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'The Founding Fish'

By James A. Swan, Ph.D.
Author of "In Defense of Hunting"

Friday, August 19, 2005

While fishing the Kenai River in Alaska for those humongous king salmon, a man in a nearby boat hooked a big chrome-sided lunker that must have gone 60 pounds. Excited, he stood up to play it. As the fish finally approached the boat it suddenly raced off on a run, pulling the unsuspecting angler so terribly off-balance that he fell headfirst into the icy water. The water was deep and the current fast. Nonetheless, the angler surfaced holding his rod. His guide quickly maneuvered the boat alongs ...

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