Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 July 1883 — FISH TALES. [ARTICLE]

FISH TALES.

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 t other day, and fastening it to a sta >e wehi home to dinner. When he returned th** weight was so great that he was compelled to call for assistance. Hauling up the ca. ch he was surprised to find that thbre was only one immense catfish, button cutting it open he discovered another fish which, when dissected, contained a smaller one that had swallowed the hook.