CHILE 



core this is a splendid light tackle fish and can also be taken 

 from the surf at certain times of the year. 



OCEANIC BONITO 



You've heard so much about oceanic bonito figuring so 

 prominently as a bait fish in Chilean waters that perhaps you 

 have not realized that the senior member of the bonito family 

 runs to impressive size— 30 pounds or more in Hawaiian 

 waters— and is a dandy game fish himself. He is found off 

 Chile the year round near the coast and out to sea. Where 

 you see the small sardinias or anchovies off Chile you will 

 usually see the oceanic bonitos. They are called skipjacks 

 by the English since they jump on the surface as they feed 

 on small fry. They are fine fish to catch on 6-thread line. 



CONGRIO 



The congrio is a favorite commercial fish in Chile and I 

 mention it here entirely because of its pre-eminence as a won- 

 derful table dehcacy. Don't be surprised if when eating in 

 one of Santiago's fine restaurants and start talking about your 

 albacora you are interrupted by the question, "Ah! But have 

 you caught a congrio?" I bet I've had this pulled on me fifty 

 times. They're very proud of their congrio and have every 

 right to be. 



CHILE SALT-WATER FISHING PIONEERS 



By all odds the most prominent among the men who de- 

 veloped salt-water fishing off Chile are W. E. S. Tuker and 



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