Rensselaer Union, Volume 3, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 June 1871 — Diving for Sturgeon. [ARTICLE]

Diving for Sturgeon.

Quite a novel mode of catching fish was invented, or at least practiced, by a youth In Brownstowc, near the month of the creek, one day last we< k. He was, It seems, bathing, or about to bathe, when he Bircelved in the water, a little way beyond m, a fish of unusually large proportions, swimming along within a very short distance of the bank, and rapidly approaching him. He had not previously expected to indulge in the pleasing sport of angling for any ofthe finny tribe, and bad not therefore provided himself with the necessary equipments. But as he saw the magnificent specimen ol the sturgeon species, so near and yet so far—apparently—he determined to make one effort to secure the “ monarch of the lakes” As the strangeri approached the bank on which Clark (the name of the bather) was standing, the latter prepared to dive, and before tliesturgeonjwas quite opposite his diving place the youth gave a leap, a plunge, and (lived beneath the water, and before the astonished sturgeon could cither escape or recover from the consternation caused by the sudden disturlmnce of the waters, he a prisoner in the arms of the youth, who could with dilllculty retain his hold of his slippery customer. The struggles of the sturgeon were pertinacious, anil nearly crowned with victory ; but by the aid of a companion he was laid panting on the bank, a proof oftbc triumph of muscle. Alter resting awhile from the fatigue caused by the combat under water, Clark, aided by his friend, carried the sturgeon home, where it was weighed, turning the scale at just seventy pounds. Clark is only about fifteen years of age, yet he accom plished what very few would have the audacity to try, and naturally felt somewhat elated at the result of his experiment in a new branch of fishing.— Detroit Post.