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<br /> <br /> <br /> by Mike Rivkin<br /> IGFA Press<br /> Dania Beach, Florida<br /> Copyright © 2005 by Mike Rivkin<br /> All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any<br /> means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or by any information storage or<br /> retrieval system, without written permission of the author.<br /> Published by IGFA Press<br /> 300 Gulf Stream Way<br /> Dania Beach, FL 33004<br /> (954) 927-2628<br /> www.igfa.org<br /> ISBN-13: 978-0-935217-50-6<br /> ISBN-10: 0-935-217-50-9<br /> Library of Congress Control Number: 2005929947<br /> Printed in the United States of America<br /> Acknowledgments<br /> If some things in life take a village, writing a book such as this requires a<br /> small township. Without a doubt, the honorary mayor of my little town is IGFA<br /> Librarian Gail Morchower. Without her inexhaustible good humor, encyclopedic<br /> brain, and meti<a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=1"> </a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=2"> </a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=3"> by Mike Rivkin IGFA Pres</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=4"> Copyright © 2005 by Mike Rivkin All rights reserv</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=5"> Acknowledgments If some things in life take </a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=6"> </a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=7"> tAble of contents Foreword ...................</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=8"> </a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=9"> foreword The history of IGFA is almost like </a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=10"> </a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=11"> PrefAce First, there is a self-evident truth</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=12"> </a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=13"> 11</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=14"> 12 A day’s catch of albacore off Cata</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=15"> Chapter One Big-game Fishing history </a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=16"> Despite often wild speculation by early natura</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=17"> seaboard were catching bass, bluefish, cod, kingf</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=18"> Swordfish were known to charge fishing vessels an</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=19"> by Cook near Sumatra was originally identified as</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=20"> Dr. Charles Frederick Holder: author, naturalist,</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=21"> Already an accomplished angler by virtue of h</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=22"> Pulley End Ring “Bickerdyke” End Ring To</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=23"> Burned to cinders in the Avalon fire of 1915, The</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=24"> Zane Grey’s “pueblo” residence on Catalina was bu</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=25"> Based largely on Holder’s relentless promotion</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=26"> Elsewhere, the first British “tunny” of subst</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=27"> by legendary Catalina boatman George Farnsworth,1</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=28"> By the late 1920s, the capture of “marlin swordfi</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=29"> As the smaller marlin and sailfish became know</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=30"> 28 Telegrams and catch </a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=31"> By the 1930s, fishing for big game had explode</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=32"> Zane Grey with a trio of black, blue, and “silver</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=33"> Miami’s legendary Pier 5, and the establishment o</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=34"> 32 Michael Lerner, 1941.</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=35"> Chapter Two Michael lerner and the Founding </a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=36"> 34 This distinctive facade for the Lerner Sh</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 37" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=37"> By the time he was 40, Lerner was already a we</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 38" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=38"> The Anchorage - the Lerners’ Bimini home (ca. 193</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 39" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=39"> christened “the Anchorage.” One of its most disti</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 40" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=40"> Mike Lerner hooked up aboard a Wedgeport dory in </a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 41" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=41"> After a subsequent eight days of spectacular f</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 42" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=42"> By now</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 43" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=43"> The Museum’s certificate of appreciation presente</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 44" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=44"> (l-r) Mike Lerner, Captain Tommy Gifford, and mat</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 45" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=45"> was breathtaking. Louisburg’s 800 year-round resi</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 46" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=46"> 44 The Lerners’ guest</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 47" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=47"> 45</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 48" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=48"> Two smaller expeditions followed that initial </a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 49" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=49"> A two-page telegram from Tommy Gifford to Erl Rom</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 50" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=50"> Mike Lerner, Clive Firth, and Helen Lerner in Aus</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 51" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=51"> Intrigued, Lerner continued on with his expedi</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 52" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=52"> Letter from the AMNH appointing Lerner as Field A</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 53" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=53"> The following year, Lerner mounted yet another</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 54" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=54"> 52 Lerner assists Francesca LaMonte in</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 55" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=55"> Aerial view of the Anchorage (at top of photo) an</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 56" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=56"> Helen Lerner watches a giant tuna come aboard off</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 57" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=57"> In addition to a complete laboratory, the faci</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 58" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=58"> 56 An early view of the American Museum of N</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 59" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=59"> Chapter Three GettinG Started </a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 60" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=60"> </a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 61" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=61"> As the organization got underway, its early em</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 62" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=62"> The IGFA’s organizational structure also allow</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 63" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=63"> Celebrated wildlife artist Lynn Bogue Hunt was pe</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 64" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=64"> 62 Tuna Club angling </a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 65" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=65"> Aitken’s own efforts at record-keeping on behalf </a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 66" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=66"> 64 Early linen lin</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 67" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=67"> In August of 1940, this press