The Red Cloud chief., 1888-07-20
DEEP-SEA FISHING.
How He!iout, Haddock, Cod and
Herring Arc Caught.
Large Vessels That Travel Hundreds O!
Miles I'm Order tn Catch tho Scaly
Creatures-Thc Food of THO Col.
OnistS-.A <:raa. Industry.

AEehtaTtS-IEN hOsI "a tSsO SSis
Onists-.A (irra. Industry.
For haiibut, hai:docii and the toothsome
cod, the banks. hundredso OF miles out to sea,
are sought by the Vessels vt from ninety &c
twice that many tons burden. Which spend
there as many months Is are necessary to
secure 4 load CT fare. is it is technically
called. The system OF angling pursued by
these ~'pOt-h2ctcrS' would scarcely obtain
the approval Of lovers of sport, Savs the
Chicago Nc,cs. Lines q mile or 50 IN length.
With hooks attached at SIX feet intervals arc
anchored III the shadows over the banks,
with bCcys q wood Or cnrli to Elari; them.
These "t:ayls'-for so they are dcsig-
natec-ar3s set IT night. ana in tnc morning.
every hook fr.sh.v 0.!,.I Will. "a scraD Of
hsh, and twice in tW~cEty-fOur hours they
are hauled Up. hand over hand. by men in
Corics, W:iD Gctach SUCH victims as are
caught. and renew the free lunch offered 10
the scaiv FOUNDERS If the ocean. As fas. as
they are taken. the cod or hilibut are dried
III the sun and sailed down IL the vessels
holds, whence The former are s,ioveicd out
many weeks later. in the IcG:herlik cordi-
ton one buys them in the corner grocery.
The fresh E;li5ut and cod ono buys IN tho
market arc caught rear the shore by
smaoks, which make two trips 4 week
to the less distant grounds. In this
way are taken nearly all the lia3dock. which
arc sold Unsal;ed for the most part. owing
to the comparatively small number found.
Haiibut is by far the most profitable game
Tor the fisherman. \ fair-sized one at )
cents q pound Is worth severafdollars, and
1t is not unusual to find them weighing three
hundred weight Il piece. Such big fellows,
at $40 Or SIS each, soon make up 4 satisfactO-
~ cargo. But, as has been said. the sris''
Tor catching Thorn is more expensive. Lines
as big as your little finger are required to
hold them, and other tackle of propOrtionate
strength and size. \ simple cod rig costs
FL per man for each of the dozen or so of
stout sailor boys who mako up tho crew of
a first-class sea-gOhg fishing boat The ar
ranscnent usually made is, that the skip
per who employs the men pays all tho ex-
penses Of avoyage from the sum he receives
Tor his cargo. One-tifth of what remains
"gOes to Inc boat or, in other words, is
the captains share. The balance is divided
equally among the crew, each of whom is
thus made :: partner in the venture-an
arrangement we'll calculated to stimulate
activity in the pursuit Of edibles that swim.
And this is whore the swiftness Of the yes- |
~ A. SASSAhS ShC SCuOOlS NIiu III
making trips cut M home again as short as
may be. A great pest Of the deep-sea fish
crmcn is the ground-sharls. but now and
h one is eau ht rs big as a dory-say. |
twelve feet long-and its liver will till
twelve buckets, at $1.jO 4 bucket, for oil
the cheeks n tongues of the cod. |
which in old times were thrown away. are |
Eow turned into money. Many people like
to eat them fried, and one dealer told the
writer that he himself had sold $4,000
worth OF them il the last eight years. Tho
.ntra;!S Of all the fish arc disposed of for
fertilizing purposes
The harvesting of the scaly crop each
year is an industry Of gigantic proportions,
employing the services Of many thousand
scamcn AID . multitude of vessels,
both big and sE:iil. These vessels are the
finest OF their kind to be found anywhere,
not q few of t. N vieing in the expensive
moss OF their construction and the elaborate
ness OF their equipment with first-class
yachts. Speed, text to safety, IS the chief
disideratum in the modern %fishing-boat. and
Mr.. Burgess, the celebrated designer
Of pleasure craft that beat the world, has
not disdaincd to build sloOps and ~schoOncrs
which contend with frantic emulation from
season to season for the proud distinction
IF "highlinc of the feet"
The fishing-grounds off tho New England
shores are the most valuable known. To
he interest felt by rival nations in sccur-
ng possession of them history mainly at
the colonization of North America.
The reports of early explorers touching tho
OF the Western s~eaS-coEling at q
period when Roman Catholic Europe con-
an incaiculaSfe amount of fish in
ivnn, <e ,.ol,~,D,ye f,,x.-- -
most intense excitement and set on foot
Spccuiatlons Which were destined,
n the course of years, to ~c0njUre up the
pecter of grim-visaged war. For two cent
lries the French and English fought over
he profitable waters, which ever at the
present day arc o subject of international I
The early c~clorists earned their (
'reai and butter chiefly with hook ard line, {
nd il those days the salary of the minis
er, the debt due :he merchant. and in fact |
aost pccuniary obligations, were paid in {
be staple commodity, fish. And in this |
resent year of grace. iSSS, the population 6
long the North Atlantis shore subsist to Il {
reat extent on Il fish diet, and is supported
by the sale CT the great oceans fin '
J inhabitants. fresh and sal:cl. b
OF l5o,Sn,GJp pounds o. fish captured annu- g
.ty the bulk consists of cod, nadd0cl1 and =
ahbEt. On the great "b2r!:s"o o. shadows, j
extend 20: hurdrc0s OF niles i'll the I
OF The deep ocean. Ear from land, y
lcse O~crs Of the sea -ajhcr by nrriqds in '
ic Spring tl-nc. coming Up from fIthomlcss C
'1tcri. WHITTIER tacy have rCtreltci 10 eS- Y
.pc the winters cod. TO feast unon the I
)~unt.eS5 shoals of smaller ir- that are J
rcd for the sole purpose. seemingly, OF
-oTla-ng food for their bigger cousins. AS
e w&.-l "al-hcr appreciate, the herring, =
-li o.Lcr sch fashionable fishes, is
rive from t1e southern Ua-cring places, I,
here they hovc ucCn spending the cold &
onths, 50 ~EncaGUrab.e. yoA lew. i, this
,ominaJ.e climate. Those slippery GUS
mers, the GELS. TOO. co!Ic Wric.irc down 4
on the little creeks and C5cu-cis5 where 4
ey have found comfortable bods of nice -
arm mud 70 hibernate il. IN brief, it is
g joyous season in the briny GoDtb rs well
On the dry earth.
As = rule u vessel rOeS or :. fisrir.- cyDe-