New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-27
THE TAUTOG.

The conditions Of capture vary with the localities
and the bait alone remains the same everywhere
The best bait is a small land crab, known rs hddler
and only the chinaback' variety Of this species l.
good as rule. The dark blue variety is not generally
SO attractive and is often entirely useless. The big
sea clam the SKINNER" is also good, as Is the nara
clam What will tempt the BLACK fellows when every
thing else fails Is the hermit crab, but as IL Is hou
plentiful, the fiddler" is used mostly
The largest tautogs are TO be caught in the deep
waters of the ocean OF the coasts. They cohgNeac
wherever there is an old wreck rocky reef for there
they find clnging many varieties of shelnsh ana san
crustacea which furnish abundant food Famous PAGES
near the city are the Black Warrior and old span
isbs wrecks off RocEaway Shoals wreck OF Merton
Point Coney Island; the Monument in the lower
hay and the cnder" bottoms of Seabrght, y. D..
Fish there generally from three u five ana seven
pounds in weight, but specimens weighing from ten
to fifteen pounds are often taken Naturally ioT such
heavy fish the tackle must be enormously strong, the
hooks made of thick and hard steel, while the roo must
he stiff not only account of the weight OF the hsh
Int In order to enable the angler 10 TX the NOOK ''S
when he strikes FOR the tauOg' mouth leatcry anu
hard witli extremely thick lips. The FISH makes iof
wreckage as soon as he is struck and In deepsea rs
ing therefore IL is best to only one nook 50 a'
n the fish, in his first plunge, gets among the wreck
oge there will be no danger Of another nook Delhs
caught.
backing gracefully in the heavy groundswel great
sloops and yachts are anchored near as possible
10 the wreck often ten fifteen Of then' a. many 10
can possibly be crowded together ana mum
dreds of lines and rods are busy. The " b."oN
WARRIORS wreck is great favorite, ana theFe
- exciung races In the morning between tho
direrent boats to get first, for the hFst ych' ~
reach the place anchors Immediately over tpe "Fe'A'
and with anchors at bow and stern can hold hef Po
ei,on despite wind and tide insuring GOOD sport loI
her passengers throughout the entire day.
Rut deep-sea fishing has It's drawbacks Angling
g., essentially a solitary art To the sportsman inc
whispering Winds the glory Of the sun, the hsh VI
emerald waves are company sufficient. 10 'hc "o'P
zen he cannot 20 alone for the surge5 are 100 e"s "
email craft and he must 60 In company WIN o''o''
The true angler is therefore content WIN '"o pr
hidden in the calmer channels Of the bay, gua!ueu
trr, storm Inv the long sheltcrlng bar. lie may
cotch fewer fish, and none so large
A. those which hide beyond the inlet. But HIS j. 'i'
perfect dreamness OF still sea days. lie may Ioio"
his game up lonely creeks, where only rarely the spas"
NJ some stray oar breaks through the Silence by
steep hanks. whose grasses alive with strange anu
lovely submarine and amplibibious creatures Ic can
cast his daiuticr tackle into STILL Transparent oep"
For him the sweeping fleets Of CLOUD drlit OS ia
majesty. And If the fish di'dan ms o"it 10 '"eS
sometimes do there thousand ana one [ ~
the world unfods all wonders, 10 help his hours "
pass away a. silently and unnOucea a. tiv IVA dri
b. its way 10 sea ne can M 3 io~c If there
~ mo- eob nv tbs hank or in that pool he can 20 ilt?
bay ana drop his line c Mlels Sa tc M
cnrsl he formations which as hiding-pIaces III
marine worms, crabs and other minute 90 gsananv
One thing alone may sometimes spoil III ushqui!!E
nj mind There turks, down among the rocks at tio
bottom wherever blacksh co. v9aouS ,nn 99 pnip
lie ie known variOusly Gunner, chOgset, DeH, MP
ner and halt stcaler. Around New-I 0rk De IL hIoM
as burel but bait stealer aud nppcr ne is Dy pa hnn
the rascal attacks the bait bis first bite really snf
one think that II IS a large blackhsh; bn. over
NnIv i,,e jnsignI1cant bit Of fish, scarcely ever
more than three or four inches long, WIZ geat n
and Formidable teeth And, oh, how tnOse tceI oa,
cieap ~ Lonk which was baited with great care breiy
few MINUTES before in the hope that IL VIII iue i"
hoary and huge tauto9.