Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-04-15
The Potomac Fisheries.

A BACKWARD AND UNPRODUCTIvE SEASON
Inc backward and cold spring has prevented
large run OF snad and herring UP the Potomac
mus far, and the fishermen are Respondent.
T6ose who started down stream with their
trapp1ngs and nets soon In the season eynaot
Ing an early catch, have done little elsa than
eat up their stock OF provisions without ann.
cle Ia IeLurns 20 pay expenses. The continuous
Slu nto,[Ih~esteIiy WINDS which set In during
tue latter days OF March, and lasted for TWalve
Gays almost without cessation, is thought. NJ
those pest informed, to have driven the earIy
1 with oa n nsn PACK; and the sudden luli,
WIN d warm sun for the first days in
one present Week, explains the gut OF shad on
iutsoay and wednesday mornings. On those
any SO ootn shad and herring were brought In by
al inc arrivals OF boats, and on the m1rntnp 0f
me last-named day there was MOI Ipss than
Id,uoo snad In our market, more than have bean
IepO[tea at any one time within the last five
ytdIe- Inc oYerpluS were packed in ice and
shipped to northern markets and the prIee was
hot afected here. All were disposed of at s20
per huhdTed. and there vera not more than
o,eUO shad In this market on Thursday. the
prices ruling at the same figures which thus far
seems TO have been the fixed price and herring
s9asl0 per thousand.
THE GILLIEG BUSINESS
Seems 10 nave been the most successful this
year, as fuIIy nf1e-tentn5 OF the Shad caught
nave been captured by this method The
seines have done but little at any or the shores.
when indicates that the shad have kept them
s ss Ia deep water ln place OF frequentipg
me seine grounds. While the seine haniInSs
las peen falling OH In returns the past feJ1
years the OILERS have been 1ncraasIng thar
eaten yearly, and this season. 1t Is representei
tE'Ie are more gill nets In the Potomac thar,
ever Delofe. They are SO numerous that none
VI thein earn more than living at tho hnsi
ness. the water In the river Is vet almost nc
co.d as Ice water. which has been a great I'M
peu1HtAt 10 Lsh1ng With any kind OF nets.
FISHERMEN'5 LUCK
as gong TO show the variations OF tho dIf
;! !. ient Iisnlng seasons an Old fisherman Stated
10 !. STAR reporter that On tie 18th er March
20 'heTe was an extraordinary eaten of shad
tuI 80 carry 10 the Season-ab0ut !. 400 In num-
9ci-N nlch readily sold for $23 to $50 per hun
9ied; that On the 10th Of March, lSi6 Cam
SpfaLzy. or tie tug ''Gedney" brought uD sI6
oi sOo Snad and 500 gilled rock fish. Theg were
Oitred at $50 for the Shad ard SIS for the CiIaI
TOck. III was with difficulty that the last
named we're sold at the price offered. owing IA
ne abundance OF fine bunch fish in market
Dulcn Hsn are nov quite scarce, rock rancInG |
~ % cents per bunch and perch at So cents ( |
2t;ect iot o. rock fish Which came Up yesterday |
5Cid at SO cents per bunch.
FISH KEPT BACK BY COLD WEATHER
:, mere are no sturgeon in the river. watch I'm.
icaltS cold state OF the water. which also |
prevents an abundance OF many kinds of rhn |
MIGRATORY my tribes usual at this season of
ne year. NO hSniDg By seine has been at
eDpted this year at the shore at the south end
u tne Long Bridge, and probably Will not %,
nIS year. The same may be said OF many OF
ne snofes on both sides or the river its entire
eIEth. |