St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-03
TRUE FISH STORY.
Am Extraordinary Event ON Lake
SyinMisquanl.

W AHNESN ud LEA.
An extraordinary event took place on
Lake WinnisQuam, near this village, which
eclipses anything in the piscatorial line
ever heard of in this section. A party of
gentleman went across the bay and landed
upon the Sanbornton shore. Five of the
party subsequently took small boat and
took a position short distance from shore
to catch perch. There was but one trout
gear among the party, which William j.
BruSel utilized. and in about half an hour
landed an II 19-pound trout.
At this another of the party, William
BerfOrd remarked: I'm going to catch
one that will lay you all out" and pro-
ceeded to hunt up tackle. There hap
pened to be a large ball of Irvine in the
boat, near the size of a pipe stem. Belford
got hold of this, and also an old rusty cod
hook. These he bent together and, attach
ing cold chisel for sinker, put on good
sized bullfrog for bait and cast off. The
eccentric paraphernalia went to the
bottom. as matter of course, very sud-
denly, where it lay for about five minutes,
when there was a bite. Business on the boat
began to be lively soon after, and intense
excitemen prevailed. The huge trout flor
such it proved to be- was boarded in about
twenty minutes not before all hands, how
ever. rendered assistance in taking him in.
The trout in coming to the surface broke
water some twenty feet from the boat,
where he sllived about in all directions
with great energy. Getting nearer the
boat. one of the party, Jonas Mcclure,
dealt powerful blow with piece of board
which cut cash two inches deep in the
trout's back which sort OF nunlbed him,
when John Gordon inserted his fingers in
to the gills, and hoisted him into the boat.
Bedford was as pale as a ghost at the con-
clusion of the operation, and, although a
powerful man. came near fainting away
under the excitement. The singular part
of the affair seems to lie in the fact that
such a hasty and uncouth rig should cap
ture the prize trout ever landed from the
waters of any lake in this section. includ
ing Winnipisseogee. The weight was
twenty-eight and half pounds, the head
alone weighing four and quarter pounds,
and the extreme length being forty inches.
New Hampshire Mirror.
'sTo illustrate fisherman's luck" said
Skilings, Il will tell you an incident that
happened while our party was fishing for
those big salmon at Metapediac, in New
Brunswick, not long ago. One of our
party was a greenhorn, who had never
caught salmon in his life. We sent him
up on a beach, and told him to cast his fly
in the pool there while we went out in our
canoes. At supper time he had not re-
turned. and we were much worried about
him. We had decided to start after him
when he marched into camp with a AZ
pound salmon hung on stick over his
shoulder, the fish's tail dragging on the
floor 1t was the biggest salmon l ever
saw.
g How did you get him?' we demanded
excitedly He said he was casting from
the beach, when he thought his line be-
came tangled in snag. Soon this 'snag'
leaped out of the water. 1t was a 42-pound
salmon. L raced him up and down the
beach half mile for six hours he said.
g We'll. but how in the world did you
land him?' we asked excitedly. He had
no gaff and no one to help him. Well
said ne. L noticed along toward night that
the fish acted tired | drew him as near
the shore as could, made my line fast to
a sappling. waded into the water, took the
fish in nv arms. and tossed him upon the
bank The most novel way of catching a
salmon [ ever heard Of course II the big
fish had not been about dead he could not
have landed him in this way.
But the curious part of this story is yet
to come One of our party had struck
big fish in the pool day or two previous.
Examining the sallnon's mouth. he found
his fly and broken hook in it. Science had
lost the big fish and luck had taken him. +"
Lewiston journal.