Word: tarpon
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From the lowly flounder to the lordly broadbill swordfish, Angler Heilner loves them all. To each he devotes a chapter- weakfish, bluefish, striped and channel bass, sailfish, marlin, tuna, tarpon, and a definitive essay on the bonefish, wiliest of all-setting at the end of each chapter an extremely useful condensed guide for the handling of each species...
...nature is Angler Heilner's province. He has worked for the American Museum of Natural History; indeed it was while investigating a new finch, a rail and a wren for them that he discovered for sportsmen the tarpon of Cuba, in the Encantado (Enchanted) River. His fishing lexicon is shot richly through with biological side glances. It is interesting to know that the jutla (arboreal rat) of Cuba is that island's only native mammal, discovered by Columbus; that the weakfish which spawn in Peconic Bay do so without issue, some cause aborting all their efforts north...
...West Coast to New York. It occurred to few that they had chosen one of the most hazardous months of the year to cross one of the world's most treacherous patches of sea. The Caribbean hurricane season was on, and Gulf fishermen had ominously reported that tarpon had been migrating to shore waters "in droves and herds, flocks and schools, by thousands -like they always do in a heavy hurricane season...
Greek sponge divers at Tarpon Springs wrecked the Key West sponge trade. Machinery replaced oldtime cigar makers, and Tampa replaced Key West as a centre of cigar manufacture. American Tobacco Co. moved its Key West plant first to Tampa, then to Trenton, N. J. In 1930. President Hoover decommissioned the naval station in the name of economy. The soldiers moved away, too. Pan American Airways out of Miami took the cream off the passenger traffic to Cuba. The Florida East Coast R. R. reduced its Key West schedule to one train a day and the Atlantic Coast Line...
...fishing in a class with tiger and elephant hunting for thrill and danger. Largest game fish ever caught with rod & reel was Zane Grey's 1,040-lb. marlin. But the mako is the only shark which will take fast-moving bait, and at leaping, it is unsurpassed. Tarpon and sailfish also leap clear of the water, but not so high. And like those of tuna and marlin which thresh on the surface, their bodies, gills, fins and tails quiver in the air. The mako soars up stiff as a poker. For a moment it hangs motionless...