Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 July 1883 — FISH TALES. [ARTICLE]

FISH TALES.

A Jerseymax caught an eel in a small creek and found in<dde of it a rfeeve-button which he had lost some years before. Thebe is in Lake Tahoe an immense fish which jumps up out of the water, seizes the bowsprit of vessels in its mouth, snaps them off, and disappears. Fish are so plentiful in the Hackensack river that they appear to be crowded for room. It is not an uncommon sight to see them swim up alongside of boats and mutely plead to be taken in. A Long Island angler threw in his line the other day, and fastening it to a stave went home to dinner. When he returned the weight was so great that he was compelled to call for assistance. Hauling up the catch he was surprised to find that thete was only one immense catfish, but on uniting it open he discovered another fish which, when dissected, contained a smaller one that had swallowed the hook.