Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1905-12-07
To Judge Kendall ct al in the Fish
Story Below Catches 81
Pound Salmon.

jeff Bently and myself, for we always
go together, drove west to the San
joaquin river, ten miles from Modesto,
the wind increased in velocity and
and l would have gladly re-
turned to town, but Bro. Bently had
DO such thought; he's not built that
way, and l realized l was in for it.
BY the time we reached the river, just
at the junction Of the Leialumn with
the San Joaquin, the wind blew reg
ular simeon, a straight steady blow
without moments variation, and al
though i had ON three coats | was
shaking as II had the ague. 1t was
the worst day | have ever experienced
in California. The air was SO full Of
sand and dust we could not see objects
a quarter Of mile away. However
bad the day was for US 1t proved the
salvation Of the fish, for we only caught
twoand had we not had the coed luck
to fall in with a couple Of young men
who had boat and who kindly loaned
bore yitbont o,,r two soIn,nn T,,ase ~ -
are only two ways to catch Salmon;
an. ~ .sa,,,r mas,,.l. % au 80 -
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s,ao .saa $500 49, a. s ~ 49,, - 20 -
49, ..,,s.' 49, .-snos 49, ~ n a., ~ sls !.
49, 49, '.o's0u s ,,a.o s.,oasn sie "a'os =
siiines anu giiseens anu eufns over
rapidly, anu tne salmon tninking u q
nsn rusn ior IL anu ene pig NOOK at
tacneu 70 pne emu OF tne spoon nangs
there ana tnen tne iun pegins, ana
genefaiiy ehos "ltn MI. salmon IN the
'opy pyothsr Rartlv ala tho row;no ana
n was hard work N kaen tho hoat go.
inc whom Il onobt n he and l dld tbs
trolly,ne with : line ahopt N, feet long.
.loiiyins WIN d iine aoousoVieevions'
taat Iono and we,gbed ~ mounds n
toor us hoth IN get n in the boat.
pro pan,lv ho,d,n, the l,na ana /
Dto' Den'iy noiulns .ne 'ne ana !
"ion 'no san iioos eausno Inn ~ sue
neck anu 'anueu nun anu q'H0siy
nun - sne nesu = heep nilu
lroni eitner Jumping ouu VI knocAiue
us in the river. This is the largest
fish ever caught except one and that
was in 1864, when caught one that
weighed about ITO pounds, (my wife
was named Fish,
There were four men on the bank
watching US and waiting to see us
catch one, and when we landed the
big fellow In the boat they sent up
yell that would have done credit td
Gen. Forrist's Confederate soldiers
Then we hooked the next and last
which weighed 10 pounds, and she
pulled harder and fought longer than
the big one. The reason was the hook
caught her In the side OF her mouth
where the skin was tough, and pulling
did not hurt so much. The other was
caught in the throat where 1t was
more tender.
There are TWO KINGS Oh salmon. Inc
Red Salmon and the Dog,or hog noseo
Salmon. The Red run 10 the spring
and the Dog Salmon IN the Iaii. Ine
latter has a head something IKE
dog and anose ike a nogi Win teetf
small, but sharp as a needle, as | car
truthfully testify tc by sore finger
These Salmon light visciousiy anc
they were jumping out of The watel
around us quite frequently. l saw
several jump clear out OF the water
head up, tail down; then turn heat
down and tail up back into the water
The day before we were there twent.
Salmon we're caught out Of that SAM
hole with spoon and line,and two day
later some dozen or two of bumal
hogs went down from Modesto AM
vicinity with wagons ahd a big seln
to another place lower down on th
river and raked them out into shallow
water just 100 Salmon and slaughtere'
them with gigs and spears. A regula
massacre. 49,,
III tnere IL anyen,ns uuuei hoa'e'