FISHING THE PACIFIC 



my ill luck, and, believe me, I cannot even pronounce some 

 of those words. 



Don't miss a trip to Australia. Fond recollection brings to 

 mind the incomparable beer, Mrs. O'Shea's shrimps, the suc- 

 culent oysters. Whether you fish and whether or not you 

 catch a black marlin, there is no finer or better country or 

 better people to visit and be with than the folk Down 

 Under. 



Australia, Africa and the Argentine, all beginning with 

 "A," might be described as "Triple A" areas for fishing. It 

 was my good fortune to visit Australia and study the methods 

 of her great sportsmen who are ardent students of the game 

 and delve into every phase of both deep sea and surf fishing. 

 There is much to be learned about fishing in many countries 

 but particularly these three, and the manner in which the 

 Australians do their squidding and bait fishing should be of 

 interest to all of us anglers in the United States. I am par- 

 ticularly indebted to my good friend Bill Southam, who has 

 several times won the Australian casting championships in 

 both fresh and salt water and whose tips on casting I shall pass 

 on to readers of this book. 



First of all, the fish that predominate on the Australian 

 coast of New South Wales are the bream (both the silver 

 and black variety) , the Australian whiting, jewfish and tailer 

 (which is our bluefish) ; the Australian salmon and the flat- 

 head (our flounder). Jewfish run up to 70 or 80 pounds, 

 with the average between 20 and 40 pounds. All the fish 

 mentioned, with the exception of the salmon, are good table 

 fish. There are of course numerous other species but these 



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