Search Details

Word: ladyfish (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

Frankie had gone out off the Florida Keys in a rowboat by moonlight, fishing for ladyfish. She had caught a few when a sudden lunge at her line warned her that she had hooked no ladyfish. In a split second a huge tarpon vaulted out of the inky sea, "his eyes glaring like the headlights of an automobile and his body shining like an electric sign." For 55 minutes they struggled-the big "silver king" making 27 frenzied leaps before he was finally brought to gaff...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: On Six-thread Line | 2/13/1939 | See Source »

| 1 |