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Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: riptide on March 28, 2016, 02:57:10 PM

Title: The Original Wicked Tuna
Post by: riptide on March 28, 2016, 02:57:10 PM

I was recently give a book "Treasury of Great Fishing Stories " a collection of fiction and non-fiction tales. It was a decent read once I sorted through some of the archaic stories and the fiction. One story stood out " Giant Nova Scotia Tuna" by Zane Grey. The author relayed his story with passion, hardship and then triumph. It definitely had me wondering fact or fiction, a google search turned this up. When Men were Men, on a 27 ft. open boat to boot.  (http://i628.photobucket.com/albums/uu2/Riptide66/zane%20grey_zpsq5pqxdk4.jpg?1459202673276&1459202673608)                                                                                             

Title: Re: The Original Wicked Tuna
Post by: halcyonguitars on March 29, 2016, 07:23:44 AM

Wow!

Title: Re: The Original Wicked Tuna
Post by: Novabonker on March 29, 2016, 05:53:29 PM

When I was growing up in Nova Scotia, some boats, usually cape islanders were equipped with a bowspirit where the fisherman hucked a harpoon at the tuna. There was a couple of guides that did charters. A Japanese company got involved at one point and did some tuna "ranching" at one point. Now there's very few fish left. 

Title: Re: The Original Wicked Tuna
Post by: Fish or cut bait. on March 29, 2016, 07:28:38 PM

Zane Grey wrote a number of books and was an adventurer, Angler...

Hardy actually made a Zane Grey model (or two ) reel.
Not too many out there.