The Evening critic., 1884-02-11
FISH AND FISHERMEN.

Il FISH AND FlShshmhN'
xt1.as n. Said of the Proanect This
AE rs.,. va,,, 'r,,n Na,y
Ac*ro"-A Er"y w"
fItng Bill, ana IT'S bnect.
an Noon will the nshermen 20 down tho
rivei krin their aprIug fshIngY" inanired
Tur "a OF one who for tho past thirty.
1ye " Ans pureued the flnAy tribe on tho
1a,erdJ II I potonnac
=, ~ a-,-a,,,,. ~ .a.,,,..,. ,,,.ot.
eNpovh he Iopieui Piou,
ably abo 1t OF March. There are some
down they bow, but they are not sending
up anythifi krock fish aud yellow perch"
"What aft2 #prospeote Tor this seas0nr
the weathef 8thero's a saying with ne that
q hard winteTSIysSes good nshing, and we've
had a tOlerably.H$rd winter, 30 1 suppose we
A GooI s,rou Of Fish ~
uy,a,,a ,,a roaaon ,or tho aav,r,,. In.
mas ,nv Ioason s,.r Iut 'n9 yySys,.ss vonr
CURED tho curious reporter "hatS your
There is one tningi certain, tnat w, Win nan m
pon Sp, ~, shy ar 20 Sro1a,, ,hcv stav TO-
pu, WHEN ,ne rNer 70 ,''s ,roaou ~" ,n"' o'"' W.
Vasi,n ,,,snn y. ,har do vo ann
,,oai low iuany nsne,men nns 'nsl,, ~ you .,oss
ink nkttho,,, ,,,.,u,.A .a.,,,.. o,,., ,,,o las,
e.,na. ,,yI reku.ar Du,os, ho 2 ag
riIiers. ihnt ia ,hev drnn yne,a anv niare'
"Do these fishermen stay down the river all
the season."
ION yes when they down there they set
the Goth Of May and the summer fishing then
begins. Some cut out then and and come nome
"out outi what do you mean BY ihaii"
"They draw up their nets and leave"
"What are somo OF the
Rest Points ON the River for Fish
tDg?,,
uvo,,. ,hera.a Fair Landing. STONY Point.
| Chapman's Point, Freestone Point, Marks
| Point, dreenway, Acquia Creek-ali good
| places, What do you think OF a seine seven
We'll "a III a II l,hf
| has down at Fair Landing"
"Yee," chimed in bystander, at takes two
engines to haul It ID, ana oyer 1 hundred ' men len
lieye.0
"who arc some more OF the prominent fisher
MGR s.rbere,s smith. down mt ,roeuwav, hos cot
n big net and does n deal OF business. There's
Bill Stuart, there's Jerry Robbs at Acqula
Creek"
"Can you give mo any idea OF days
| Weld %
aNo, could not: but 1 have known OF 75,.
600 herring 10 be brought i'm in ono not"
| uI enppose the fish are pretty thick down
| there al times" the reporter remarked TO hear
the other blow.
| uThickl / should say So I've seen rock fish
| down there wallowing around In the water so
| thick you could
wall an Tfcm Without Dating
| 49, rn,, Wv,
Your Feet WEI,
| II they would only keep still enough. There's
no river like the Potomac Tor nsh, or for game'
| either"
| "What do you call spring nsh y
"Shad, herring, rock, white and yellow
porch and catfish. We have Just received
some Bhad from North carolina, whlch Is
something new. We are also getting some Ger.
man carp. Ihe iresn nsn, rock, cntush anu
PVuswvn5,st. a.. viii he Tho afrect os
,r,,n u.,osn.a., E,S.,,,u min
| Ihe rroPoseu Eis"E Dill
prohibiting fishing In the District waters for
the next nve years., the reporter Inquired.
Its effect VIII be, the other sayagely replied
i Ia
so down the river, and who gain bare living
by the fish they get from the river, of their
means OF living. It's Just another Dill In the
interest OF the large nsherfnon. These men
away down the river VIII then have monop'
py, p rce r w,'t ~ svSerover t,,ev want tbem
Thny wen, eyeyvthins 10 themselves. Thev
havss thar hig as,nes and draw In fisb nv tho
thnusands ma VET thev want 10 denriye the
nshermeh wno 20 gu, n1 IN @ he rive, wen onei. sn
cnre mnpnG,e dts II horpishr '' 'u'' 'N'Ds0 W %
'uSo,n dan7, thtnt an ;, iptarrnn,ad n n al
| da,Inr" tvoD lat ihaae ,yatars alope FOR Nc,
vears ma We will have I, va times ns many iisi
ss we now have II NAV make tho price o
asb co nm for awhile. mi in The end there viii
m hor a ~ rP ora ao Tha aha aiyaya 90 mn atrean
| ~ 20 sna,pn and ~ Won don't dist,irb them yor
viii f,n3 that they viii multiply so in Nv,
yesrs ysn 'ha' 'here Will o' no 'hor' e'a''''S
aerne b,l won't mass. though" the ars
daoia,. ossnr,ad. s,tba nro,est hss haan s,gne
SyaIr Sy a,pnosi evcry one IN the marks,.
and Sappened to gel into a yeritable nest {
ashera neer the wbarves.
rhara ,vara nsbarmen tbera who had nnlle
In manv N seine durinr Tho Iasf thirty wear,
and ~ n man thew were
-N - u., MI,
Dc"h o. INC Fropose" n".
"What you fellows want 70 agltate, said on
10 the reporter, "ls stopping tnese companies
who lay their wires way down the river In tn
bay. They don't lot tho nsh come up =
spawn. WHAT'S tho use OF prohibiting nshin
up IN me pistrSs h II @ y4u aro y gocng 20 10y !nos
fellows got me nsn before .hey c9'ho .S upd o.,,
"There shouldn't be any or thls seine isn
Ing, anyway" said another. III you woui
ever go down TO the nshing grounds you woul
Piled ON the shores Like CORD woou
small nsh, you know, eeVeral lncnes long
Ihey are hauleu away Uy t ing wagon Ioso
De used as manure on biii hnIgnIs nIg aarn.
"Yes, another assehted, 'iVe seen mah.
awsgon load. ~ .o,.,a, .,,,.-o,. ,,o,,