Anglers Journal

The Gateway Billfish

millisecond, but the impression the fish imparted on me never faded. I was visiting my father in the Florida Keys, where he had a fifth-wheel estate in a ramshackle trailer park. His trailer was actually pretty cool, full of fishing flavor and tacky bachelor decorations — old car dealership signs, broken propellers — affixed to the walls. But the best part about the place was the location: waterfront on the Atlantic

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