The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-09-03
Salt Water Fishing.
Atlanta Constitution.

out
 Ha-r-r-d a-lee.r from the captain.
 Hard a-lee she is.
 Why birds if we were fishing: Because the sea birds hover above the schools of iish. feeding on the offal and he smaller fish-'ust as certain as fate. beneath the swarm of sulIs and eurle@s that hung like I sDeck of cloud above the water. pIlsins up and down. there were running mil hons oi he fish vt were atler. in .a ie" moments NC had come within few han- cd >ud,.
 t.c; yoar lines out" sha-ied the Cap tain. "We are ncarll or 'cIn.
 instantly four staut ines of fifiE feet .ea.th ncre cast ., q ,he s5o~ oi the boa. ard sp ID ou LII .hcy were tense. There v.,, na.b4it Used simply squids o,< lsory ath hooks II gse lower end. The Lucia ai> tlvlnL now. sure enough. Ihe waves earled from her bow and the spray was tossed over gs. Capt. Pickett was standing efec;. inc tlllar between his legs. and his cNco flxcd on the water ahead.
 l.sh,en the ioresall |, blt.
 :" Lighter she is.
 \ iee hifl, drsf,ed bchind ,he sails others followed. untii thc s.t Was full ef them 1 saN a fash ef se iif the water as he boa, >acp, past. t.seF, man WAS tcnse Wiih c<pce tailon. Even Howell NJ, >I;- tlas as.raddle af a bench by me wien ,uddenly:
 Honey n the spufd .. he -hsieked. md began pa!hns hand over hand like mad
 T Wi,h yoa. cri,~l Jackson
 .t.ood l.oid remarked Gordon ard he began ta pull.
 \, for jne. fel, .- | | m:.Ie had So. hl, t,o. ,anglcd In my lIuc. and had got la klekiuE yelled something or other. .nd pal!ed. l'r .tu in>tan; i s..~ a tNe- foo. nlac kercl winding toward ne laAc u feTo.s .ns uhcci Ia kseH =il,ts lev past h. Aaa, Ike lash of ast,nsas. iiee +, af-oc li-haaH even .a l. .he boat. .dtcny hanged hfS lu5na ii empea .ss.r ;lit ft.,ti,9.- In iess than .ess ,es- end, see h+a;,at the fish hoNcd The
 .a .'..es, them aii. and tossed ,ae
 .s over fh, 5,a. lie.arc thir'A icet had -fHa out exe.z hook @as eaesht ....lH. ana these=nt9 ;5c stin eN jtemeut as e 4nl< sao tE9h 3clt. lnced. however st..t Ih-v esi; ..ss .,.:.. tad ,ae thHd tme We had them.
 aazd .-icc Hat. gentlemen.
 The sal, swung axcr oar hc,ds. The bl4t s.n+l11d. tuned. ;eiisej herself mo mcnt and ,hcn plum sed :o~ .fti enc nool ail,, more. t, .I ;l,., .,H.,.F following | enNcS n t1,ry!.s iRteh, away vyvc=yvc-r=f;,tr- .-..t.:.. .iise. tHt san. AIla eAflseznent tal- ts..,c.i II wAs t.g,;cl than < ao-se raee. \, L.. ..e ,hc lsne, ,,cfc IT tsre water lhe i9.., setci ea9 in at .hcln. he speed ui li4c 6aat. the height af 'he H.iVe>. i.4.= iea th 4t ne Anes. ana ihe 5tneaess ei ;te 5sh madc ever, pull ; struggle tail oi mn .ud une etttiutH. sadly ..ll ef c@ hal | maekerel eu :, ihc -l .e tme. .,na i ,,.t< a quest, n as ta which ~eald land =ifsfr= Ae=taeked once aFe.-..nd made one more rush. Then the school Nts ias,. and We ,tealicd ourselves t9r fcpair,. Ne had ..h;cen ma kctci, were e-r'eetly tfenehed with spray. our hands were Eel Vlih the iuss..in.s. and. pantin. ti,d excited. each man e.ce lareG that no .cn mnute> o: ,por, waS.cAer before filled Ae.,h ,o mueh 1es; aEd cn5oymcn,
 The morning Was iiiici with J':st such da,hcS. As >nnn IS Vt had scattered one srhoel of ma ckerel NC would ,!sht aa- other swarm o, birt, md make ioI them. Nhcrtvtt the .,hmmcr ot WinS> show cd. tir;rc ihc lseci1 iourd her wey. And ii tiinner we found NC had iIc is inc li>l .,, c>er :cll Ia mortal hands.
 lust a~ we had iln.>hcd dinner Cap;. r., kcjt discovered. oti d point toward inc ith,h"use. an enormous swarm ef b5rtis. and predicted tha, they were heNern.9 .tootc :. hool oi biactish, The I.uo-i M, headed toward them. and went wing- t-,,las before he wlad. I, Was ] euriot.- sight -> We ncafcd the point. There mus; have been a million sulls. They dlfped .nto the water constantly. coming SD loaded with h1;> of n>h. The hlactish move in ,rCa, numbers. and et.; and sash everything TIT ihe,r n-.ty. Ni,h one ~aar ei the iaN, lheN bi>eoi t tlsh. .ad ike the t.tatc> that they are. >egt;lc ,tnd muyder tor the lcN fun oi t. The hud> hoA erins thesc pick Up the lca>.nss o: these wan ton torIScrS.
 You have i;naw. sad Capt. kci,. lS our lines wen, spinning over the how. With these word, we dashed into the shick ot l. and fast and fafleu> fun T was.
 :" Pull them o8t quick ar ,hel Y pull You tIa. >tbfGiCh i-A sttl iAtMNAt. sAt.tt taS NstS about right.
 The fish flew a, the sqaids iicrcely and when hung pulled even stronger than naekcrel X the lines were looscd ard thrown over. ish would >clze them be- fore ;hcN were drawn ;aut. and star, o:f Fer ,he Bermudas And I, took muscle ;o stop them. in that toll.ng sea. from ihe f'y,ug boat. f"r ten minutes the >hou;s and struggles were continuous. and then the bottom e; the boa: was covered with ri,h. and four >:rAired and yrcd wen were e'n,cu; io pari company with the school Is t .twhcclcd to windward, Finding them ncaf tte shore. however gte Cspiala saI,i hc would hsh' them a while on shore sacks. ilewhlrlcd iN,Q. them and VIC wen, to-Work Then followed the mos; c>eit- lng par, of the days work. The waves were Ncy high. and VIC Mere n close quarters. hu, the baat flew in and ct, Ike enc possessed rh- ap,ain. qai,c as cx- cited as We were. threw her about as ii she were part ot hiU. X, every turn la. .f .h ,i..e,, f....s ,,.i