New-York tribune., 1873-07-26
,bcv have Mt by mistake lit their lamp before sun
5a,,, Perbaps Won wait an hour or two and repeat
- ,oursolf some of Alexander Smiths poetry.
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! But above all other thlhBs' lho pu' -
TO yourself and fate is, Shall eaten Isn Vi Vle 40
rowl And II is best that you leave thit quVo,i ~.
! the drean-god at an early hour, ana hoI u'i' -
dom. over cribbaee or casino. cool olean pou %
oyoiiin, vou whore n pleasant breeze VIII play o'oi
vour face and fan you to slumber. hcSo ioo.'i'
oro devoted to sleep and rest" says inc cav
the bedstead You may find the blanket op''iV mIrs
| ohIo If Won are n fisherman you will be caleu nc
fore daylight; if not, you may sleep on-ou' 'u''S-
hunk is no place for your lazy bones
CAPTURING THE STRIPED BASS.
! There = \ system of bookkeeping at Cuityhunk
which the stockholders of Brooklyn institutions
,nicbt studv TO advantage. 1t is the record of
striped bass and whatever happens to the fish the
| accounts are never cooked. Nothing but striped
bass is Of any account; but of these the weight date
Of CAPTURE name Of captor and, not least IN import
ance the stand at which they were taken, ever since
the organization of the Cuttyhunll Club have been
made matters Of recorded history. The heaviest
fish of this record was captured in July, last year.
it weighed 60 pounds, aud the gentleman who
caught il was fortunate enough to add another ish
Of 40 pounds the same day. OF the other blg hsh
recorded taere are ono Of 81 pounds and one OF 30
Two or three exceeding 40 pounds, and perhaps ha1
dozen exceeding 80, are caught every year.
2O-pounder is not sufficiently rare to occasion any
sensation Tn 1870 the total weight Of bass caught
exceeded 400 pounds; in 1871 II nearly appf0ached
1000; last years catch was only 400, Inc laIHe2J
fish exceed four feet in length. Inc liheS Mitn i
which these captures are effected are not thicker
than wrapping twinc. And herein Is required inc
anglers art. ,.-i,.t:,,, ~
| bass fishing which shall seem 10 toou ISilJiiucI
EEp tie Cuttvhunkers to do it justice, shan Ne6
attempt il fr the sake of the many lCldei - WHMA
| IL will present points Of novelty. 10 peElh MI1n'
! tbc fisherman il always accompanied by 90 ciuni-
| mer" whom he hires. Whence came the race %
chummers either as to name OF ollgll ~ s
| know not except that should regard Jngh4 as g9oi
evidence Of the development tueo1S; nc b hefN =
| being chummcr may have created the bree5.
have heard that tho name come. IIpIi % >go.lhHJI iI
/ There is nj al events a TOOt-word, chum, WHICH
has ON cyilent bearing "a used at CuttyhunE, upon
the subject IL does not there recall 10 y0uI memory
the dorinitory of your alma mater; ana me SnoLlHs
! az yolr roommate. The "chum u " y liuh- Is
of the fish, fshy 1T signifies all OF tho DalV eAcePo
what goes on the hook. The chummer culs up ,lo
| bait. .menba1cn or lobstcr-and thus manufactures
! tEe cbum only one slice from the nenhaden Delhg
! suitable for the hook, and only one Plt'e out
OF the lobster. The chumiuers pHnelpal uhly - 10
execute the regular, actlNe, H"Hs,.-tJ r~iD, 80 -,
/ chuuU This performance consists IN throwing 0ut
ouautitics of Chum from The stand TO the particular
snot i'm he water where the fisherman VIII east ms
Iino and resi- his IUck Ii will be perceived that the
,,,r1rpcr rnust go with the fisherman on the stand
And il may be remarked III PaIehth,Si, tu41 IL lS
very lucky that suCI is the custom thinA tnc IA-
! citfmept of his first bass with rising sea ana
bOisterous wind might be too much Tor new lheli-
ber seated on tie END ol a wet p'ilh o. = L1T iulr @
! ing Hc might become mere Cauh H. ~ ~ y
sI;b+ Ii..p II one OF the duties OF The chunner
! to bring back tho fisherman alive In most m
stances he performs bis duty. lie carries basket
! wifh bait, a knife y "ohum-tTower1 winch
! may DO described as shOFd WIN
all the edges turned M, and a. gan,
| which is an iron hook with a handle about
! three feet long The fisherman SITS down at the
! end of the platform and swings back Ls hook Tor
! the chummer TO bait. From FIRST % la5t the IsheI-
man need never touch bis own hook. 10 east J. on
the waters is not quite rs simple as though IL were
| bread An expert fisherman can east ms nook, IL
needed 200 feet ia irUnt o HIM. Bat tho novice can
| ee4vca1v IN, inches He lue SI1ltS
! the reel 10 unWlndiug with greater 6pccl than tA9
! line itself goes out hence tie reel oYeIruns ana
winds up the surplus backward, making mere
suarl in the hands OF the beginner An experienced
fisherman applies his thumb, guarded by thumD-
stall, brake to the reel and by practice learns
so to regulate the pressure that the reel delivers 10
thc fun extent of tha throw without oyeTunung.
