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until Raymondo de Castro Maya took one weighing 625 

 pounds. The author then took three, weighing 725, 701 and 

 650 pounds respectively. Every fish brought into Cabo Blanco 

 is used for food. 



I sighted as many as sixteen striped marlin in one day and 

 didn't even pause to bait them. During this time, over 150 

 striped marlin were caught weighing up to 310 pounds. Some 

 forty of these grand fish were released. Two mako sharks 

 were also picked up, the largest weighing 243 pounds and 

 Glassell took the first Pacific sailfish, at 123 pounds, since 

 Michael Lerner's original one in 1940. In the club report it 

 is stated that yellowfin tuna were taken weighing 275 pounds. 

 The weight of this fish on the average probably soon will be 

 exceeded. The bait is always extremely plentiful, the water 

 excellent, the boats ideal, the crews efficient and new ones 

 constantly being trained. Not a fish has been mutilated by a 

 shark or other fish. These catches were made by some 

 twenty-seven anglers. They are generally agreed that of the 

 twelve-month season, August and September may prove to 

 be the best black marlin months. One party went in to Cabo 

 Blanco for a ten-day stay. They took six striped marlin and 

 a broadbill swordfish in six days. Another party came in for 

 a single day and the two men and their wives each took a 

 striped marhn. In all, seventeen broadbill swordfish were 

 caught, weighing up to 599 pounds. 



From May i, 1952, until July 22, no one wet a line on 

 these grounds. A small clubhouse was being erected and the 

 boats were taken out of service, but on July 2 2 Rod Rocke- 

 feller boated a 655-pound black marlin on a blind strike. 



On August 2, Mrs. Tom Bates boated a 752-pound black 



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