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Show BOY MADE $55 BY PICKEREL Tnlrteen-Year-0;d Lad of Worcester. Mass., Is the Champion Fisherman. Worcester, Mass. --Leo Addison Handy, thirteen, of Rutland, is the champion boy fisherman here. From December 10 to March 11 he earned t'j'j fishing for pickerel, besides the fish he caught lor family use. He Is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred L. Handy and spends his spure tiine fishing. He has a line on l.'ic- best places an l knows v. here to g he nicest bait. He caught 2S0 pickerel between the above dates, besides col ciil.ig all the shiner he needed for bait. The first day Ik fished he caught 40 pickerel which lie i-old lor $4.!I0, the largest weighing two and three-quarter pounds. The second day ho caught 26 pickerel weighing 28 pounds, and during December he caught 135 pickerel, pick-erel, besides itlendlng school, not missing a day He was off the Ice In January and February on account ot cold weather, catching but 45 pickerel during those two months. From March 5 to Marcn 11 he caught 100 pickerel and in a j single week he made $ 1 2 r.O firhing. |