CHILE 



fail to pay the angler a visit too when he is boating a 

 fish— evidently thinking they are going to get another free 

 meal, 



I believe 39-thread is the correct Hne to use for the sword- 

 fish off Chile while 24 can be utilized more suitably in Peru. 

 It has been demonstrated that some very large fish have been 

 taken on 24-thread, but, as I have said before, every minute 

 counts and if you are using 24-thread you may lose a fish 

 that you might readily have boated on 39-thread. Fifty-four 

 thread is far too heavy for swordfish and if used will only 

 serve to pull the hook out. In general there are no fish in the 

 Pacific for which such heavy line is needed. I believe we have 

 demonstrated that pretty conclusively when one considers 

 the 1560-pound black marlin taken at Cabo Blanco. 



Any account of swordfishing off Chile would be seriously 

 deficient if it omitted Michael Lerner's contribution to scien- 

 tific knowledge of the broadbill. Believing that the world's 

 finest fishing grounds for them would also provide the world's 

 finest natural laboratory, Lerner brought to Chile several 

 members of the Ichthyology Staff of the American Museum 

 of Natural History, including Miss Francesca LaMonte. Ac- 

 companied by two photographers, this expedition not only 

 collected much valuable information on the swordfish as well 

 as on various other species, but provided the best pictures 

 ever taken of the swordfish in action up to as recently as a 

 year ago. 



This expedition was one of six so far made possible through 

 Lerner's desire to add to the lore of fish and fishing in distant 

 parts of the world and has done far more than fully achieve 

 its basic purpose. It did much to cement the friendship and 



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