FISHING THE PACIFIC 



beat them, tire them out, standing up there— and it gets 

 pretty boring. Three-thread fishing is perfectly ridiculous for 

 them and we have barred it at Cabo Blanco for all species. It is 

 simply a means of running down your engines as the boat is 

 run around after the fish. The 3 -thread fishing has been 

 greatly overdone even though the man or woman has to hold 

 the rod and reel. It is now practiced primarily by people who 

 are chiefly interested in records. 



THE MAKO SHARK 



The shark that is called "mako" off Chile is exactly the 

 same as that found in New Zealand, Peru, off Montauk, Cat 

 Cay, Havana and other fishing centers throughout the world. 

 No large ones have been caught off Chile, the largest weigh- 

 ing some 360 pounds, as I recall, and it was caught by Mr. 

 Tuker. As is the case off Montauk there are plenty that 

 weigh around 1 00 pounds. We have very few specimens off 

 Peru, thank God. 



It is interesting to note that even the meat of the mako 

 shark is very similar to that of the swordfish— in fact it is 

 shipped as such to many parts of the world. The commercial 

 fishermen of Chile have never been interested in sharks of 

 any kind. They have nothing but loathing for the creatures 

 and can't understand why anybody should bother with them. 

 In this the Peruvians feel the same way. I believe it would be 

 a great thing if some of the representative anglers in two or 

 three countries we know of should take stock of and go 

 after their game fish. After all, a shark is a shark! And it's 

 ironic that after the sport-fishing world took fifty-four years 



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