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YOU have heara anglers get together at social gatherings and spin yarns about five-pound trout and six-pound bass. You 'have seen them point with pride to a stuffed fish on the den wall and remark, “I was using a two-pound test, leader when I took that one.”Well, pull up your chairs and come a little closer. You haven’t heard or seen anything yet.We are going to tell you about the big-game fishermen —a few of them—who-go out to 'sea in little boats and catch 200-pound marlin on lines that will break when eight poundsBy Donnell CulpepperThey are the three-six sportsmen who fish with outfits lighter in several respects than the smallest used in stream andlake fishing. They are the big-game- fishing enthusiasts who tire of using six-thread Mne (breaking point 16 pounds dry test) and then try three-thread, the kind that breaks when a weight of more than eight ^ pounds is attached.There are a few sportsmen who try this kind of fishing. Fewer still are successful at it.Just imagine a line that breaks at eight pounds. It’s just a little stronger than that which a housewife uses in sewing on buttons. As a matter of fact, the three-thread fishermen refer to it as button thread. They used tailor’s button thread in wartime when other lines were unavailable.We fished with a pair of them recently. .There are a few others we could have fished with, but we picked these two men because one is a holder of three world records and the other is his constant buddy. Together they make probably what is the greatest big-game fishing team in Southern California.They are Bill Figg of Balboa Island, the record holder, and Don Locke of-Long Beach, his pal. They own a small but fast boat, the Big Boy IEt, which is moored just in front of Bill’s place In Balboa. It is their third hoat together. Friends onceof pressure is exerted.The skipper is just os important as themust maneuver boat while angler is busy with marim.
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Long Beach Press Telegram
Long Beach, California, US
Sun, Nov 07, 1948
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