This story, “Fishing Under the V.C. Guns,” appeared in the July 1969 issue of Outdoor Life. The prison referenced in the story is the infamous Phú Quốc Prison, also known as the Coconut Tree Prison, operated by the South Vietnamese government. I saw small boys catching 10-inch shrimps with hook and line, so I figured that bigger fish were around. A while back, I had resolved to find out. But the Vietcong were all over the place, shooting at what…
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