Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 239, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 1917 — 1,000 Pounds of Fish Taken From the Wabash. [ARTICLE]

1,000 Pounds of Fish Taken From the Wabash.

Lafayette Journal. The state fishermen who are under the supervision of R. D. Fleming, of Indianapolis, state fish commissioner, made the first haul in the river north of this city yesterday, netting about a thousand pounds of fish. The fish were shipped to Indianapolis, as will be the haul made in the seining to be done today, the first fish to be sold locally coming from the seining operations tomorrow. Some of the hook and line men are somewhat perturbed over the prospect of having the larger game fish taken from the river, such as large bass, jack salmon, wall eyed pike, etc., fearing that the female of the species may have spawn within them. The fishermen may rest assured that the men at work here are acting under orders indirectly of Herbert C. Hoover, national food administrator.*