SOME FISH AND SOME FISHING 



It was too rough to go back to Avalon that 

 night so we remained at the camp. 



The wind was strong from the northwest 

 and as our course was due north we had a 

 rough trip of over five hours and a half the 

 following day and arrived at Avalon with 

 everything on board afloat. 



The fish were weighed on the Tuna Club 

 scales thirty hours after they had been taken 

 and tipped the beam at 189, 186, and 183 

 pounds. These fish seem all to be of about 

 the same length, from ten to eleven feet, 

 their weight depending on their girth. 



Marlin are the most sensational fish that 

 swim. Their pace and agility, the way they 

 walk the tight rope on the end of their tails, 

 and their power to jump have to be seen to 

 be believed. 



I am told that the heavy fish — record 372 

 pounds — do not jump much and are hard 

 to kill. 



A friend of mine saw a marlin in the fish 

 market at Honolulu that weighed 725 



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