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Ba*s Attacks Two Men.Cedar Lake special: Jabez Perkins and Joel Harkness had one of the most exciting experiences of their lives while fisn-ing in Cedar Lake last Sunday. The fish were ravenous and seemed numberless. The sport was exciting and the bottom of the boat was soon a floundering, splashing mass. Suddenly Perkins struck what was apparently the king of the tribe and a desperate fight began. After half an hour's work a big five-pounder was hauled to the side of the boat and Harkness reached out with the landing net to capture him. The bass made a last furious struggle, and the men could see the hook was nearly torn loose. Harkness in his haste to get the bass, leaned out too far and capsized the boat. In the mixup the bag of frogs used as bail caught on Perkins’s belt and hung there as the men clung to the keel. All at once Perkins uttered a cry of pain and dashed his hand into the water toward his leg. “They're biting me,” he cried. Then the anglers discovered they were surrounded by a tremendous school of bass, attracted by the frogs that were kicking and Jumping In the bag. The fish seemed to have not the slightest fear of the men, and plunged and darted' around them*
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Indianapolis Patriot Phalanx
Indianapolis, Indiana, US
Thu, Jul 13, 1899
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