in Is and
an 18-pound bonita, a l2-pound
tuna, several barracuda, grouper,
red snapper, amberjack and
several kings.
B. Morell of Manhasset, New
York. fishing with Capt. Nc
Quaide, had the prize catch of the