release announced t</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 68" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=68"> Philip Wylie and Mike Lerner </a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 69" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=69"> Clearly, the IGFA was to serve science as well</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 70" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=70"> All submissions for world record consideration</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 71" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=71"> Despite their frequent messiness, Hemingway’s let</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 72" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=72"> 70 Early world rec</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 73" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=73"> 71</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 74" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=74"> In contrast, much less has been written abo</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 75" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=75"> Unlike Grey, Heilner was prolific at an early </a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 76" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=76"> 74 An early view of Bimini and its treacherou</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 77" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=77"> would be automatically judged against existing wo</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 78" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=78"> 76 Mike Lerner demonstrates his emergency</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 79" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=79"> Chapter Four Anglers At WAr M </a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 80" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=80"> IGFA files are silent as to </a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 81" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=81"> turned-Pennsylvania Governor Gifford Pinchot for </a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 82" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=82"> Recognizing the vital and immediate importance</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 83" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=83"> Once approved, the kits were constructed by Ju</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 84" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=84"> As evidenced by this letter </a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 85" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=85"> In virtually all theatres of operation, the re</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 86" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=86"> 84 Captain Eddie Wall (standing at left) and ser</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 87" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=87"> Despite his satisfaction at the success of the</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 88" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=88"> Despite often being shy and inarticulate in pu</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 89" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=89"> 87 Ex-heavyweight box</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 90" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=90"> Despite their strenuous war-related efforts, L</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 91" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=91"> Helen Lerner and company in Italy (1945). </a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 92" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=92"> Despite a serious war-related paper shortage a</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 93" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=93"> The Lerners’ trophy room in their New York City a</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 94" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=94"> </a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 95" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=95"> 93 One of many comm</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 96" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=96"> 94 Zane Grey admires his</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 97" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=97"> Chapter Five Big game in Distant seas </a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 98" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=98"> 96 World-class angler Ju</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 99" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=99"> 97 Kip Farrington, captain of the American Tun</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 100" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=100"> WeDgeport, nova scotia (canaDa) Long known as a h</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 101" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=101"> boat around in a manner that soon became known as</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 102" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=102"> The victorious Cuban team (1947). From left are F</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 103" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=103"> World War II interrupted the competition until 19</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 104" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=104"> </a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 105" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=105"> Captain Tommy Gifford and his boat Lady Grace bro</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 106" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=106"> The first blue marlin of note 104 </a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 107" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=107"> Bimini had become the new angler’s mecca, and it </a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 108" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=108"> 106 Bimini fishin</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 109" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=109"> Just south of Bimini was the private island of</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 110" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=110"> </a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 111" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=111"> 109 As illustrated </a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 112" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=112"> The Cabo Blanco Fishing Club (1951-1969). 110 </a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 113" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=113"> clubhouses built on land leased from the Lobitos </a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 114" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=114"> 112 The Club’s inter</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 115" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=115"> Before the Cabo Blanco Fishing Club had its own b</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 116" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=116"> 114 (Above) Letter dated No</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 117" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=117"> Regrettably, no paradise lasts forever, and th</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 118" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=118"> 116 Sportfishing boats fan out after </a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 119" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=119"> Chapter Six The Bill CarpenTer era </a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 120" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=120"> William K. (“Bill”) Carpenter aboard his boat Cal</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 121" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=121"> Herald columnist Erl Roman on the East Coast, Dr.