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Show Big Sturgeon on Trot Line. A 400-pound flBh was caught in the Bacramento river by Eugene Barion, the "musical fisherman." Barion is called the "musical fisherman" because be-cause his 280-foot trot line stretched across the Sacramento at Middle i - - creek Is equipped with a chime of twelve Swiss bells one for each 11ns dangling from the main line with poon attached. Barton's catch was a sturgeon, a big fish that measured seven feet without with-out the head. When the sturgeon Crabbed the hook every one of the twelve bells rang a clatter that awakened awak-ened him from his afternoon nap in his cabin ashore. The "musical fisherman" was unable una-ble to land his big catch alone. He had to call in the asisstance of two neighbors. Barion's catch netted him - $63 Redding (Cal.) Dispatch to San Francisco Call. |