The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-03-25
Fishermen Take Longer
Trips; Bring In More Fish
Reefs Reported Alive With
Fish; Feature Catches
60-Lb. Amberjack, Two
Sails; Wahoo, Tarpon

With fishermen's reports from
the reef substantiating the pres
ence of many big fish that are
more active than usual at taking
the hook with the coming of
Spring. two parties fished Florida
Keys waters as they should be
fished. two or three days at a
time. and brought in splendid
deep-sea catches.
A very pleasant couple, MIR. and
Mrs. W.. r. Kopmeyer, of Louis
vile, Kentucky, spent three days
fishing both the Gulf Stream and
Bay areas and scored plenty of
catches. Trying for sailfish, Mrs.
KOpmeyer scored first with a six
footer, but, maSculine-like, Mr..
Kopmeyer got the biggest" :,
which was a seven footer. Each
fish was in perfect condition,
which is a tribute to the skillfull
handling of the guide. In addi-
ton the couple brought in five
bonito, two mackerel, many large
black grouper, crevalle jacks and
barracuda. Mrs. Kopmeyer then
put the kibosh on her husband by
taking the fishing lead with a
small tarpon. Fishing was with
Capt. Phillip Niles of the Florida.
A two-day trip on the Made
line. Capt. Reggie Trevor, netted
F. B. Anderson and Clarence Sea-
man of Cleveland 10 groupr, one
dolphin and a sprinkling of fight
ing crevalle jacks besides mack
erel, barracuda, yellowtail and
muttonfish. Another wahoo, a %
FOUNDER, was landed by Edward
= Daiton -of~lSoSton, fishing with
Mrs. Dalton, E. Edwin Parmelee
of Gardner, Mass; Earl Johnson,
Newton, Mass, and Mary Louise
Williams of Key West on Capt.
Bra Saunders Patrick. The bal
ancc of the catch consisted of
three grouper, two yellowtail,
four mackerel and five barracuda.
Few Wahoo are landed with only
about five reported this season.
One wahoo was bitten in half by
shark earlier in the season.
On the Dorna d, ii, Capt. Bob
Daniels, Mr. and Mrs. John G. c.
Mayo of Ashland, Kentucky,
counted up eight bonito, one dol
phin and a grouper. North and
South Carolina got together as
did their governors when j. M.
Gregg of Wilmington, N. c., and
j. S. Ramsey of Darlington, S. c.,
fished with Capt. Henry Weather
ford two days on the Lucky
Strike and boated three dolphin,
a large bonito. a kingfish and
mackerel and grouper.
The MesSrS. Sanders and Gal
lagher and Willy from the rocky
coast of Maine found out about
Caribbean fishing when Captain
Ted CanoVa brought them to a
school of amberjack and Sanders
Immediately hooked into go
FOUNDER landing it after a 30
minute scrap. They were ex-
tremely well satisfied with their
catch of two dolphin, a bonito,
two grouper and three barracuda
in addition to the big yellow.
From the cold blasts of Canada
southwark to the warm Gulf
Stream came Mrs. Leon Ryan of
Montreal TO land a gorgeous blue
and white sailfish weighing IS
pounds and perfect specimen
aboard Capt. jake Keys Legion.
A large catch of bonito and dol
phin was also marked. Miss Pat
Ryan was making her first trip to
Florida and is delighted with the
Island City. Both are at the Casa
Marina.
Two sailfish were recently
boated by Capt. jake Key in one
day with c. Yeiser and H. Sch
wartz, both of Cleveland, STOP
ping at the Casa Marina, each
landing one. In Bay fishing, c,
Campbell and Yeiser landed two
tarpon, one a forty FOUNDER and
the other a forty-five FOUNDER
Recently. too, Larry Duke of Fort
Myers brought in 45-pound tar
pom.