Show Sharks Other Salt Water Fish Abound in Nicaraguan Lake Lake Nicaragua in the Central American country of the same name is the only place where sharks are found in fresh water so far as science science science ence knows Sawfish tarpon and other big water salt-water species also live in this oval mile long lake feet above the level of the nearby P Pacific Geologists believe it was a abay abay abay bay of the Pacific until an earthquake earthquake earthquake earth earth- quake heaved up land to lock out the sea Streams and springs in this region of very heavy rainfall gradually gradually gradually ally turned the lake water fresh I Luis Marden National Geographic Magazine 1 staff writer caught three specimens of the shark for the U. U S S. S National museum by the time-tested time method of the region First he took tooka a silvery pound five-pound machaca on a fly rod Then fishing in hi 11 feet of water from an anchored canoe within sight of the San Carlos docks he baited a heavy chain shark hook with a large chunk of the machaca and cast his stout fishing line into the water Within five minutes the fisherman from the north had a strike In a afew afew afew few more minutes he had subdued a pound sh shark rk too large f for r the al alcohol alcohol alcohol al- al cohol drum in which the specimens were to tobe be shipped to the museum But strikes came e easily every five to ten minutes Three sharks were caught for the museum weighing 98 76 and 48 pounds They a are e the first complete specimens of Nicaragua's Nicaragua's Nicaragua's Nica Nica- water fresh-water sharks in any scientific institution |