Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-22

gmmick from California" Lyons says bravely anyway
Bob the first coast to fly kite off his boat and
memory revered We town of $500 people and
yet 10000 and estimate cross the reef at
the ST. Lucie inlet each year to catch sash isn't free
ride, either"
THE REASON FOR the box-kite and it's high time it
explained that sailsh don't eat like other fish,
like most humans The king mackerel and dolphin and
cobia and fishes in these hunting grounds grab
the artificial otherwise and ask questions later
not the Salfish
The sail comes equipped with long beak, about 18
inches of it. Like after hard night during
Derby week in Louisville he doesn't eat his food right away
he simply it up With his beak, SafSh suns the
mulet BALLAD whatever on the menu and taxes his
sweet time devouring it,
The prey act stricken and sink before sailsh
will take it. so dropback You freeSpool after
sail taps the troed bait count to 10 slowly and set the
drag Trouble is SO out of 100 Yankeetype fishermen
they reasonably SOBER will exchange jerk Tor jerk and
consequently catch SailfSh.
So Fuford fishing alone as often as in those days.
and with several lines to tend, parayed box-ke and
clothespin He let out some line camped with clothes
pin attached to the kite and let fly 40 or 81 feet above
his boat knocked the bait the line pulled out
cothespn and the mullet-with-a ian
accessory drfted downward on the slack
IT WAS REAL RUDE GOLDBERG but Fulford began
to catch the fish and it's quite business The late
Walter McCalum who used to write golf for The STAR
discovered Stuart 1885, thereabouts gifted tennis
player youth golfer of note later McCalum enjoyed
reputation in Florida expert fisherman and 1t was
Walters theory that off Stuart exists sort OF turntaoe
for saidsh.
McCaum even as oceanoogists today, didn't and don't
pretend know from where salsh stem out waiter was
convinced they came the South, out OF the
current to feast off the bait signify
nshore 360-degree turn right of Stuart NOBODY
has knocked that theory since Indeed It's accepteo
widely than ever.
Actually salSh is about as useless as anytnlng
of the unless mount one at $40 OF $40
foot Because averages nearly feet in length 1t isn't
captains to talk people into releasing SANS 10
fight another day. If smoked properly they are edible
tasting something smoked turkey but smoking runs
into money too
THE CHIEF CRIME of the saifsh is its beauty and the
puts up Only the tarpon exces in gymnastics
for the sail leaps taiwalk sounds and splits hook as
we'll anything else in the lot of people who whip
sail for the first time inclined to study the silver blue
and purple of this wonderfully fish until the sail has
had it; until to throw him the side.
shippers who succeeded Bob Fuford pretty
customers releasing their sails because
they don't how in these lush waters
1000 have been caught in week of Stuart and
10 boat here have been 24 have not been
unusual
The box-ke, of course, long since has given way to
40foot outriggers long bamboo poles to which clothes
pins attached but the method remains the
and Fulford something of patron saint During the
100 days. extending mid November to the end of
per cent the salfsh caught big
mounting in too much trouble and expense
smoke and ship home
Besides, there's always and lane to
catch who's going argue the merits these
against smoked sail? The fact remains, however that it
at least ST million dollar box kite that Fulford flew
For town of $780, that isn't bad.