Possible Clues:

• Crappie or bluegill
• Newspaper angle for swimmer
• Large marine animal
• Swimmer ultimately gets his fun spoilt
• It's small for a foreign cast with very big swimmer
• Sushi candidate
• Largemouth bass, for one
• Bright swimmer
• Swimmer has succeeded at first, then his fun gets spoilt
• Ocean swimmer's two ways to catch some rays?