Ka Hoku o Hawaii, Volume XXXVI, Number 16, 13 August 1941 — Mobile Holds Fishing Rodeo On Aug. 18-20 [ARTICLE]

Mobile Holds Fishing Rodeo On Aug. 18-20

|.. .MOIiILE, Ala. (UP)—One nf! ilie nation's top angling events —i AloUama"» 13th annual I>eep i'i-hing K<klco -will l>e lieiel Aug. I 1&.-20 m the waters about Dauplnn| i.-laini, at the xnouth of liisioric, -\iubile bav. | An arra\ oi tropliies and prizeo i will gu to winners in the various! classes. j As 111 iomier years, rodeo heaei j 4Uaitt f S will be at tlie head oi Uie; pier at ilie- eastern end 01 Dauptuu! ihiaiiU. Froui tlm anchoraye, at, u.iwu, Aug. IS, a vast iloūlla. oi iiMiing craī't will ca*t off for three ua_..- of sport. i -More ihan 500 entrants, i*epre-, I all &ections of the eoui. i j U>. anhuum take part in the ro-j : <i<*o. t ontestamj arrive b) plane,! bui, pmau; <oivi Umul | and include a generous spriiiK... | ' »1 wowlū angler- wlu> >o;iietiux: ! | waik off with major prizes. | | Awards are offcred for firj>t tar- i I tarpon, largest devil! i IL-h, Jargest king raackerel, red! ) tish, ling. black fish, cavalla, dol-| I pluu, kmiia, blue fish, speckled! j trout «,tid flounder. i | Coutestants are feted the settuid! < «iK»t to a uiammoth j&sh fr> on tlie' j Maud. Another feature is the liarv' | onte>t in whieh handsoine priacsj are av."arded tellers of tlie tallestl i „ 1 j Fishi»g waters include the Gulfl 01 Mohile Bay, Uoin. Secour j b<i>\ VVeek s Bay r the Mississippi j āou»d aad Grant's Pass, j 1' ishing boats frtan cities all j the gult are brought hercj ! t<sr eluirter durui£ U*e liuee da> ī e\vnt.

Act<«B Gov«rnor Chari«« HU«. of thousand« of defens« work«rs and familics of ««rviee p«rsonne) was beiieved a «onUibuting factor in the increasc.