Rod and gun . nds hand trembled ashe held the landing net. Still he hug-ged the bottom. Several times whenI thought I could safely raise himfrom the bottom and near the boatthis fellow changed his mind andwent out with a rush another hundredfeet or so. Now he was coming insure. My arm was getting tired withthe struggle and I was pleased theconflict was nearly over. Up he camefrom the bottom this time and in fullview near the boat. The fishermansimply roared. It was a shark twoand a half feet long and I had himwell hooked in the upper fin and notin his mouth at all. The old fisher-man dropped t
Rod and gun . nds hand trembled ashe held the landing net. Still he hug-ged the bottom. Several times whenI thought I could safely raise himfrom the bottom and near the boatthis fellow changed his mind andwent out with a rush another hundredfeet or so. Now he was coming insure. My arm was getting tired withthe struggle and I was pleased theconflict was nearly over. Up he camefrom the bottom this time and in fullview near the boat. The fishermansimply roared. It was a shark twoand a half feet long and I had himwell hooked in the upper fin and notin his mouth at all. The old fisher-man dropped the landing net andtaking a club he had in the boat pre-pared to hit him hard if I could gelhis head out of water a bit. By alittle careful management I did thiswith plenty of slack line in my lefthand to give way as the club hit thefish. It worked all right and afterlifting the senseless fish into the boatthe fisherman cut out my hook andremarked that my light tackle wasall right if a fellow knew how to nT17DC
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