The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-16
MANY WORLD, ATLANTIC COAST FISHING
Kinsfish, Tmpon Wahoo In Prize Catches OFT Keys
RECORDS MADE In WATERS OF KEY WEST

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Complete records of World and
Atlantic fishing catches show
many made in Key West and
Key waters.
| u. S. coastal record kingfish, a
65-pounder, was caught at Taver-
nier. u. S. coastal record tarpon
of 23l pounds was made at Key
Vaca cut. U. S. coastal record
wahoe was made at Long Key.
1t weighed Is pounds. Woman's
| world record for kingfish, So
pounds, was made off Long Key.
Woman's world record for tarpon,
231 pounds, was made at Key
Vaea cut. Ernest Hemingway,
Key West novelist, caught the
North American record shark OF
| 786 pounds. However, this catch
was at Bimini.
Following records are compiled
by Thomas Aitken for Outdoor
Life and are corrected to Janu-
airy /, 1888:
WORLDS RECORDS
Albacore (Germo alalunga),
66A pounds, 1912, Frank Kelly,
off Catalina. Calf.
Amberjack .tSeriola lalandD,
LOG pounds, 1887, Harvey M.
Harker, off Pas-a-Grille, Fla.
Bass, channel (Sciaenops ocel-
latas), "a, 1929, Chas. D. Beck
mann, Chincoteague, Va.
Bass. striped Roccus hneatus),
70, 1918, chas. B. Church, Vine
yard Sound, Mass.
| Bass, white sea (Cynoscian no.
bilis) 681z, 1887, James Bailey, off
Coronado ISL, Mexico Boundary.
Bluefish Pomatomus saltatrix),
Is, 1874, L. Hathaway, Cohasset,
Mass.
Bonefish (Albula vulpes), 1894,
1919, B. F. Peek, Bimini Flats, B.
WI
Dolphin (Coryphaena hippur-
us), 63, 1880, Zane Grey, off Ia
hiti.
Kingfish, king Zero (Scombero-
morus eavalla), 7S1a, 1885. Lerner
B. Harrison. off Birnini B.W.I.
Marlin, Pacific black (Makaira
nigricans marlina), 976, 1926,
Laurie D. Mitchell, Bay of Is
lands, N. z.
Marlin, Atlantic blue (Makaira
nigricans ampla), 636, 1885,
Thomas H. Shevlin, off Bimnii,
B.W.I.
Marlin, striped (Makaira nit
sukurii, e92, 1881, Alphonse He
mann, off Balboa. Calf.
Marlin, white (Makaira albida),
152, 1886, Marion B. Stevens, off
Bimini, R.W.I.
Permit, great pompano CTrach-
inotus goodeil, 37h, 1885. How
ard c. Miller, off Miami Beach,
Fla.
Roosterfish Nematistius pee
toralis). n, 1887, c. c. Chandler,
Gulf of Panama.
Sailfish, Atlantic Qstiophorus
americanusl, l06, 1929, w. A.
Bonnell, off Miami Beach, Fla.
Sailfish, Pacific Qstiophorus
greyi), 1872, 1885, Louis w. Myers,
off Cape San Lucas, Mex.
Shark, mako tlsuropsis mako).
79e, 1891, H. White Wickham,
Bay of Islands, N. z.
Shark, white sea (Carcharodon
carcharias). 998, 1888, Francis H,
Low, off Brielle, N. J.
Shook, robalo (Centropomus
undecimalis. 4ets, 1926, L. S.
Game. Marco, Fla.
Swordfish, hroadbill Xiphias
gladius), s42. 1886, GeO. w! Carey
off Tocopilla. Chile, 7
Tarpon (Tarpon atlanticus).
242k,, 1884. Jax M. cowden,
Panuco River, Mex.
Tuna, bluefin (Thunnus thyn-
nusl. s5l. 1888. L. Mitchell Hen
ry, off Whitby, England.
Tuna, curved yellowfin (Sema-
thunnus itoshil. 265. 1887. Jas. w.
Harvey, off Oahu. Hawaii.
Tuna, Guild (Semathunnus
guildi. 176. 1888. Aksel Wichfield,
off Tahiti.
Wahoo (Acanthocybium solan-
drD. I24a4, 1888, J. B. Stickney,
off Hawaii.
weakfish, sea trout (Cynoscion
regalis), II 3-16, 1888, Fred j.
Conzen, Peconic Bay, N. Y.
Yellowtail (Seriola dorsalis),
Ill. 1926, Zane Grey, off Russell.
NJ. z.
NORTH AMERICAN RECORDS
Dolphin tCoryphaena hippur-
| us), 81, 1895. Jack Gore, off TT.
Lauderdale, Fla
Marlin, Pacific black (Makaira
nigricans marlina), 622, 1886,
Geo. T. Baker, Jr., Gulf of Pana-
ma. c. z
Shark, mako Qsuropsis mako,
786, 1895, Ernest Hemingway, off
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