SEVEN MARLIN SWORDFISH IN ONE DAY 



"Well, I had him figured to come into the boat 

 and I was ready to jump overboard," added my 

 brother. 



"We won't cut him loose," said Dan. "That's 

 some fish. But he acts hke he isn't goin' to last 

 long." 



Still, it took two hours longer of persistent, final 

 effort on the part of R. C. to bring this swordfish 

 to gaff. We could not lift the fish up on the stern 

 and we had to tow him over to Mr. Jump's boat 

 and there haul him aboard by block and tackle. 

 At Avalon he weighed three hundred and twenty- 

 eight pounds. 



R. C. had caught the biggest Marlin in 1916 — 

 three hundred and four pounds, and this three-hun- 

 dred-and-twenty-eight-pound fish was the largest 

 for 1918. Besides, there was the remarkable achieve- 

 ment and record of seven swordfish in one day, with 

 six of them freed to live and roam the sea again. 

 But R. C. was not impressed. He looked at his 

 hands and said: 



"You and Dan put a job up on me. . . . Never 

 again!" 



