FISHING THE PACIFIC 



837 and another 800-pounder caught by Garey. Up until 

 1 94 1 only one swordfish between 700 and 800 had been 

 caught. Now there have been nine. 



With six exceptions every swordfish weighing over 600 

 pounds caught on rod and reel has been taken off Chile, the 

 exceptions being White-Wickham's 674-pound fish caught 

 off New Zealand, Michael Lerner's Atlantic 601 -pound rec- 

 ord off Louisburg, Nova Scotia, his 637-pounder (the first 

 ever caught off Peru), Glassell's 687-pounder brought in to 

 Mankora, Peru, and my own 622-pounder taken off Cabo 

 Blanco. The average is about 590 pounds and of the 500 or 

 so that have been taken in the world, about 160-odd have 

 been caught off Chile. 



By all odds the neatest trick to accomplish in salt-water 

 fishing is to take two broadbill swordfish in one day; and 

 next to that is to catch two black marlin, two blue marlin 

 or two silver marlin on the same day. These four species 

 are tops in game fish and the most difficult to hook, fight 

 and find. 



When you're taking two in a day, remember you've got 

 to get the first one first, and as far as I'm concerned that 

 second one psychologically is the toughest thing imaginable 

 to fight. Only nine men and one woman have caught two 

 swordfish in one day. This hat trick was pulled off Tocopilla 

 six times, once off Catalina by J. W. Jump in 1928, once 

 off Montauk by Norman F. Windsor; off Louisburg, Nova 

 Scotia, by Dr. Storz in 1941, and three times by Michael 

 Lerner— in 1936, 1938, 1 941— who also pulled it off Toco- 

 pilla in 1 940. Lerner, with his four doubles, is the only man 

 who has accomplished the feat more than once. Alfred C. 



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