The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-01-19
Plane Fare To Los Angeles

WAtLS:
Plane Fare To Los Angeles
Have you ever made a statement
and then lived to rue the day you
ever opened your mouth, to say
anything.
It's just such position a charter
boat captain at Municipal Docks in
Miami is shortly going to find him
self when Tom Yedor, of Los Ange-
les, California, starts the return
trip home.
Yedor came to Key West to
fish, not like most fishermen, but
to catch a sailfish with a special
type of line. That the man can
catch fish is proven fact by the
citations he holds for fishing in his
home waters.
When Yedor told the captain in
Miami he was going tto4 catch a
sailfish, large one on n pound
test line. The Captain agreed to
pay his plane fare back to LA. if
he did it.
Well dig out the wallet boy, the
catch was made while fishing from
Captain Wadsworth Demerritt's
charter boat the Evelyn, Yes sir,
boy, Tom Yedor, landed 81 pound
sailfish, measuring 7 feet inches,
with a girth of Is inches, on Janu4
airy 18th.
The catch was made on a glass
rod, with a 6 ounce tip and 10 inch
es Butt equipped with a 40 Sena-
tor reel, and q pound test linen
line.
That makes it official, we hope
you have a pleasant trip as you
wing westward toward the Califor-
mia coast, at the expense of a man
who did not stop to realize any
kind of fishing and catches-are pos
sible in the waters of the Florida
Keys.
Canada Well Represented
Canada is well represented in the
fishing tournament this year and
from all indications many more are
on the way. Almost daily, fishing
parties made up of people from
Canada leave the docks for the
ocean or Gulf to enjoy the fishing
and the sun.
IFS that man Robinson
That caused a near panic in the
ranks of the Jaycee Fishing Tour
nament Committee, until they took
another look and discovered he was
using Van Hofe spinner instead
of fly line.
Working with a limited budget
the Jaycees for the second year
are awarding an Outstanding Ach-
ievement Trophy to anyone catch
ing a bonefish weighing or more
pounds.
Last year only three awards were
made. When the entries of DR.. r.
Robinson rolled in with three bone
fish weighing in at 10, 8, and 9
pound three ounces respectively.
II was feared at first a badly bat.
tered bank account would soon col
lapse in defeat.
If you try fly fishing Doc, just en-
ter one bonefish i'm the tournament.
Elliot Roosevelt Fishes
Elliot Roosevelt, son of the late
president reported two catches
made while fishing admiration,
from the Storm King II, Captained
by Owen J, McGuill. The Jaycees
received an entry for Kingfish
that tipped the scales at "a pounds.
8 ounces. while the sailfish was
pounds under the minimum limit
of IS pounds.
SCALES:
Here are the latest entries re-
ported to the Jaycees;
AMBERJACK: Francis Lankin,
Sarnia, Ontario Canada, weight Is
pounds, length 4 feet, girth 26 in
ches. from the Lucy, Captain Bill
Crespo.
BARRACUDA: Leonard B. Bel.
Der. Jenkintown. Pa, weight "a
pounds, length 2 feet IL ms. girth
20i4 inches. Marian L. Belber,
Jenkintown, Pa, weight IS pounds.
length 1 feet / inch, girth IS ms.
both from the Sea Raider, Captain
Lefty" Reagan. Richard Strock,
Bonita Springs. Florida. weight "a
pounds, length feet inches, girth
20 ms. from the Lucy, Captain Bill
Crespo.
BoNEFISH: WR. Robinson. Key
West Fla, weight 10 pounds, leng-
Ii sih ms. girth 1914 inches. wad
ing.
BoNITo; George Sirugo, Key
West. Florida. weight IL pounds.
length ? feet ms. girth IL inches,
from the Legion. Captain Jake
Key, Len Belber. Jenkintown, Pa.
weight Is pounds, length 81 inches,
girth IL ms. from the Sea Raider.
Captain Lefty Reagan.
CERo MACKEREL: Mrs. Joy
Yedor, Los Angeles. Cal. weight 10
pounds, length feet 10 inches. cir.
tn i2,s ins. from the Evelyn. Cap
tain Wadsworth Demerrit. Peter
Grace. Ssrina. Ontario. Canada,
weight Q pounds. length 2 feet, !
ms, girth IL ms. from the Lucy.
Captain Bill crespo. Miriam Y.
Belber. Jenkiniown. Pa, weight Is
pounds. length IS ms. girth Is ms.
from the Sea Raider. Captain LET