The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-02-01

. Captain "Tink" Demerritt. Every
afternoon they could be seen car
rying their catches of mutton
snapper, yellowtail, and many
other varieties over to the P & o
ships at what is now Craig Dock.
Sweeney's Dock has been re-
placed now by the A BIB Lobster
House, but the many pleasant
afternoons spent sculling in the
waters in the vicinity, in "bor-
rowed" dinghy, will live long in
our memory.
From Al and Claude
At PerkeY
Not much has been heard from
our weighing station set up at
*Perkey, Fla, for the tournament,
but last night all was forgiven,
al and Claude were back in the
good graces of the Jaycees spon-
soring the Island City Fishing
Tournament
An entry for a tarpon weigh
ing AZ pounds, measuring 4 feet,
8 inches, with 80 inch girth was
received in the mail. The catch
was made by Roy w. Bucks, of
505-C West Poinciana, on the No
Name Key Bridge. Bucks catch
was made with a glass rod using
a $40 Penn Senator Reel and
using Rainbow nylon line, "a
pound test. The catch was made
on January 18th.
Entries are such cold factual
! things. l hope l can get the story
of the catch from Bucks, himself.
Keep up the good work Al and
Claude, your weighing station
has the record for tarpon SO far
this year.
Just a word to you Key fish
ermen. You too, can participate
N 1.-THE Jaycee fishing tournament
this year, as long as your catches
are made on a rod and reel. We
have expanded the weighing
stations in the locality and this
year people fishing on the Keys
can register their catches at AL
and Claude'S Bait House on
Perky. The trophies are here, SO
why not try your luck.
SCALES:
When we said at the beginning
of this quarter that catches
would increase as the days went
on, we knew whereof we spoke,
the catches are larger each day.
Dolphin are still hogging the
limelight, but the amberjack is
holding its own.
Several catches of shark have
been made in the past few days,
but of course, we have no CLASH
fication for them in the tourna-
ment. Grouper catches are be-
coming increasingly heavy with
each passing day. The mutton
snapper record has toppled for
this season., and no one knows
what is in store for the future.
Here are the catches reported to
date:
AMBERJACK-W. E. Dietrich.
of Williams Town, Penn, As
pounds, measuring 4 feet 21S
inches, with a girth of 271s
inches. Mrs. Doris Ann Claggett,
of Fort Worth Texas, weight A
pounds, length 4 feet, Mich,
girth % inches.
BONITO Burton c. Mullen
entered one weighing IL pounds,
measuring 2 feet, 6 inches, with
a girth of II inches.
DOLPHlN-A new leader was
reported in this class, "a pound
er, measuring 4 feet, 10 inches.
with a girth of "a inches. The
catch was made by D. G. Gillen,
of Riverside, Ill. His catch ex-
ceeds the weight of the previous
leader by nine, pounds. Roderick
J. Coupe, of New York entered a
dolphin weighing "a pounds,
measuring 4 feet, 4 inches, with
a girth of % inches.
MUTTON SNAPPER-Mrs. w.
T. Rasch, of Kansas, Missouri.
her catch weighed Is pounds.
measured 2 feet, 5 inches, with a
girth of Fl inches.
GROUPER = This class also
boasts a new leader, weighing 50
pounds. 1t measured 80 feet, 10
inches, with a girth ofs33 inches.
Other entries were by Richard
Lewis, OF ShillingstonAPa, weight
90 spoupdS measuring 3 feet, 4
inches, with a girth of 20 inches.
r. B. Claggett, of Fort Worth,
Texas entered a catch weighing
"A pounds, measuring feet, n
inches, with a girth of 3Oh
inches.
They say a bad beginning