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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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: 25 Minutes; 45 Pounds | 2/11/1929 | See Source »

...their cabin Mrs. Hoover had to admire the first vanity dresser ever installed on a U. S. warship. Mr. Hoover, unpacking, cast a bright eye on his new-bought kit of deep-sea fishing tackle. Watching the lazy Pacific swells some of his first thoughts were about the monster sailfish, amber-jacks, tuna, wahoos, crevalles and yellowtails that live off the coast of Lower California and in the tide-rips from there to Chile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: The President-Elect | 11/26/1928 | See Source »

Confident of his friends, careful of his health. Candidate Hoover prepared for the Ohio and other primaries by journeying southward to fish for amber jacks, baracuda, sailfish, groupers, kingfish and Florida delegates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Candidates' Row | 2/20/1928 | See Source »

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