SOME FISH AND SOME FISHING 



17.16 pounds. Three thousand seven hun- 

 dred and six of them tipped the scales at 

 over 25 pounds each. 



The record British salmon was supposed 

 to be the 84 pound fish taken from the Tay, 

 but a few years ago the Scottish Fisheries 

 Board expert reported that "an illicitly 

 caught salmon had been taken in the Forth 

 that weighed 103 pounds." He explained 

 that "the matter was kept secret because the 

 possession of the fish was fraught with a 

 certain amount of danger to the captors." 



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