</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 122" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=122"> Things continued apace during the first half </a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 123" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=123"> Press release dated June 25, 1960 announcing the </a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 124" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=124"> The United States Tuna Team at the 1952 Internati</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 125" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=125"> In addition to his many angling successes, Car</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 126" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=126"> In a letter to Mike Lerner dated March 18, 196</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 127" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=127"> shallow water when angling from a boat. He was al</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 128" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=128"> Zane Grey was convinced of the existence of “silv</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 129" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=129"> In 1967, Carpenter stepped up his attack on ta</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 130" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=130"> 128 Annual dues wer</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 131" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=131"> Bill Carpenter battles another giant bluefin on C</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 132" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=132"> 130 By the early 1970s, there were few opportun</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 133" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=133"> efforts in that regard. To finance these initiati</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 134" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=134"> </a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 135" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=135"> Cover of the first International Marine Angler pu</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 136" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=136"> The completely redesigned World Record Marine Fis</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 137" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=137"> Despite his lack of celebrity today, Willia</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 138" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=138"> 136 Elwood Harry works on</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 139" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=139"> Chapter Seven Elwood Harry F ro</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 140" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=140"> </a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 141" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=141"> Elwood went wherever the tuna were. This catch wa</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 142" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=142"> Harry with a Cat Cay Tournament catch. </a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 143" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=143"> more time on organizational initiatives. In the i</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 144" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=144"> Harry’s report made a telling case that the IG</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 145" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=145"> One of many award certificates won during a stell</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 146" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=146"> Elwood Harry receives the Aksel Wichfeld Memorial</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 147" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=147"> Webbs’ first recreational catches, dozens of boat</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 148" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=148"> 146 Harry surprised and</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 149" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=149"> Recognizing that fishing organizations worldwi</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 150" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=150"> 148 IGFA President E.K.</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 151" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=151"> In 1984, the IGFA held a World Angling Conference</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 152" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=152"> Swordfish bills taken by angler Alfred C. Glassel</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 153" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=153"> 151 This elegant trophy in </a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 154" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=154"> As the Library grew, Harry became even more pr</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 155" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=155"> Among Harry’s proudest moments was his presiding </a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 156" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=156"> 154 Teddy and Elwood Harry c</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 157" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=157"> Despite his equal-opportunity appearances, he </a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 158" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=158"> 156 Sword Dance, the spect</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 159" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=159"> Chapter Eight The Mike Leech Years ust </a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 160" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=160"> Mike Leech, IGFA’s fifth President. </a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 161" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=161"> For the first six months after joining the IG</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 162" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=162"> One of the earliest Rybovich hulls, Miss Chevy IV</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 163" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=163"> tangible benefits to joining other than the annua</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 164" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=164"> 162 These and other recognition clubs were origin</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 165" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=165"> 163 On top of these many new IGFA activities</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 166" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=166"> By the early 1990s, the IGFA’s original logo had </a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 167" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=167"> Recognizing the ongoing need for new anglers t</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 168" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=168"> 166 Among many o</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 169" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=169"> As with all previous administrations, requests</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 170" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=170"> 168 Construction of the IGFA’s new home on th</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 171" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=171"> After six years of fund-raising and two years </a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 172" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=172"> 170 The IGFA’s magnificent Hall of Fame</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 173" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=173"> Leech and his feathered flock. </a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 174" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=174"> In addition to the theatre, the building’s gro</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 175" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=175"> Mike Leech compares dental work with the Museum’s</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 176" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=176"> IGFA Board Chairman George Matthews oversaw the d</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 177" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=177"> tuna in a single day. Fishing aboard Raptor with </a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 178" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=178"> 176 The current IGFA rule book </a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 179" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=179"> Chapter Nine The Rules of Angling </a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 180" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=180"> </a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 181" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=181"> 179 An early issue </a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 182" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=182"> 10. Use of a detachable (“flying”) gaff is pe</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 183" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=183"> unwarranted, their inclusion as permissible tackl</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 184" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=184"> 182 Despite its odd </a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 185" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=185"> By