Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1889-11-30
ADVENTURE WITH SHARKS.



The Uavarni.h.d y,ra spun by an oia
Yankee Fisherman.
IL happened while Boston Globe
writer WA. paying visit to fisher
man friend not long ago that the dan
gers outside Of fishing itself came up.
The latter related the following un-
vanished tale:
shall never forget the time when l
was a hand IN small fishing vessel
that tended the Boston market The
weather was very warm aud fisA
sea 'ce; some Of the old hands thought
some kind of a destructive fish was
playing havoc. Tor set our travis where
We would. they were skinned a. clear
rs Though the job was doue by hand.
One evening two men that went in
dory No. , brought the news that
sharks We're plenty aud we had better
ship Ia some other berth. The anchor
was cnt-headcd. sails hoisted. and a
course laid out that would bring us to
Jeifries bank. which lies about thirty
or thiriy-iive miles of Portland. The
next morning we were In our dories
aud proceeded TO set our fishing gear.
My partner aud took the outside on
the western end and all went we'll; We
were hauling In fish for half nm hour,
with every promise of good catch.
was hauling the trawl at the time,
aud felt u sudden tug and yank that
very nearly took me out OF the bow of
the dory
1 hEnatr 10 ah L..
and stopped hauling TO see II they
would show up Suddenly there WINS
twitch and pull harder than ever,
and hauled away Us lively as possi-
BILE, knowing he would bite the line II
he could to clear himself
pulled and he tuggcd. but kept
the line coming all the time First he
would tow Us in one direction and then
In another. So surmised we had him
by the tail, aud told my partner TO
have sharp knife ready to cut away.
After long and hard drag | got
him to the top Of the water and found
that he had taken two good bitches
around his tail and was working
hard TO get clear The next thing TO
do was to get his tail on the rail OF the
dory and cut clear A strong pull by
both OF ns placed him AT our mercy;
then looked overheard TO see the
kind OF chap We had. and II any
thing would make fisherman ieel
blue 1t would be look from that
angry man-cating shark that we were
fast 10. He wowld curl up In "a bow,
look at us with those cold eyes. and
slat his body about In very dauger-
GUS manner; but the line was strong,
aud we had him secure.
The only thing we could do was 70
cut of his tnil and let him 20 clear OF
the trawl aud my partner held ON 10
one side Of his tail while used the
knife In minute he was clear. aud
with back and belly fins 10 propel
with, dove for the bottom, leaving a
trail OF blood after him that knew
would cause trouble.
He came up with a rush, jumping
full length out Of the water. and
dropped 30 close TO our dory that the
splash nigh swamped us. We hauled
away clear of him. and after we gol
our gear We started 10 row for the YES
sci. After rowing for short distances
we were in the midst of a school O
man-eating sharks that had scented
the blood Of their manned relative
My partner wils rowing pair OF new
oars and they attracted the sharks
They made snan after snap at thu
blades. and as our dory was deep load.
ed with fish they appeared 70 think va
would be an easy Trey.
So hard did they press us that the
new oars had TO bo taken In and fish
thrown overheard TO distract their al.
tenfion.
We were within quarter-mile oi
the vessel and had succeeded in shak.
Ing OF all but one OF them. He was 4
smart enss. and would pnrr up along.
side the dory like cat and never lef,
ns until we reached our vessel and were
safe aboard.