goggle-eye
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I place the lead hook in front of the dorsal fin of a goggle-eye, blue runner or yellowtail or through the nostrils of a speedo or tinker mackerel.
From Time Magazine Archive
Photo: Courtesy of Todd Lumpkin During day two of the fishing trip Bill Lumpkin and his son Todd took off Cabo San Lucas last fall, the deckhand spotted a fish and pitched a goggle-eye.
From Time Magazine Archive
That 66 3/4-pound monster, caught in the late 1980s by Margot Vincent, ate a goggle-eye dangling under a kite.
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An Ichthyosaurus, With a big goggle-eye and a very small brain, And paddles like mill-wheels in chattering chorus Smiting tremendous the dread-sounding main.
From The Adventures of a Grain of Dust by Hallam Hawksworth
The fishes in which the average country boy is interested are the larger ones—such as the goggle-eye, the sucker, chub, and sunfish—those which, when caught, will fill up the string and tickle the palate.
From A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. by David Starr Jordan
Brachycephalics are widely adored for their goggle-eyes, wrinkled faces and waddling gaits.
From Salon ● Jan. 23, 2023
Best baits include live pilchards and ballyhoo, as well as half sections of fresh goggle-eyes, ballyhoo, squid and conch.
From Time Magazine Archive
The sailfish had no interest in our spread of live pilchards and goggle-eyes on or near the surface.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sailfish gobble goggle-eyes off Palm Beach but dine on ballyhoo in the Keys.
From Time Magazine Archive
Phil encouraged the younger boy to be as defiant as possible, telling him he was a coward to stand being badgered by old "goggle-eyes," as he called Professor Horner.
From A Dear Little Girl by Amy Ella Blanchard
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