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[[underlined]] April 1st. [[/underlined]] Had malpelt[[?]] in plain sight this am. though hazy, toward nine oclock took couple of shots at it, 9:30 we got in launch to make circuit of island, and fish. Saw the old ^[[(Hancock Exped.)]] landing place to N.E. Toward southeasterly cove saw moisture and some green algae; did most of our fishing about N.W. point. Capt. ^[[Pickens]] got a nice wahoo and a rainbow runner. (I remembered it from the Presidential cruise.) Laing and Dr. Blanch got a Pacific Amberjack apiece; Ernest got a colorado grouper 
Amberjacks
[[circled]]1 [[/circled]] Standard length 3'6" = 46 lbs add 11" for over all
[[circled]] 2 [[/circled]] [[dittos for Standard length]] 3'4 1/2 = 40 lbs [[underlined]] add 10" for over all[[/underlined]]
[[circled]]3[[/circled]] Whahoo 44 inches  44" to base tail = 20 lbs.
[[circled]]4[[/circled]]^[[Rainbow]] Runner  20 inches[[underlined]] = 3 1/2 lbs. [[/underlined]]
[[circled]]5[[/circled]] [[boxed]] Colorado grouper
Mycteroperca olfax.
dorsal = 11 spines, 16 soft rays
anal 3 [[ditto for spines]] 11 [[ditto for soft rays]]
gill rakers counting stalk 16 [[/boxed]]
[[bracket connecting to Colorado grouper text]] caught by Ernest = [[underlined]]12 lbs.[[/underlined]][[/bracket]]