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.
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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.
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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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What gimcracks, genuine Japanese: 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 Browning's England A Study in English Influences in Browning by Clarke, Helen Archibald
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 Reynolds, Myra
Brachycephalics are widely adored for their goggle-eyes, wrinkled faces and waddling gaits.
From Salon ● Jan. 23, 2023
The sailfish had no interest in our spread of live pilchards and goggle-eyes on or near the surface.
From Time Magazine Archive
For example, with goggle-eyes, speedos, blue runners and yellowtail, I opt for a either a 5/0 Octopus or short-shank live-bait hook.
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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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He will indicate the particular female toad he happens to admire and praise her goggle-eyes and yellow belly as the perfection of beauty!”
From The Ways of Men by Gregory, Eliot
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