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Word: bonefishing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1931-1931
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...Andros bonefish need not fear the onslaught of pseudo-sportsmen. They and all who have made their acquaintance can testify that they are to be apprehended only by ablest anglers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Feb. 9, 1931 | 2/9/1931 | See Source »

...John Tinney McCutcheon of the Chicago Tribune. Fishing is finer in Nassau than at Bermuda. There is good trolling for sharks, king fish, barracuda, Spanish mackerel, grouper, amberjack right off the mouth of Nassau Harbor. Only 20 mi. away is Andros Island which boasts the world's best bonefishing. Seldom over 2 ft. in length, the bonefish ranks among the world's gamiest. It feeds in extremely shallow water with its tail in the air, has two large bony plates in its mouth instead of teeth, with which it hungrily crushes hardshell crabs.* Potent and numerous are Nassau...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Winter Islands | 1/26/1931 | See Source »

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