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Show World's Record in Big Game Fishing Made fey Calif oraian i LOS ANGELES, Cal.. Oct. 6 Another An-other world's record in big game fishing fish-ing was shattered in the Catalina Island waters, when James W. Jump recently landed a 314-pound marlin .sword fish in twenty-eight minutes, .with light tackle. Not only is this J unprecedented with light tackle, but the fish was near the Tuna club record rec-ord for a sword fish on any tackle. I The biggest on,e ever caught was in 1016 which weighed 263 pounds. 1 Not in many years have the deep-sea deep-sea fighters been so plentiful as this 'season off the famous southern California Cali-fornia banks. Great swarms of yellow-tail and other light table prizes have been frequent. The leaping tuna, dolphin and marlin sword fish, varying vary-ing in size from fifty to over 300 pounds have been plentiful. W. C. Boschen of New York is credited with capturing ninety-nine tuna and five sword fish for the season. sea-son. His nearest competitor is James W. Jump of Los Angeles with eighty-six eighty-six tuna and eleven sword fish. Ralph Vandeni holds the record for the season sea-son with the largest tuna caught. It i weighed 119 1-2 pounds, i Prizes to be awarded by the Tuna club for the largest yellow tail, white sea bass, bonita, albicorc and tuna sea bass this year will go to novices in the big game fishing sport from all parts of the country, some of whom "have nevor previously caught anything larger than a fair size trout. |