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^ Lou and I were not the only American couple on 

 that June expedition to Iquique. Jo and John Manning, 

 two internationally-known anglers from Southern Cali- 

 fornia, were in our group although they fished for the 

 most part from another boat. Lou and I had arranged 

 with the Grace Line for shipment of the Explorer from 

 Brielle on the New Jersey shore all the way down to 

 Iquique. Still, since the fishing was so extraordinary, 

 we decided to charter a local boat so we could both 

 fish at the same time. The boat was called the Marlin, 

 which came complete with a Chilean captain named 

 Santiago. 



The Mannings are old friends, and fishing from two 

 different boats inevitably led us into friendly competi- 



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