Subject: Re: Birds (and BIG fish) at Des Moines WA marina
Date: Apr 2 10:33:51 1996
From: Maureen Ellis - me2 at u.washington.edu


Irene, I had forgotten that it was April Fool's Day. The ling cod was
real and weighed about 20 lbs!, a very impressive creature. It was
probably quite old. I'm just happy that the fisherman who caught it knew
what he had, and minimized injury to it. There were a lot of oh's and
ah's from those of us lucky enough to be there to see it. But, your orca
story is truly funny. Thanks for the good laugh! me2 at u.washington.edu

On Tue, 2 Apr 1996, Irene Wanner wrote:

> M:
> Your Fish Story reminded me of a funny April Fool's prank I heard about on
> NPR: someone back east reported killer whales at a ferry terminal. The
> cops went to check it out and found someone'd attached a whole bunch of
> dorsal fins (to ropes to the bottom) in the area. Har.
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