Did Herman Melville ever fish in Antioch Park?

Question: Did Herman Melville ever fish in Antioch Park!?

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Leviathan
by TD Euwaite

I eyed the beast,
sunning itself on the top-water!.
A quick check of the chart
revealed no counted carp
in the community pond…

I called out “Whale!”
All standing by,
denied,
until a lass of 3 or 4
saw what I’d been fishing for…

“It’s there!” she screeched
from rosy red cheeks,
A fish to be measured,
not inches,
but feet…

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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:

Bottom fishers they are
vacuum cleaners too
but when they surface!.!.!.
ooh!.!.!. leviathan indeed!

Catching blue gills and then snaring one of these would make for a whale story indeed!. Well said again!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

And what if a much of a witch, decided to fish one day!.!.!.then ate all yer bait, made ya wait, till fish story you invented!.!.!.!.uh, no good!.!.!.that's all for this inning folks!!!!

Good Morning!.!.!.that makes sense!Www@QuestionHome@Com

Did not know there were carp in Antioch Park thought only bass and crappie!. They say carp a trash fish but if you know how to score them they are good, but alas he is gone!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Sounds like a moment of microchaos, to paraphrase one of your own new words ("microchasm"--love it!)!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Always trust the words of a babe - except when cookie jar is mentioned!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

You - and this poem - are strange and wonderful!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

!.!.!.and growing!Www@QuestionHome@Com