Dean M. Chriss
Photography
A Fish Tale

A Fish Tale

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A "fish tale" is an boastful and inaccurate story alluding to the tendency of some fishermen to exaggerate the size of their catch. Here it is just a play on words. Given that the wingspan of a mature bald eagle is 5.9 to 7 feet (1.8 to 2.1 meters) the fish caught by this bird is actually quite large. Even so, I later overheard him telling the other eagles that the fish was at least 8 feet long.