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CATCHING A MONSTROUS CROAKER San Diego anglers who have hopes of landing the biggest croaker of the season will have to go some to equal the record established at Encinitis recently by George E. Fisher, cigar-maker, 2084 Broadway. Fisher, fishing in the surf, landed a croaker which weighed dressed 11V- pounds. Tills is believed to be the largest croaker ever caught in local waters. The dressed fish was weighed by A. W. Brand, fishing expert at Mission Beach bridge, who vouches for. the monster croaker tipping the beam at 11 pounds S ounces. Brand believes the fish would have weighed between 13 and 14 pounds lief ore it was dressvd. He declares that he has fished in these waters for years and that this is the largest croaker he ever saw. The big fish put up a game fight.
