Friday, December 4, 2009

Pez gordo

A twelve-hour overnight wait, a huge hit on their line at dawn, a half-hour fight, and a 1.6 meter, 50-pound sailfish to bring home.

Juventud Rebelde tells the story of two Cienfuegos fishermen, Elio Alberto Fuentes y Carlos Ivan Molina, last Saturday night.

[Juventud Rebelde photo.]

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

phil, correct your post. that is not a swordfish, it is a sailfish. the sail-like dorsal fin indicates so. the sword has no such sail.

pez aguja (needle) is a sail, pez espada (sword) is a swordfish.

Anonymous said...

Charming. How long before the authorities confiscated "state property"?

Phil Peters said...

thanks, will do

Anonymous said...

Sorry to ruin your little human interest story Peters (did you rush to re-read Hemingway and lose yourself in your fantasy of a Cuba that no longer exists?) but indeed the local commissars enjoyed seafood steaks while these two were tossed a pittance for their catch.

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Anonymous said...

the haters continue to spew vile from Miami.. Just look at these comments.

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