SOME FISH AND SOME FISHING 



ened out and the fish sank. The hook had 

 been in the corner of his hard mouth. 



Swordfish were very plentiful that sum- 

 mer for the first time. I counted and fished 

 for nine one morning not five miles from 

 Avalon. Some days they seem very shy and 

 will not look at any bait. It is the custom 

 to try a barracouta for bait if they refuse 

 the flying fish, and if they do not take that 

 an albacore may entice them. They have 

 been known to take an albacore weighing 

 twenty-four pounds. 



After ten days' fishing for broadbills I 

 left for Clemente, to look for marlin, where 

 I remained three days and on my return had 

 five more days with the swordfish. 



The sea was like glass most mornings so 

 that the fish could be seen at a great distance. 



In the last five days I tried about twenty- 

 five broadbills but only hooked one. The 

 others would either cut the bait off the hook 

 or else pay no attention to it but swim off 

 and come to the surface one hundred yards 



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