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CHILE 



528 pounds 

 729 pounds 

 Hook pulled 

 Hook pulled 

 Hook pulled 

 Hook pulled 



255 pounds 



Total Albacora sighted— 14— these six days 

 All Albacora foul hooked 



21 minutes 



I hour —40 minutes 



3 hours— 45 minutes 



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20 minutes 



STRIPED MARLIN 



As found off Chile the striped marUn is in my opinion the 

 world's most beautiful fish. I do not mean to imply that this 

 species is not beautiful off Peru, California, Mexico and New 

 Zealand. The reason I discriminate is that they are in such won- 

 derful condition off Chile and run larger there than they do 

 anywhere else in the world. They are also beautiful off Peru, 

 but the blue I think is usually darker— more of a navy shade 

 than the majority of the fish you see, especially when they're 

 jumping. It probably is not as striking as the iridescent blue 

 that distinguishes them in Chile. In Chilean waters they'll 

 average about 325 pounds— off New Zealand about 240. Off 

 Catalina they'll run around 200 and off Mexico about 175. 

 In recent years they have been getting a lot of 125-pound 

 fish in Mexico and a lot of small 90- to 125-pound fish off 

 California. 



The largest striped marlin taken off Chile was caught by 

 George Garey and weighed 483 pounds. This was the second 

 largest striped marhn ever boated, the world's record of 692 

 pounds having been made off Balboa, California. It certainly 



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