Then I would return to the tarpon and have another battle royal; and so it went on.

But sometimes you would hook a jack fish (game, and up to 25 lbs.), and sometimes get into a shark of very big proportions.

Indeed, the sharks are a nuisance, and will sometimes cut your tarpon in two close to your boat, and they eagerly await the time when you land your fish and unhook him to turn him loose.
Another noble fish, of which I was lucky enough to get several, was the king-fish, long, pike-shaped and silvery, a most beautiful creature, and probably the fastest fish that swims.

I had not realized just how quick any fish could swim till I hooked one of these.

He acts much as the tarpon does.