have sat for hours beside fisherman whose throws
seemed as easy the snap of muiedriF Fers whip,
! auI whose reel never JNCildi a hiHsie Jdii.
REELISG ~ A TwENTY-POUSDER.
Over the fahlrman's head the Chummor throws
the chum, and an occasional rain OF mcnhaden oil
may be added TO the luxurcs Of the OCCASION Let
us suppose bass strikes the hook The pole
suringy bamboo, half doubles with the pull. The
fsherman's thumb is pressed down brakes on the
reel kpepinQ tension that the line Is always sti,
as tIe fish runs out 10 sea stiff lip also must be
kent on the bass; if yOu slaCkCn hc j. gone. The
1noroeu4 he Yields the fisherman begins to reel him
| iu Sometimes he comes iu SlJwly-Ohl so slowly
swimming near the surface unt he catches slght oi
shore and then suddenly he turns tail upon you and
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under distant rock. and yOu must let HIM lie there,
since then 90 keep the line tIut IS TO have it chated
! to pieces on the rock. Sometimes great ish goes
straight out sea, takes all your line and breaks it
at the last. Unless you are ia boat, when you can
pull anchor and follow him. you cannot save such a
| fish. Fortunately for the reputation Of Cuttyhunk
! stands, such instances are rare.
| " Chum ont Chum out " meanwhile the fisher
man cries TO his chummer For IL is while bass are
around that more of them arc 10 be had aud they
must be attracted The grease Of the menhaden
floating the surface rapidly spreads 70 great dis
| tances. This spread OF OIL is called - shch;" 1t
lool somewhat like the wake of a vessel, and II
stretches out 70 seals believed attract bass toward
| it's source. " You must bring the fish 10 You: yOu
will never sncceed IN going to them,D Is the philos
ophy Of of the most succe5siui fishermen on the
island Am ! leaving that bass at the end of
! the line too long in the water 70 may be a
half hours job to rec in big fish. But when he is
| brought alongside the stand swimming the
surface of the water, he is rapidly approaching his
| end. The chummeT-wben you say the word and
he awaits i-suddeny passes his gait under the fish
and lifts him upon it out of the water. Tho red
! blood spurts out where the gaf enters: but the
! only question the fisherman asks Is, " How many
pounds, do you think I" and his only anxiety is to
have his hook cleared and baited quickly that lac
! may cast again.
FEW FIsHERMEN
| There is an indesCribabc excitement about bass
fishing; and l cannot give any an idea of it
! who has never held bass pole, have taken par
tial list of the fishermen Of Cuttyhunk Not all or
half of the club membership is included in this list
it was simply gwen to me as Of those who are
great on bass" First, the officers Of the Club
! Henry Z. McGOwn, President; Elijah A. IIough.on |
! Secretary; John b. Colts, Treasurer; John Lynes,
James J.. Harway, Wm. k. RenTlck, Dau'l BeIren,
! Clas. II. Close and VIM. ~ Woodruff, Executive |
/ Committees; and then Che following members:
| Gilbert NJ Pldtt, Benz. J.. Swan, jr,
| Geo. A. OsgOOd, StanhOpe Calender
! j. Hobart Hcrrick. Thomas Rntter,
Henry ID. POhemus, George LOrIllard,
| Wm. Spence, j. Augustus Hewlett,
Peter LOrlard, Ed. NJ. Townsend,
| ID. >. Hines Ell :. Chaplin,
| Samuel J.. Post jr, DG Orrn Goodrich
| Dan'l Stanbury, Girdrd b. Scranton.
Jamcl kenWick,
Any one of the foregoing gentlemen-they are all |
prominent New-1 1Orkers-can tell you exactly how |