The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-12
otals 1922 7s5 III.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS
GIANT "MUSKIE" TAKEN
Party of Fosston Men Capture a
Abound Monster in DUFF
Lake.

The fame Of Fosston ais fishing resort
wilr hcnceforth go abroad in the land, and
the many lakes and streams Whereabouts
will undoubtedly be besieged by anglers
during the balance Of the summer, If the
events in the fishing line there during
maskalonge, weighing forty two pounds,
was captured in Duff lake, about two miles
west Of Fosston, and the event was
marked by an exciting struggle that is
the talk of the town.
A party of fishermen, including Mayor
]. e. Campbell, j. s. Leary, superintend-
ent of the electric light works.; Repre-
sentative B. S. Bennett and A. Kaiser,
vice president of the Bank of Fosston,
went out to the lake on Thursday of last
week, and were the ones who caught the
mascalonge. About ten years ago this
lake was noted for the elegant strings
of fish that were caught there, but it has
been supposed of late years that the sup
ply Of finny ones had been exfausted-but
not SO. During the past four years, UNI
beknown to his fellow anglers here, B.
S. Bennett, representative from that dis.
trict, and an undisputed authority on mat
tiers pscatorial, has secured a quantity
of small fry from the state hatchery in
/ st. Paul and has been secretly stocking
Duff and another small lake adjoining, and
his laudable work has borne fruit such as
he little dreamed of.
| After considerable persuasion on his
part Mr. Bennett succeeded in getting
the party above to go out to Lake Duff
4 for q fishing trip, altho they firmly be-
I1ieved that there was not a fish Of any
description in the lake. A rowboat was
1 taken along, and several kinds of fishing
tackle and refreshments. A half hour Of
fishing resulted In catching a. good sized
quantity of small pickerel, when there was
an event not on the program, which fur
i,,ic MT or l111v hour.
4 Bennett had been trolling, and was just
4 telling the boys how the last three days
1 of the session of the legislature were
4 spent when there was a, frightful tug at
the line, which nearly pulled the genial
lawrnaker into the lake. Give us a lift!'
z yelled Campbell. as he grabbed the line
! and all in the boat took hold and pulled
with all their might. Suddenly something
} smaller than a whale went into the al,
alongside the boat, with a swish that threw
water over the entire party and again al
most capsized the boat.
} the boys decided to allow the monster
:. on the other end to have all he wanted
; while they started for the shore, abou
, twenty five feet distant. When the boa.
3 was ashore, Leary jumped to the banl
1 and, grabbing tree, gave the line q, hal
/. hitch around the limb and secured 1t fast
r All hands took hold again and tightene'
the line, whereat there was a struggle TO
supremacy that finally ended in bringing
the fish near enough to the shore so tina
it was dispatched by shot from re
I volver in the hands of Kaiser.
: investigation showed that the catch wa
t a giant mascalonge, and that the fish ha
d swallowed the bait and hook, which wer
g deeply imbedded In it's stomach. The par
. lty took their catch to FosstOn, where
/. was weighed, tipping the scales at ex
= tactly forty-two pounds. The head Of tn
o monster has been preserved and Is no.
& lin the possession of Mr.. Leary. who ex
:, hibits it as souvenir of one OF the mos
q lexciting times of his career.