FISHING THE PACIFIC 



in five hours and forty minutes and a 65 1 -pounder in fifty-one 

 minutes, thus topping my pair as the largest two to be taken in 

 a day's fishing. The longest successful fight off Chile lasted 

 nine hours and twenty-five minutes. This occurred on Au- 

 gust 26, 1934, when Tuker caught his 837-pound fish, then 

 the world's record. This was followed by my six-hour, 

 eleven-minute fight. There have been several longer battles 

 than mine but in every such instance the fish got away. 

 It is still a bit difficult to realize that the finest broadbill 

 swordfishing grounds in the world produced their first rod- 

 and-reel gladiator of the sea as recently as 1933— yet Sep- 

 tember 10 of that year was the red-letter day when Tuker 

 inaugurated the sport in Chile with a 619-pounder, taken 

 in five hours flat. And Tuker was fishing from an unmaneu- 

 verable tub with a fighting chair that came out of somebody's 

 law office! 



CHILEAN GLOSSARY 



In this great country the broadbill swordfish is called the 

 albacora. It is a thrilling word to the angler and doubly so 

 when he hears it enunciated in ringing tones by a Chilean 

 fisherman. 



The black marlin is called peje zuncho, which means barrel 

 fish. None of them has been taken off Chile on rod and reel, 

 but two harpooned by commercials fishing out of Iquique 

 weighed 1040 pounds and another 750 pounds dressed— so 

 when and if they are caught they will be definitely big 

 league. 



The striped marlin is called pez aguja. As already stated, 

 many striped marUn off Chile run larger in size than they do 



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