The Red Cloud chief., 1888-07-13
DEEP-SEA FISHING.
How Halibut Haddock, Cod and
Herring Are Caught.
Large Vessels hat Travel Hundreds Of
Mics ia Order To Ca:oa the Sca.y
Creature>-The Food o. the COL
oni>t>-A Great Industry.

e-lS-c = many E-onLlS Is are necessary 20
secure = load or fare" as il Is Technically
called The system Of angling pursued bv
these "V~nt-huctersH would scarcely obta,a
the approval of lovers % sport. saws the
Chicago Escs. Lines a mile er 80 in length.
with hooks attached ~ SIX feet intervals are
anchored II the shadows ever the hunks.
with buoys of wool or cork 10 mark them.
These "r-avlS-tor SO they are Gesig-
nated-are SGT q light. and IN the morning.
every nook freshly baif.d with a scrap OF
hsh, and twice II tweGry-.o1r hours they
aye hauled 70. hand OYER hand. b- men il
dories. . 4 Cc.aen such victims as are
caught. and renew The free lunch offered to
the scalv FOUNDERS u the ocean. As fast as
they are taken. the cod or EaIiout are dried
IN the sun and Sailed down IL the vessels
holds. whence the former are shovelei cut
many weeks Later. IL the leather Ike cosdi-
ton = buys them IL The corner Grocerv.
The fresh halibut and cod one buys In the
market are caught near the shore hy
smacA which make two trips a week
10 the less distant grounds. II this
way are taken nearly all The haddock. which
are sold unsalre1 for the most part. owing
to the comparatively snail number found.
Halibut IS by far the most profitable game
- 49, ~ -aA~ o4O 81 ~
cents ] pound Is worth several dollars. and
IL Is not unusual TO find them weighing three
hundred weight a piece Such big fellows.
q. SO or si5 each. soon make up ! satisfacto-
r. cargo. BIT. as has been said. the rig"
for catching shen is more expensive. Lines
as big as our little finger are required to
hold them and other tackle Of proportionate
strength and size. 4 simple cod rig costs
S5 per man for each Of the dozen or SO OF
stout sailor boys who make up the crew Of
afirst-class sea--oMg fishing BOA. The az
rangeuent usually made Is. that the skip
per WHO employs she men pays all the ex-
perses Of . VOYAGE from the SUI he receives
for his cargo. One-ffrh Of what remains
go 10 the boat" or. IN other words. is
the captains share. The balance IS divided
equally among the crew, each Of whom is
thus made a partner IN the venture-an
arrangement well calculated 10 stimulate
activity il the pursuit Of edibles that swiu
And this is where the swIftnesS Of the YES
SCI IS useful, a chasing the schools and n
making trips out and home again as short as
may be. A great pest Of the deep-seS fish
ermea is the ground-shark. but now and
then one is eau ght as big as a dory-say,
twelve feet loug-and its liver will i'll
twelve buckets. at $50 a bucket. for oil
Even the cheeks and tongues Of tho cod.
which il old times were thrown away. are
now turned into money. Many people like
to eat them fried. and one dealer told the
writer that he himself had sold 10000
worth Of them in the last eight years The
ent-aiIs Of all the nsh are disposed Of for
fertilizinc purposes
The harvesting Of the scaly crop each
year is an industry Of gigantic proportions.
employing the services of many thousand
able Gamer and q multitude OF vessels.
both big and small These vessels are the
finest of their kind 70 be found anywhere.
not a few Of them vieing IN the expensive
ness Of their construction and the elaborate
ness Of their equipment with frst-class
yachts. Speed. next to safety, Is the chief
dIsideratum in the modern fshins-boat. and
ever Mr.. Burgess, the celebrated designer
Of pleasure craft that beat the world. has
not disGained TO build Shops and schooncrs
which contend with frantic emulation from
season TO season for the proud distinction
Of high-line of the feet"
TIE tishing-Srounds of the New England
shores are the most valuable known. To
the interest felt by rival nations In secur-
ing possession Of them history mainly al
tributes the colonization Of North America.
y itsro-As VI o. sAt-o. = S0NA--& t-C
wealth Of the Western seasoning al q
period when Roman Catholic Europe coz
su1ed III incalculsble amount OF fish il
times OF religious f-asting-gave rise 70 the
most intense excitement and SET On foot
business speculatlons which were destined,
Il the course Of years, 10 ~conjurc up the
specter OF grim-visaged war. For t-o eat
urles the French and English fought over
the profitable waters. watch e-en a. the
p-esent day are a subject OF International
dispute. The carly colon!sts earned their
bread and butter Chiefly with hook and line.
and IN those days the salary Of the minis
ter. the DEBT due me merchant. ard IN fact
most pccLniary oD,igacors. were paid IN
the staple commodity. fish. And IN this
present YER Of grace l>>>. the population
aIo.y the North Atlantic shore suosist 70 a
grea. extent or = fish G.n-. and Is supported
manly by The sale II the great oceans fin
n inhabitants. fresh and sailed.
Off5h.c1.gc1 pounds off;shc captured annu-
GIv he bulk consists OF cod. paddock and
tal5ut. On the greet "oau1s' or shadows,
which extend Cor hUrl-cds 81 mics IL the
midst OF the deep Cream. ~ FROM land,
these o-c-S OF the SCI --,Le~ BY myri2ds in
the spring r-c2e. coIaiI" ~ from fa-hOm.ess
waters. whittier tEcy lave -et-c2ced to es-
cape =, winters cod. 20 feast upon the
countless st0cls OF smaller FRI that ere
bred for The sole purpose. sa-ri.S.y, of
providing I0o- for their bigger cousins. As
the warm weather approaches the herring.
alew.yes and other sIch fashionable fishes,
arrive from The southern watering places,
where taey have been spending ne cod
months. - uncomfortable. You knc-. l. his
aboniEd5lc climate. Those slippery Gus
TONERS. the eels. TOO. come vrIg-lnC down
frrn the little creeks and c5.----cs vGere
they hive found coufo-table Iods OF Cica
urrn mud % hibernate in. u brief il Is
the Joyous scason IL the - L-D.h IS well
as OF the dry earth.
As q rule : vessel goes o. i fishing cxpe-
ditioa with some particular sort OF prey il
view. \ God" re- VIII also serve fo- bad
dock. but for haLbut stronger tackle and
bigger hooks are needed, while mackerel
anu herring rIUs. be taken in nets. Thus il
is that boats usually sal from port equipped
suitably for capturing = single kin of fish.
TO the netting or hooking Of which each craft
devotes its exclusive attention.
How Csne-Handlcs Are Curled.