human
I suppose there is fishing here in the season?
gpt
Could you take us where we would be likely to get any muskallonge?
human
Likely? asked the man.
gpt
What do you suppose I am here for?
human
I beg your pardon. I'm a stranger here. I'd like to try my hand at a muskallonge. About how do they run here as to size?
gpt
Well, said the fisherman, relenting a little,
human
Is it too late?
gpt
Well, they are scarcer than they were, unless you know where to go. I call forty pounds light for a muskallonge; fifty to seventy is about my figure. If you ain't used to this kind of fishing, and go with me, you'd better tie yourself in the boat. They are a powerful fish. You see that little island yonder? A muskallonge dragged me in this boat four times round that island one day, and just as I thought I was tiring him out he jumped clean over the island, and I had to cut the line.