Word: sailfish
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...rapier snout struck at the bonito, crunched on the hook. The fisherman let his line out fast, as the creature sped away, leapt into sunlight, shook itself angrily. The Hoover line was taut again and remained so for 25 struggling minutes, as the next President and his first sailfish fought it out in the Gulf Stream...
Aboard the launch the catch weighed 45 pounds, small for a sailfish...
Meanwhile, 40 miles northward, off Miami Harbor, Hoover Assistant Richey was hooking and landing three sailfish; Republican National Chairman Work, two sailfish...
...next day Mr. Hoover caught his second sailfish, five pounds larger than the first...
...Tarpon are Florida's gamiest fish, sailfish next. Tarpon do not run until early March. Sailfish, named from the large dorsal fin, measure six or seven feet, weigh 40 to 70 pounds. Strong, fierce, canny, four out of five get off the hook...