Show Swilled Swiftest G Game Gome Fish in inthe inthe inthe the Ocean I. I Sailfish h TIle The swiftest swiftest game game fish bah In the ocean orean Is 1 the Ibe great sailfish epee speed demon of the Gulf stream a long Ion rakish monster with a pointed bill and a huge bue back fin like that of ot some prehistoric lie fit can swim fatter faster than sixty six als ty b miles an hour bour and can cun leap over forty feet teet of ot ocean One of the moat most savage of all aU game ame fishes Is II the Ibe giant barracuda the tiger tiler of the sea Ilea with fangs that can aJl bite bile In two an pound tight fish trailing on the line tine as al bait ball I lie e lies Eat been heen known to kill kUl human buman beings being ar Just Jual two of the monsters which supply sportsmen with the mo most t thrilling and spectacular game big fishing fish ing In the world along the Florida coast The sailfish l Is la built for tor speed peed He De has been known knowD to run out yards of line in Sn less than three seconds rushIng rush rush- lag Ing lD through the water l like ke lightning lightning- swifter almost than the eye ere can fol fol- low Sometimes a sailfish makes make 80 30 leaps In the Interval of his wild rushes rashes on the line When booked hooked be he will often walk on his bis tall making the water boll as aa almost erect be propels propel I himself him self elf over the surface with only his bis tall in the water Sailfish have bave been acento seen acen to walk on the water in Sn this manner for tor a distance of feet feel Formerly classified ed as sa a short billed swordfish the sailfish now is II r recognised og d a as a sort lort of connecting link flak between between be be- tween the swordfish ab and mackerel groups The average length la u about eight tIght feet teet The barracuda commonly weighs about fifty pounds and reaches six els feet feel In length His Bla enormous gapIng gap gap- a lag Ing mouth fg l I fitted with four tour fangs sometimes An Inch in length two on the upper tf jaw an and two on on the lower The They fit Into sockets in the o opposite op jaws while hedgerows of ot smaller small er Ir Inward pointing teeth with saw rip edges edlea also allo fit Into luto grooves la to the opposing op opo opposing posing jaws I have bave seen een him bite on a knife knife- thrust throat between his bl hl jaws to cut out oat the hook with hook with such Mich force torce a as to scatter his hla teeth In every direction says Mr Wright This great reat sea Ilea sea pike as he heIs heis hela Is la often called burls hurls himself through the water after atter a moving object In a flash flub He lie may not seem to stop atop One may IDaY see ee no attack But at as be lie sweeps b by In to his hla savage onrush the the sea Ilea tiger can ran bite bile through a fish two thirds his hi own length lenth Once while pulling In ID a ten pound I saw a barracuda running toward toward- It The The- barracuda scarcely paused I But Bul when be bad had badH tune H ne nf 1 l discovered that the booked fish pad had been chopped In half H B. H. H M. M Wright In 10 McClure McClure's Magazine |