FISHING THE PACIFIC 



lent fishing of the big-eye tuna. The world's record for this 

 variety was 368 pounds, the fish caught by H. A. Wood- 

 ward, and it was the third time the record had been broken 

 in these waters in two months. 



Mrs. Wendell Anderson, Jr., broke the woman's record as 

 well as the 24-thread record with a 337-pounder, and Mrs. 

 WiUiam Ford II took the lady's 39-thread record with a 307- 

 pounder. A total of 1 5 fish were caught, the smallest weigh- 

 ing 274 pounds, and all were taken drifting. 



Mrs. Maurice Meyer, Jr., one of America's greatest women 

 fishermen, held the record for a couple of days, only to have 

 it broken by Mrs. Anderson. 



In the meantime, some terrific black marlin had been lost 

 in November and December. Mrs. Alice Price of San Ber- 

 nardino, California, broke the woman's world record with a 

 920-pounder, the largest fish of any kind a woman has ever 

 caught. Wendell Anderson, Sr., took one weighing 792 

 pounds; William K. Carpenter two weighing 700 and 465 

 pounds respectively; Joe Peeler a 685-pounder; Mrs. Jack 

 Anderson one that tipped the beam at 648. Then the low of 

 465 was broken by Arvid Carlander, great Swedish fisher- 

 man and member of the club who nailed a 385-pounder. 

 One 8oo-pounder and a 700-pounder were also brought in 

 but were disqualified as the anglers had help in taking them. 

 Four giant blacks were hooked and lost. And I almost forgot 

 the case of J. C. Tippett of Lima, Peru, who came within one 

 pound of equaling Woodward's record with a 3 67 -pound 

 big-eye tuna. Sixty-two striped marlin were caught, along 

 with seventeen Pacific sailfish and eight makos. 



Fishing for the big dolphin proved the best ever experi- 



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