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Show BATTLES GIANT SEA BASS J3 fc5? & f& 4? SALT LAKER IS VICTOR for: LA. Tripp r ' R This Black Sea ji j if1 206 Pounds ' s t 5 1 : p . ; , , " nt, z ?t) v --v fv 1 '1 J I ' ' A .-" v A I s f Hit vr,' 1 -? v I 1 4 :Jt, rf UK - Dr. E. A. Tripp Lands Fine Specimen in Catalina Island Waters. DR. E. A. TRIPP of Salt Lake is authority au-thority for the statement that no sport In the world excels that of fishing for black sea bass of the gargantuan species found in the waters that wash Catalina Island, off the southern California coast, where he made a visit recently. There is not only the thrill that accompanies ac-companies the catch, but also the exultant exul-tant feeling" that comes from conquering the wild fish of the sea, he said. In this instance, Lr. Tripp was accompanied by II. A. Van Hansen, superintendent of the San Pedro railroad, and thev together to-gether hired a small gasoline launch, dire di-re -r r . t he nose of the boat opposite Avalon i ay They were out but a few minutes when the monster inhabitant of the sea took held. After being tugged about a mile to sra. tiie anchor was thrown out and the battle bt'an. It required just one hour and ten minutes to tire the fish and haul him into the boa t. The bass was afterwards sold to a, fisherman and shipped to a canning factory, where it was prepared for the table. The line with which Dr. Tripp mastered his prey was a twenty-four-strand and the pole weighed only sixteen ounces. The fish tipped the scales at L'06 pounds. |