A fish may be a fish in any well regulated family but Major Senator W.A Foil has one which he believes is more than an ordinary fish. He has, he says, the state champion, all-American, world-beater black bass.
The young whole was hooked in the lake belonging to the Carolina Club near Rockingham, of which club the Major is a member. Its weight is 8 pounds, 11 ounces.
The Senator was downtown this morning exhibiting the creature before a throng of interested citizens. He was becomingly modest over his catch, declaring that it required only a fair amount of skill to land the monster. In addition to this, he stated that the championship which has hitherto belong to Monroe in the matter of bringing in large and little fishes, now comes to Concord. His catch has brought the pennant to the Cabarrus city.
Very few of the thrilling details of the struggle between the Major and the bass could be learned. He was spending the day at the Carolina Club in company with Dr. W.D. Pemberton, E.C. Barnhardt and J.G. Parks.
They had had a very successful morning catching red-fin trout and small bass when the Major ha the tug from his fish. There resulted a struggle par-excellence which finally resulted in victory for Mr. Foil on account of superior skill.
Photographs were taken at the home of the Senator on North Union street in several poses beside his victim which are to be sent to the club for framing. They will be hung in a place of honor at a conspicuous place.
The fish itself is to be sent away for stuffing and at some time in the future it will become one of the chief treasures of the citizens of Concord.
From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, July 25, 1925
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