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used for bait with the three varieties of bonitos the second 

 choice and they were always to be had in abundance. Some 

 2o-odd large black marlin were harpooned by commercial 

 fishermen from July to September. Twelve excellent fishing 

 guides were trained and broken in as well as three fine cap- 

 tains. Llavollol and I had no American guides with us. They 

 were trained by Captain Red Stuart of Miami and captains 

 Bert Tuma and John Sweeting of Montauk, who had taken 

 boats down there the previous winter. The three fish- 

 ing boats installed by the club had proved themselves the 

 finest ever built and able to take looo-pound fish in their 

 stride. The surfcasting had been opened up with lead jigs 

 and plugs and phenomenal results were being obtained for 

 big snook, corvina, jacks, etc., and the present hope is that 

 roosterfish will be taken eventually all along the beaches. 



The next club report was issued May i, 1953, for the 

 period from November i, 1952. In November and December 

 the boats went out only from time to time. After January i 

 reservations were taken by the club from friends and mem- 

 bers for daily fishing. From February i on, conditions off 

 Cabo Blanco were considerably disturbed when the warm 

 equatorial current from the north forced the cold Humboldt, 

 or Peru, Current some miles farther offshore than its usual 

 course. 



Naturally, the broadbill swordfish were the most seriously 

 affected and only one was caught during this abnormal period. 

 The water was unusually warm, a great deal of dirty water 

 from swollen rivers was emptying into the waters off Cabo 

 Blanco, discoloring them seriously. 



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