SOME FISH AND SOME FISHING 



the surface. We could see the fish plainly 

 and "Shorty" said he would weigh over five 

 hundred pounds, but fish always look big 

 under those circumstances and I was too 

 busy to estimate weights. One thing I had 

 discovered: he was too heavy for me, for 

 in some of his sudden plunges he had 

 nearly pulled me overboard. For the first 

 time in my life I wished I weighed two 

 hundred instead of one hundred and thirty 

 pounds. 



Suddenly the fish made a dive under the 

 boat. I turned everything loose and shoved 

 the rod six feet into the sea. The fish came 

 to the surface on the other side of the boat 

 as "Shorty" started the launch ahead and 

 the line cleared. 



This woke Senor Espada up and he raised 

 Cain for two hours. He tried every fish trick 

 known and jumped clear of the surface so 

 that I could not help getting a good look 

 at him. He was a very big fish; his sword 

 looked five feet long to me, but everything 



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