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  • Even executing a text book figure eight couldn't persuade was must've been a 56 incher that proceeded to turn tail boatside.

    Hollywood's Greatest Fishing Scenes 2009

  • Even executing a text book figure eight couldn't persuade was must've been a 56 incher that proceeded to turn tail boatside.

    Hollywood's Greatest Fishing Scenes 2009

  • It would presumably allow something like a 3,000-pound shark to be captured, held at boatside for tagging or whatever, and then released.

    ICAST REPORT: Biggest Fishing Hook 2009

  • And plenty of anglers have put a hook into a sword only to lose it during a jump or at boatside.

    The Key To Catching Swordfish 2008

  • Just like a shepherd's crook, an 8-footer can be used to snare the bill of a sailfish or marlin so that the fish can be gently pulled to boatside and a gloved hand applied to the bill.

    The Fine Art of Gaffing 1999

  • It is always best to release a fish without removing it from the water, and a gaff around the lower jaw is often the best way to control a large saltwater fish at boatside for hook removal.

    The Fine Art of Gaffing 1999

  • The shadows grew longer and longer as Netteke plodded slowly along, and at last Mother De Smet called to her husband over the boatside.

    The Belgian Twins Lucy Fitch Perkins 1901

  • Silver you could hear chinkin ', an' liddle bundles hove down dunt on the bottom-boards, an 'passels o' liddle swords an 'shields raklin', an 'liddle fingers an' toes scratchin 'on the boatside to board her when the two sons pushed her off.

    Puck of Pook's Hill Rudyard Kipling 1900

  • "I wanted to make a sketch of you leaning over the boatside with your lapful of water-lilies; I wish I had."

    Spring Days 1892

  • Upon release, do not remove the sailfish from the water - try to get a photo boatside.

    tcpalm.com Stories 2010

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