The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-05-13
Chum ming for I}luefIsh.

VI tell YOU" said Andrew Summ;s q
Long Island fisherman, "it's no fun tIshin"
In the bay or outside in the winter ~
course we fish all winter for cod. Abont
inc first of November they begin to r,n
ana we regularl" fish for them until Nav
Whcn the Goa come the fishermen 90 down
10 W1glnl@t, over the beach, and build
nuts. Then whenever the weather il at aII
favorable uicy &c outside. There arc os
i,,' many as thirty boats out ut once sometimes
ihcy fish as the old smackcrs used 70 fish
WIN hooksevefy six feet on the line lc,,
Cihg the hsh hook themselves The smarl.-
cls are thosc that go out in large smacks
ana stay d3ys, and sometimes weeks. Tbry
put their catch into wolls, as they call them,
az, ana take tacm to Fulton market alive
!, 1 nero ls mhch rivalry between them md
me ya"l f1Seers, The latter do not keen
', rnelr ilsil ave, and so when they take
ahelt 10 m.qKel It is necessary to sell the
~, ueau i'sn hF'. This hurts the business of
m s.le sl,lackogs' ana last winter they tried to
set IA" passed. that no dead cod fish
sllou,d DO S9!d III Fulton market, but thew
':on oon;' geslt through. tell you, yawl |
non'hs ~ hsFo work. Sometimes wo can't |
60 out IL is perhaps so cold that your lines
freeze freeze the .mlnutc they leave the water
They have to be handled bare -bondoL omi
so frozen fingers follow | freeze nv in'
gers regularly every winter"
By this time the fishing prounda ah ,,t q
m, mile north, ,Sf the Surf hotel, were renched
There were already several boats ot anchor
ana Sammis's sloop was soon added tn tho
number. fhe fishing was to be done w NV
,,chunmlng, y, a method entirely new to
Inc writer. lie watched the f1shnrmon
.hd saw hoy it was done. First. Snmmis
'harpencd q rusty hatchct and n rustv
'utcher Knife on piece of a brick. Whcth,
II all ''chulnmers' use brick or not ia not
>ho"n Sammis did. Withthe knife he sliced n
'.ece on of'onc OF the bunkcrs, and c,,t this {
'lcce lnto small chunks. This was for the |
'ooks, and the hooks were baitcd. Then
rawliig rude chopping board from ,hc I
oiu' nc placed 1t by the boats side and s
,acihg bunker therein, he proceeded to a
mop ana manglc it until it was fine. 1t d,d d
VI make pleasant looking mess This
,as cnun. handful was thrown over
oa,d o1ten, ana the tide carried 1t Off. Tho
91hs = n were thrown in, and they, too, float
4 back with the chum. ''"' is
Inc main thing" Sammis said, hold 81
'g his line with one hand and cutting p
c.,'in with the other, sis to keen tho u
ail OF chum unbrokcn. The fish are soon 81
tNctcd and follow it and feed on il s
mere you've got bite; pull him along II
ont give him any slack; that's right. OF
WIN immense pride the writer yankcd in
8 iish, which was very gamy and made W
t'le l'ght possible, now jumping clean ont a
inc water, then coming head first for the pc
AT The hook was baitcd and again hi
fS%h !S %fls9Sqbbap sSqba pSfaeRMjs b 3
'mmis, with cutting bait and pulling out W. !"
H. had his bands full. In less than al i'' ,.'
,ur twenty light handsome fish were " "
ruggling iii the boat. Suddenly they stop a A
ii biting. a.;
'Tt's slack water" Sammis said ''Thcy n n1
ont bite for all hour, or two, until tho -, "
IL sets out pretty strong. they're nice ", ",
III, amt they2 But they are perfect gor- ., %,
andizcrs. They'll eat just as long as there o.
anything to eat. Eve seen lot of blue ~ ~
'h get into school of bunkcrs, and the -
atcr all around would be red with blood. ~ =,
bluetlsh would catch bunker aad shake " "
i'm all to pieces, as dog shakes rats, and :" :"
icy would bite and snap into the school '" :"
,parcnt!y out of pure deviltry. But we're ~ ~
Ding to have more nasty weather; the rain :" :"
mt over yet. If you say SO we'll run back. ~ ~
ity it's so stormy. Come down some - -
leasant day and I'll give you all the sport +, !,
on want" y,