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Show j BIGGEST CODFISH ON RECORD. Gloucester Fishermen Recently Landed Land-ed a Monster. It will interest Maine fishermen to Unow that tho grandfather of all cod-nsh, cod-nsh, the biggest ono ever brought into Boston within the memory of tho oldest old-est fisherman, was lately landed at T wharf by tho fishing schooner E. A. Hooper of Gloucester. Tho fish weighed eighty-five pounds after being be-ing dressed, and must have weighed about 100 pounds when captured. It was almost six feet In length. The fish was taken near Halfway Rock, off Marblehead. One of tho dorymen got a terrific yank on ono of his llnps when tho big fellow took hold, and nfter vainly struggling with tho monster mon-ster to get him up from tho depths tho man hailed a mate to como to his aid. Tho two fishermen each took a long pull ami then both pulled to-go to-go aer, and this hove tho cod to ihe surface, and he was successfully gaffed into the dory. Bangor (Mo.) Commercial. |
