The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-08-02
ROD AND GUN.


sTake it inis said my companion, ex.
citedIy, and bending to the work,
brought the liue in, fighting for every
inch that came, when the Mexican
shouted q warning. Whizz ! ana the
coils leaped again into the air. Nothing
could Withstand the rush--a header
directly for the bottom aud away.
The author, writes G. i. Holder. in
Scribncr, had been hauled up by The Mex
lean, at the first strike, and now, with
line in hand we were off, the boat churn-
ing through the water, hurting the spray
over us, and bearing waves of cleaning
foam ahead.
take ini, cries Joe, who stands by the
coil, and again, slowly fighting against
the dnil blows, the line comes in. Ten
feet gained and whizz eel as many more
are lost. In 1t comes once more hand
over hand, the holder of the line bending
this way and that, trying to preserve u
balance ana that tension which would
prevent sudden break. Now the nsh
darts TO one side, tearing the water into
foam. leaving sheet OF silvery bubbles
and swinging the boat around as OH
pivot
vision followed by a rush that carries the
very gunwHle under water. This, follow
ed by sudden Stacking of the line, sends
despair to the heart; he Is gone, the line
floats. No, whizzl aud away again, down.
ALI the tricks of tue sturdy black bass
this giant Of the tribe INDUCES in, except
the mid-air leaps which gladden. the heart
of the angler. Quick turns. downward
rushes, powerful blows. mighty rms
this gamey creature makes. fighting inch
by inch, leaving an impression upon the
mind .of the fisherman that is not soon
forgotten.
With large rope, and by taking turns,
tba fish could have been mastered. but
such methods are not considered sports
manlike here. 1t must be taken free
handed, fight at arms length, and be-
ing such the moments fly by; IL is half an
hour and we have not yet seen the out
line Of our game.
Gradually the PUSHES grow less, Nhe
blows are lighter and what is taken Is all
In.
More eaviare has been made by the
sturgeon fishermen of Delaware Bay this
year than ever before. the fishing fleet
was increased by 125 boats. Sturgeon oil
was sold for so cents gallon, and the
fish offal brought $40 a ton as fertilizer.
At Mill Creek, down near Salem,
Joseph Christ caught twenty-five dozen
perch in day.
The SHELTON Of the whale caught at
Anglesea Will be mounted at the new
Marine Laboratory of the University of
Pennsylvania, Sea Isle City.
Fishing at Lake Hopatcong is reported
to be unusually good this season. Bass
and pickerel are biting freely, and any
ordinary fishermen can expect for three
or four hours work from five 10 ten
pounds Of fish. The biggest bass ever
known to be caught IN the lake was
brought ashore last SATURDAY. by Mr..
Howard rockingham. It weighed ~
pounds and was an Oswego beauty. The
largest bass previously caught weighed
So pounds Mr.. F'rothingham was also
the captor of tiiat fish. On Sunday last
the same gentleman caught thirty three
bass weighing altogether 81 pounds.
Illuminated night sights are now in use
on the guns of many of the British war
ships. The front sight consists of cone
of pale green glass, point up, beneath
which is placed small incandescent
lamp. The rear sight is similar in prin-
ciple, except that instead of the cone there
is q metal cross bar with a v notch in the
middle. There is a polished under sur
face to this sight from which light that
first passes through ruby glass Is reflect
ed. In sighting the pale green point of
light which constitutes the forward sight
Is brought to the bottom of the v notch
in the rear sight and the line of ruby
light is brought into coincidence with Ii.
The electric current for each gun Is sup
piled by battery of TWO elements, SO ar
ranged that the action may be stopped by
turning The battery upside down.