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Show BIG FISH CAUGHT 1 IN SNAKE RIVER Ij B.ULEY' I,la ' Jul' 19 When Al- Hf l' pert Ploeger and his son, Joe Ploeger sbbbV" ' landed the record catch of the season Hf la-st week, they disclosed the approved saaaK'-' ; m methods of landing big ones from the WKt mvsterlous depths of the Snake river Mm The men Ian. led g 1' ;, t -poll nd stur- Pi geon which measured eight feet four fl inches in length. aaaaK , r mm, i germa n. where the water Is nearly BBS ' f' ' 1 deep. Ull-ee-eUhK j, WA. tl rope Was stretched across the river mmm ' - ly fastened to ono" A bank, the other end being firmly af- mW I ' to I large roek Twelve hooks S baited with eel were strung from the , h" turgi i i the bait and Mmi in doing ho dr.arKe,l the rock Into the k, BBBBBsSktBBBBf water. In his struggle to disengage l the hook, he dragged the rot I ml ind forth through the wat r Wh. n f completely tired out. and Iving on the l J pparcntly nr. i. ss, the rishi - I I Went out In a boat wit h a gaff mm hOOk and landed the monster ftj The sturgeon waa dlspl .s.-,i n the I show window of n local meat market J mm If' n the following day he was cut into I mm'f'f i Steaks and given away. K m. '' It is said sturgeons weighing 700 1 pounds have been captured In the I sPiV Snake river I'l |