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Show Caught Some Whoppers In Cumberland River JAMESTOWN, KY. When John S. Osborne, his wife and his twin brother went fishing near Lock 21 in the Cumberland river recently, they caught 11 fish weighing a total of more than 600 pounds. They were sturgeons, John said, and it is only once in a blue moon that the condition of the river and the spawning period of these fish coincide so that they may be caught in such quantities. The trio used a single large hook on a drag line, and for the line they used a No. 14 electric light wire. It took four men to land one of these fish one on top of the lock to throw the hook and snag the fish, one to hold the fisherman to keep the fish from dragging him ofT, and two down in the water to get the fish Into a boat. |