Fish were so numerous that...

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From "Underwater Discovery" from the North Jersey Herald News, a story about finding underwater Native American weirs in the Passaic River:

A downstream dam and years of pollution from dye and textile factories have reduced the number of fish, but the Passaic once teemed with eels, alewife, shad and bass.

Lutins said early European settlers left accounts of fish so numerous they would scare passing horses and could be caught simply by dragging a bucket through the water.

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