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its decks are constantly in the air. Two of the best known 

 airplane manufacturers in America have their factories and 

 fields on either side of the harbor. 



The Hotel Coronado, at the southern entrance to the har- 

 bor, is convenient to the fishing grounds, and a number of 

 charter boats tie up at its landing. 



Great fleets of picturesque fishing craft are constantly ply- 

 ing in and out of the harbor— tuna clippers, sardine boats, 

 shrimpers, jig boats and many "spear boats," as the boats of 

 the commercial broadbill fishermen are called. Large numbers 

 of these wonderful fish are harpooned annually off San 

 Diego. When I was there in 1938 there were over eighteen 

 hundred swordfish in the San Diego fish market in cold stor- 

 age waiting to be shipped to various markets in all parts of 

 the United States. So you can readily see that it is only going 

 to be a very short time before many more swordfish are 

 caught on rod and reel off San Diego and this will happen 

 when the method is more systematic. I doubt if, to date, ten 

 parties per summer really look for them. 



The majority of the marlin boats fish from Point Loma 

 over to and around the Coronado Islands, of which there are 

 three. While they belong to Mexico, they are regularly fished 

 by the San Diego fleet and abound with all kinds of pisca- 

 torial life, both large and small. Flying fish and mackerel are 

 the principal baits used for marlin, and no tackle heavier than 

 a i6-ounce tip and 9/0 or lo/o reel filled with 24-thread is 

 needed. 



This is a superb spot for the man who Ukes to catch light- 

 tackle marlin. While there are some sharks around, they do 

 not bother the hooked fish. The water is fairly deep, but as 



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