Petőfi gyüjtemény - B sorozat / 45-ös doboz

?ED CATHBUBN AND 55 LB AMBERJÁdfí. He has been seen to jump 20 to 30 times, sometimes clearing 40 feet of water. He has a bony mouth and is accustomed to rap the _ bait with his bill before seizing it. It is no unusual experi­ence to have two men in a launch each with a sail fish on his hook. The sail fish runs up to 150 pounds, but is generally caught at from 40 to 70 pounds. The Amber- jack, running up to 100 pounds, is a game fish and can be lured right up to the side of a boat. Groupers and sea bass, the lat­ter reaching up to 500 pounds, can be, caught still fishing or trolling. Barracuda, cävalle, of which there are 65 varieties, lady fish, bone fish, pompaho, runners, and sea trout can lie caught; from the beach. Hong Key, a paradise for big game fishermen, is on the Oversea Extension of the Florida East Coast Railroad, sixty mires north of Key West. The camp is in charge of George Schutt, who has forgotten more about big fish than most people ever knew. Brother Fisherman, when you go to Havana next winter stop over with us fishermen and let us show you some real sport catching the big fighting ’uns at Long Key. Men, and women, too, come half around the world to catch thege leaping, fighting giants of the sea. lül I

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