PERU 



burg, Nova Scotia, Cabo Blanco and Tocopilla— Gale catch- 

 ing his at Louisburg, Montauk and Peru; while mine were 

 taken off Montauk, Peru and Chile. 



Roosterfish are in close to shore and it is best to use spoons. 

 Get right in close and troll up and down the beach from the 

 Organos down south of Cabo Blanco. Bonitos are plentiful 

 and the sailfish are seen tailing outside. It is best to use spoons 

 for the mackerel. You usually catch Sierras around the mole 

 and up and down the shore as you go out to the grounds or 

 you can fish for them beforehand. The hours at Cabo Blanco 

 are the easiest you find anywhere. We usually go out about 

 9: 30 and are always in by 5:30. We try to give the crew an 

 8-hour day— no more. Of course if the fishing is extraordi- 

 nary on some occasions we stay out later. I feel certain there's 

 no sense getting out there before 9: 30 or 10:00 in the morn- 

 ing. Even the commercial men do very little fishing earlier 

 than that. The Cabo Blanco fleet with its quaint, able little 

 sailing boats, usually bottom fish earUer and harpoon on their 

 way in. 



GLOSSARY 



Peruvian fishing terminology is not much different from 

 that of Chile. They call the broadbill swordfish espada instead 

 of albacora and of course you hear lots of talk about the 

 grande negros and the name of the black marlin is pez aguja 

 negros and they also speak of ?narlma 7iegros. Grande negros 

 means the big thing. Almost all the sharks are toyos and you 

 hear much talk of the barrioletti wliich is the common bonito. 

 The cachorreta, as in Chile, is the oceanic bonito. The rooster- 

 fish is called a gallo. The dolphin are all called dorado. There 



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