Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-07-17
AT THAT, IT WAS
NO MINNOW

home on Catfish lake, large numbe
of family relatives and friends spen6
number of pleasant weeks every yea
in making use of a fine bunch of sad
die horses, automobiles and speef
launches. During the intervals Of rest
ing up from one form of diversion t.
try another it has been freQuentl,
suggested that some day be devoted
to going fishing for some of the large
muskies for which Catfish and Gran
berry lakes have long been Noted.
However, other attractions being
numerous, it was postponed from tim
to time, with the result that most O
the fish caught were small ones gen
orally caught by the children fishing
from the bank of the lake.
Last Thursday Ray Tennes vainl-
attempted to get up party to go fist
ing over in Cranberry, but with the ex
ception Of Bill Brown, of Evanston, the
bunch decided in favor of coming t
town with cars and horses. After they
had gone. Eessrs. Tennes and Brown
got into a boat, Brown officiating a
oarsman, while Tennes handled the
tackle. Rowing into Cranberry, they
had II number of strikes that did not
materialize and then suddenly the baif
was taken hold by large fish as thu
commotion in the water plainly prov
ed. With all the skill that he possess
ed, Mr.. Tennes played the fish for
more than half an hour, before it be-
came sufficiently subdued to reel in
to where a couple of shots with a 80
caliber revolver finished the career OF
Mr.. Musky. In the excitement of the
occasion Brown lost his eye glasses
overheard, which made it uncomfor-
table for him to stay out in the sun
SO they proceeded home with the fish
and to find out it's weight. Placed on
| the kitchen scales, it was found to
! weigh 261a pounds, which is pretty
good specimen of musky. In order to
preserve it as an interesting souvinir
of this years vacation. Ray decided to
| have it mounted and accordingly pack
| ed it up to bring to town. When the
rest returned from town toward even
ing, of course the lucky fishermen re-
| lated their success to them. Instead OF
receiving compliments upon their skill
as fishermen, the crowd seemed rather
envious and refused to believe the
story of the weight of the fish until i
was unpacked and reweighed. Not sat
isfied with the second weighing, they
! insisted that it be brought to town anc
weighed at the Knox hardware store
/ and several referees went along to see
/ fair play. Arriving at the store ano
unloading the fish, Mr.. Tennes wa
given more support when before plac
4 ing it on the scales, Charlie Knox Of
! fered to wager $500 that it woulf
weigh more than 25 pounds. Again, tn
weighing took place and again, recor
ed 261a pounds. Then, another pla1
was evolved to discredit the fish b
saying that while it was very goo0
specimen OF course, yet it was hardl'
in a class to be worthy of MOUNTING
| especially when much larger ones
| could easily be caught at any time
Even Mr. Tennes Sr. advised agalus'
| it saying that as far as he was concern
| ed he'd just as soon see mountef
pickerel in the dining room as such g
small musky and that now that he haG
mark to shoot at he would go out any
day and guarantee to bring in rea
muslky. The persuasions and ridicllf
did not swerve the owner of the fist
from his original intention and h
firmly told them SO, adding that as
far as "baby' muskies were concerned
that whenever any one of the others
went out and caught larger one he
would present his to Knox, but until
then he intended to keep his own prop
erty and in any event it was not going
to be used as food for people too in
dolent to catch their own and ended
the argument by taking it down to
Warner Norlander who is now prepar-
ing it for exhibition.
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