the time the IGFA circulated this questionnair</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 186" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=186"> The Tycoon rod factory was state-of-the-art in it</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 187" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=187"> only when required. While that rule was quickly r</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 188" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=188"> 186 IGFA First Vic</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 189" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=189"> Much changed that year. Coinciding with the 19</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 190" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=190"> After nearly a century of saltwater fly fishing, </a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 191" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=191"> Today, input regarding proposed rule changes i</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 192" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=192"> IGFA correspondence files are full of early lette</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 193" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=193"> In addition to being a stickler for rules, Wylie </a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 194" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=194"> Still other modifications to the rules had the</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 195" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=195"> 193 Prior to becoming a membership-based organiza</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 196" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=196"> 194 To clarify its </a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 197" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=197"> 195</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 198" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=198"> Many saltwater fly anglers view the tarpon as the</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 199" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=199"> an attentive crew and add to an already dangerous</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 200" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=200"> 198 Almost surely the IGF</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 201" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=201"> Chapter Ten The STuff of RecoRdS </a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 202" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=202"> While many gamefish species are easily identif</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 203" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=203"> The problem of species identification becomes </a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 204" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=204"> Originally, much discussion was given over to</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 205" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=205"> 203 The IGFA maint</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 206" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=206"> Post-war telegram from W. Roy Cann to Francesca L</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 207" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=207"> Reel Club secretary Don McCarthy, legendary angle</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 208" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=208"> Tommy Aitken (ca. 1938). 206 </a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 209" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=209"> Interestingly, while the two sets of records a</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 210" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=210"> Before the Lerner Expeditions began in 1936, the </a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 211" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=211"> process as possible. Given the fact that many hun</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 212" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=212"> This IGFA world record certificate to Chisie Farr</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 213" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=213"> the IGFA does not permit exceptions for even the </a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 214" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=214"> </a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 215" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=215"> Ken Fraser’s enormous 1,496 lb Atlantic bluefin t</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 216" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=216"> 214 Among other news, th</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 217" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=217"> In 1957, an interesting record submission was</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 218" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=218"> One-armed angler Louis Schmidt, Jr. (also with on</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 219" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=219"> Despite the rigidity of the record-granting pr</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 220" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=220"> Occasionally, the IGFA has extended recognitio</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 221" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=221"> Perhaps the most remarkable story of an opport</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 222" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=222"> </a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 223" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=223"> 221 Although these popular awar</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 224" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=224"> 222 The IGFA and other stewards of recreati</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 225" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=225"> Chapter Eleven A Look to the Future </a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 226" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=226"> was formed in 1994 and now represents 19 nations </a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 227" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=227"> Although not as voracious as the huge seiners, th</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 228" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=228"> Unfortunately, the average recreational angler</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 229" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=229"> When taken in quantity, stocks of giant tuna like</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 230" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=230"> To various degrees, the IGFA has participated in </a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 231" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=231"> 229</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 232" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=232"> 230</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 233" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=233"> Appendix A IGFA LeAdershIp o internati</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 234" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=234"> Clive Firth Peter S. </a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 235" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=235"> Index Adamson, H.C., 78 Agassiz, Louis, 14, 18 </a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 236" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=236"> Billups, Guy C., Jr., 231 Blue Marlin Classic Tou</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 237" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=237"> Donna Lawrence Productions, 171 Dunn, Dennis, 219</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 238" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=238"> Guinness World Records, 199 Hall, Arthur, 232 Ha</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 239" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=239"> 206-8, 214-5, 232 Leech, Eric, 158 Leech,</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 240" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=240"> McClane, A.J., 150, 188-9, 232 McGrath, J.S., 207</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 241" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=241"> Pearson, Kaye, 232 Peeler, Joseph D., 59, 119, 23</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 242" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=242"> squid, Humboldt, 51 Staros, Bill, 125 Staros, Geo</a> <a title="IGFA Big-Game Fishing Headquarters_A History of the IGFA page 243" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ddbece6a?page=243"> </a>