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enced, roosterfishing was as good as ever and bonitos, mack- 

 erel and other varieties were plentiful. The surf casting was as 

 good as ever. Although this was a comparatively poor season 

 for Cabo Blanco, this spot still was the leader for big fish 

 caught in all-round angling in these months— ahead of any 

 other place in the world, and it has now been demonstrated 

 that this locale is unique in that one may enjoy prime sport 

 the year round. 



Conditions had returned to normal by the 15th of April 

 and as many as twenty striped marlin were sighted from a 

 single boat in a day's fishing. 



The highlight of the year, of course, was the visit of the 

 Yale University Expedition headed by Wendell Anderson, 

 a member of the club. The oceanographers aboard the labo- 

 ratory boat studied the currents and took temperatures and 

 were thankful for their good fortune in happening to be there 

 during one of the few years when abnormal water conditions 

 obtained. This phenomenon had not occurred since 1925. 



In May, 1953, Raymondo de Castro Maya, club member 

 from Rio de Janeiro, took a 72 1 -pounder and lost a couple of 

 other good ones, as well as a few striped marlin and Pacific 

 sailfish. In June, Peter Carpenter, fifteen, youngest man ever 

 to catch a black marlin, boated a 752-pound beauty and his 

 father lost a fish which was reputed bigger than Glassell's 

 1560-pounder, caught later. Enrique Cavaglia of Buenos 

 Aires dropped in for four days and left with an 880-pounder 

 and a 742 -pounder. 



During early July a good many big fish were seen that did 

 not strike, and four or five were lost. Then on the 29th came 

 Tom Bates' 1 352-pounder. Glassell started his fishing on July 



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