Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-12-27

"Cpd fishing IL invariably done with
drop lines, The smaekmen ule what
are termed 'scrl line, They are from
1000 to N, 900 feet IN length aud hold
about 5000 hooks, The line is sunk bS
leaden balls aud wound IN q cifcle about
three feet from the bottom, Tie
hooks are bailed with sea clans %
"skimmers," The scroll ID lelI on tia
bottom for twelve hours aud then II
retrieved, when II IL very often dis
covered that every hook has lta Nhh,
This IL the way In which lhe great
hauls that are brought Into Fulton
market every week arc made,
"fhe beat lsldpg ggounds aro on
SeabrIght, NJ u p0iyt c1llcd Rocky
Aill , IN dedneya channel, tive miles
east II Sandy hook point the Cholera
hanks OF RlIe island, anl the EoRr
Jones and New inletH, We cast anchor
N water angiag from . . to Is
ialhoms 10 depth, aud Il isa very bad
day II we cannot, together with mClh
Of cod, bring up q number Of hlachllil
and sea,basa, Tie best tide TO lluh III Is
either tho young obb pr food, as the
GOD swim in schools and only cot Into
motion with the turning lido The Vciy
best reason Of the year 10 Itch the cod
II the present one, From November
10 TO the middle OF December the fish
keep IN deep water aud can be reached
by q steamer In January the cod hug
the thore, and dig tor the Skinner
clans. OF which they ar0 very fond. and
which IN 10y far the most desirable bait
Tor the fisherman to ne,
Talk about ostrichca ald camcls aud
goats eating rocks AID lin cans Why,
| have caught Goldfish which, upon being
opened, have presented variety ol
dishes that would oyerwhclm the
stomach Oi the best organized goat.
once caught q fish weighing twenty
rounds, and found in his stonlach large
licccs OF coal, fish bones, q carving
knife, some glass and several spider
anil sea crabs. Ca'ohing col IL not
fishing; II IL slaughter, The ii'h close
their eyes aud 10 straight tor the bait,
and swallow II without winking. Then
they show no fight, They simply tnrn
on their backs, aud are pulled unreSiNt
ingly on board. Tho largest haul 70
member to havo ever made was \ few
years ago. II was fearful day, with q
storm OF rain, sleet and snow. l PM
ont, however, after considerable persua
sion from the ladies on boarl. and m
chored in the track OF northeast gale
on Hog inlet. had about forty'eigh'
persons on board, and before we had
been fishing an hour each person ha
caught thirty.oight fish, tho days hau
reaching total OF 100 cod. The mex
day made another trip with 25O per
sons, and made q haul OF only 300 fish
In this way does fslierman's luck run
Together with cod We catch the
sculpin.6sh, q greenish yellow thing
which is greatly relished by the French
shakes, some Of which weigh 14C
pounds; pollock, and numbers OF hake
kaddock and blacsGsh, They aro al
lair eating and sell for good prices. The
tackle q person needs for cod tishin.
is very simple. A cotton line, OF NJ
eighth of on inch diameter, two "6 Ol
,rNo. l Virginia hooks, and a pount
of lead ut the end Of all, Tie whole
rig costs only twenty-five cents, and $,
worth of fish can easily he caught will
it. We have very often seen whales
when out fishing, and fours years age
wo sighted such big fellow lying of
Fire island that l was compel ed tt
ring the engineer to back the steameI
to avoid running into the monster an'
getting wrecked"