Telegram-herald., 1889-08-20
oUTLANoisn WAYS or FISHING.
ling GOOSE Fishing in scotland
CoPyhI0Hr 1889

Ingenuity n Substitute for skni In AnE-
ling GOOSE Fishing in scotland
ooPyhI0Hr 1859.
Recently a New York newspaper Of
fered q prize OF TO for the best CD fish
story. The DOUBLE eagle could have
been won ay somebody who related facts
instead Of fiction. a. the truth is much
moro wonderful than any creation Of
fancy
The other day The writer fell in with
friend who Is an ichthyologist and en-
thusiasric angler The conversation Of
course turned upon his favorite subjects.
They have style Of fishing In Scot
land. said ne, which for ease and re-
pose takes The prize. The intending
angler selects half dozen OF the largest
geese in his barn yard, and having tied
lines five or six feet long with baited
hooks TO the feet OF each bird ne takes
them 20 the water When they are put
In the stream or pond they of course
swim out, and the fisherman lights his
pipe and sits down 20 await events. Be
fore long fish sees the bait. and Selling
IL, gives the bird q good pull. The
goose is frightened half 10 death and
starts FOR the bank with its utmost speed.
dragging the fish after it. When the
game is landed it is unlocked. and
fresh bait being supplied. the bird 10
sent out TO try It's luck again In this
way a flock of geese Will make quite
haul in the course Of q day, the human
fisherman having only 70 take the game
and bait the hooks. the catching and
pulling-in being done by the birds. In
Washington Territory. or I suppose !
should say the State Of Washington. in
the great salmon country. pigs often
dive for fish, and they viii pick up
salmon IN ten feet Of water
Are there any fishing devices 20 in
crease the quantity of the catch?"
asked
'Oh yes he replied, when l was
across the water some time since
saw curious experiment in a European
fshpond that showed me what fishing is
coming 20 in the future. The place was
dark, when a man wearing one of the
new electric lights entered the water.
which was Illuminated BY the light
The effect was curious. the most singular
result being observed in the fish, all of
which gathered about the light. appa-
rently astonished al the strange appari-
ton. The man carried small scoop
net, with which he -caught all the fish
he wanted. II this system could be car
ried out on the Grand Banks, in 200 feet
OF water, there would be a revolution in
fishing. The system was tried on board
a vessel Of the United States Fish Com
mission with considerable success. The
experiments were made with long line
that had an electric light just above the
bait
But. after all, / believe that the
biggest hauls are made by the Japanese
fishermen, without any scientific APP
pliances, and in the good oldfashioned
way. I was greatly surprised when /
first saw their fishing boats and nets
few years ago. In tho district Of Ma
gasSald alone, ! am informed that there
are 90, 600 people engaged in fishing,
with p, 600 boats. On the most south
erly OF the four large Japanese islands,
the ordinary fishing boat is 20 feet long
and feet broad. In the centre Of Tho
boat is a compartment several feet
square opening into the water below.
but covered with q net that makes IL
tight place for the fish thrown there.
Oars 10 feet long with broad blades are
used to propel the boat which moves
with great rapiditT. -Four men are
required for each boat, and on clear
NIGHT hundreds Of such boats may be
seen moving out in fleets With great
fires burning on the crows-nests a. the
end OF the Craning irons in the bows.
The boats make a picturesque scene
with their faring lights and half naked
fishermen. swinging 20 and fro az the
oars OF standing ~ the bows with spears
upraised ready for throw. in which
they are very expert. The larger fsh.
five or six feet IN length. are usually
caught with hook TIE Bonita.
weighing from Ten % trcofY pounds g
both spesred and hooked For deep
water fishing. the boats arc propelled
with souls and ban 300 sails. web
thi-tv or forty men FRI crew Their
nets. or seines. are very large. being en-
cee1ed oriv ~ those in North Carolina.
where horses are usf3 ~ DRAG -hra
ashere In places shore the beach
allows s- res. hundred 20 feet .rr7 and
'ortv fret deem. are drawn. A. -ne
month 80 one river in No--h ern Japan.
they trinx nothing 90 taking several
tnausa-i salmon at one r1H Their