goggle-eye
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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
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.
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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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He darted in, and nabbed the bait more like a goggle-eye than a sucker, but he was caught all the same.
From Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi by George H. Devol
What gimcracks, genuine Japanese:70 Gape-jaw and goggle-eye, the frog; Dragons, owls, monkeys, beetles, geese; Some crush-nosed human-hearted dog: Queer names, too, such a catalogue!
From Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning by Myra Reynolds
Brachycephalics are widely adored for their goggle-eyes, wrinkled faces and waddling gaits.
From Salon ● Jan. 23, 2023
Get live baits, such as pilchards, herring or goggle-eyes before heading offshore, and keep a few fresh, unrigged ballyhoo in the cooler.
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Best baits include live pilchards and ballyhoo, as well as half sections of fresh goggle-eyes, ballyhoo, squid and conch.
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The sailfish had no interest in our spread of live pilchards and goggle-eyes on or near the surface.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was reputed to be a kind of reporter, and in fact his gray goggle-eyes, so cold and thoughtful, always showed up where anything publishable was happening.
From The Reign of Greed by Charles E. Derbyshire
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