Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 September 1892 — FISH STORIES. [ARTICLE]

FISH STORIES.

Newfoundland is rejoicing over the catching of 400,000 seals by their fleet this season. A Lewiston, Mo, fisherman caught a black bass a short time ago 3 feet 2 inches long. The fishhooks of the bronzd age have precisely the same heads as tha most popular patterns of to day. The fisheries department has received advices to the effect that the mackerel catch of the New England fishing fleet to date is 22,000 —exactly twice as much as last year.