Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-06-16
CATCHING GOLDFISH.
4 GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF THEIR
CAPTURE AND CURE.

The Trip Was Better for "A Sick Man Than
SIX Months of Doctoring Handling the
Shining Beauties from the kid" to the
Sailed Pile.
On the right and left of the fisherman
as lie stands at the rail are pegs driven
INTO and extending some two inches above
The rail. These are the pull boobies for
the lines 10 run against A small cleat il
attached to the bulwark, to which the
llne Is made fast, each Elan having two
lines, one at each hand. A small pen OF
kid" is built against the side of the
vessel near each mans fishing berth into
which the fish are thrown when taken
from the hook and larger one called the
curry kid is built aInidships for the re-
ceptlon OF the offal from the dressing
down tables. Two large butts are dashed
10 the bulwarks amidships into which the
COD MYERS are thrown and left to try
out OF their own accord, the oil being
drawn oil now and then as occasion re-
| quIres from spigot near the bottom of
the butt Everything is now ready and
commence fishing.
BETTER THAN MEDICINE.
Two or three partly picked CLAIMS are
placed on each hook and the leads are
! then thrown over the side and soon
feel them hump on the bottom The
lines are then drawn in about three feet
and made fast to the cleats Now |
stand with 'nippers' on my hands and
! arrayed in my barvil, or long oilcloth
apron, and grasping one line in each
hand saw them back and forth alter
nately against the pull hobbies, thus
| striving to entice the finny beauties to
take my bait
Soon a dispatch is sent from the bot
tom Of the Atlantic up along my hempen
! telegraph that some poor victim has par
taken OF his last meal and, dropping the
other line, | quickly haul in hand over
hand and soon have my first fish over
the rail and into the kid.
Batting my hook once more throw
the lead overheard and while it is run.
ming down, ! grasp the other line and
find that this too has secured prize.
Surely this is getting exciting, and as
pulled in our second line, its dripping
1 coils formed graceful circles on the little
platform at my feet. forgot that was
ever an invalid and our whole though;
was centered on the one idea Of dis
covering whether l have one or two cod
/ fish at the end of that line. 1t surely
/ draws more steadily and with less furry
than did the first one. and as the lead
shoots up through the sparkling water
discover that both hooks are treasure
laden, and with a loud and joyful hurrah
/ / lean over the rail.
Talk about pills and boluses to quick
en- sluggish circulation That last haul
really did me more good than all the
drugs had taken for the past six
months
LIKE a LARGE SLAUGHTER HOUSE.
The fish were all gathered from the
several kids and thrown into the one
amidships which adjoins the CURRY
| kid. The dressing table is then set up
against the side Of the latter, and tax
ing our several positions, we are ready
for action.
Our throater, Lowell by name, stands
facing the dressing Kid and, reaching
Gown, seizes fish with his left hand
the thumb grasping the under Jaw and
lifting him, places the back of the fish )
neck across the edge Of the kid and with
quick slash OF his two edged, dagger
shaped knife, cuts d deep and wide cash
across the throat. \ def movement OF
the knife then removes the tongue. which
is thrown into a tub near by He then
| rips the fish down the belly far enough
to expose the entrails and quickly Tipping
out the liver slides the fish across the
table to the "header," who stands ready
| upon the opposite side, During the re-
maiuder OF the voyage, / represented
/ that individual, and was indeed thankful
| that our first catch was not a large one.
for | was certainly anything but an ex-
/ pert when | tackled my first fish
The operation OF heading is after this
/ manner; The header is provided with
wooden mittens having a thumb and fore
/ finger Asthe FISH is slid across the table
| BY the throater the header seizes it 10y
] placing the forefnger OF the left hand
/ firmly in the fish's eve and the thumb
under the lower jaw Then with the
/ forefinger OF his right hand he grasps tine
/ principal intestine where it is joined t.
the body and with a quick jerk tears it
/ loose, then with a forward scoOpinE mo
/ ton he removes the whole internal ma,
/ chinery and slides it into the curry kid
/ He them with the left hand still retain
! ing lis position. draws the fish forward
! until it lies upon its back the back OF the
neck resting over the edge Of the table
He NOW with his right hand extended
/ grasps the fish 10y the throat and with d
quick push against the napes with the
right hand and at the same instant d
sudden downward jerk OF the fish's head
with the left. the head is broken off and
falls into a tub between his feet, while
the beheadcd fish slides over to the
splitter. vino stands at the front OF the
table ~ 18th the throater at his left and
the header at his right hand
The splitter now SEXES tine fish by the
nape with the left hand and with a
quick slash with his long knife split
him down to the root of the tail tic
then places the lip OF the knife under
the lower end OF the back bone and with
a sudden forward and at the same time
lifting motion whirls the backbone into
the air and the fish is thrown down into
the hold 10 the Salter
The fish are laid up in tiers like stove
wood in a shed, the tiers running trans
versely across the vessels hold, each
LAYER being thoroughly covered with salt
When the sounds" are to be saved
the back bones are allowed to drop into
tub al the feet OF the splitter until
the FISH are all dressed de then emptieS