Suffolk and Berkshire, Henry Charles Howard, Earl of, 1833-1898, Peek, Hedley, Aflalo, Frederick G. (Frederick George), 1870-1918 · London : Lawrence and Bullen · leaf 479
A good and strong angler has been known togive up such a fish from sheer exhaustion afterthree hours of hard fight. A tarpon that willnot jump is a very difficult customer to handle,and can easily tire out the average angler. Asarule, though, fortunately for the tarpon fisher-man, the fish as soon… … A Moknmngs Caich. great deal, according as it is caught in salt orblackish water, and hooked in the mouth orthroat. Those that frequent the brackish waterof the creeks become rather dull in colouringand seem to lose a great deal of their fightingquality. A tarpon in good condition, on theother…
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