Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-12-17
FISHING In THE BAY.
HOW NEW YORK CITIZENS MANAGE
TO GET A DAY or SPORT.
Recreation InduIgrd Ia by the EnthusI-
astie Fisherman Who l. Too Poor to
Go Into the Country what Days
Outing Costs Inrtients Aboard.

thr pier near Castle Garden lay the steam
~ Havana. II was o'clock la the morn 4
INK 4 tall German stopd on the pier sell. .
ing excursion tickets % the Fishing banks
for seventy five cents apiece. To each
ticket WAS affixed coupon ike 4 seal check
in a theafer Il rad -t,u1l for one bunch +,
81 haii Two hundred men bought these
tickets The majority of them were Ger
mans The minority were PAYERS ou
strike. mechanic ont ~ work and small 4
ss,loon kccper~ E,trh man earrir,i "a fIi>hing
rud IN a bal, aud basket with two lids
The baskets contained several pounds II
lead enI into chunks weighing frnm six to
eight ounces, large assortment Of hooks,
snrlied with gimp or gut and stuck into
cork n woo,lrn reel from six tuciEht inches
in diameter aud some sandwiches
Near the gang'vaN stands a table ~ feet
long and 1 wide. with rai~ti edges Here
the bait j. prepared while the vessel Is en-
route To- the fishing grounds
The halt used j. principally CLANS Or
"-kimmrr~,' aS thcy ARE called hy the fish
ermrr six of these arr ti.d into a bunch
: One bunch goes with each ticket. But ~
4 one bunch % clans would H. only a mouth
/ ful fura hungry goldfish or biacktsh the
I fishermen invest ia a cigar box full u
I clans. fnr which they pay fifteen cents
+ While the boat j. Ia motion the fishermen
/ cut mp The clans On the table Into suitable
I sizes Tor m1lt' ohr tihm h~h'hN hhhc-
I lhfer ihtlt~ inI sea bd~N "t one 'ait l"t 'sHi
some "i ihc fishermen prefer nih-shhhNerH
\ for bait These they procure nc the mar
keis before SAILING \ sharp ~h""khii"
removes the hr~h from the >ihr "i the
m"s'h'lnhtr he rroi "' ihr nm !, thrown
/ away, AFTER 'he hall l-til VIZ y = -hit'a
4 10 make 1t tough - that u VIII trn" on
I 81 ltt
& hi" ai ~ After tue nalt i prepared eath
fisherman p'ch~ ont q plarr ci"7e tn the
rail from which 10 fish. Itis place he -
cures hy placing ht- ti-hing basket on
stool
| Then he proceeds to prepare himself
FOR he day sport II he ~ a Clranly
spnrtSm he les uur rud nt a towel ~ the
rail upon which to wipe his hands He
then dons pair Of nvcral~ aud draws an
OLD hat down over his rar-, for the wind
usually blows fresh outside Of sandy Hook.
Most OF the Fishermen use rods. These are
ot every kind. according 10 l he taste uf the
fishermen. Now and then split bamboo
can b,. seen. but these are rare. The rods
ss "a rule arr made Of lanccwond and ash.
The lines are Of varying degrees ~ thick
ness from a fine bass line 10 a chalk line.
The reels nrr uf wood aud are fastened To
the side nf he rol. \ metal reel j. of little
prnct ical u-r an the fishing banks. The
wooden reels will retrieve eighteen inches
Of line with one revolution They are also
excellent IL Cast with. A. all fishermen
who 20 down 10 the Cholera banks are
fishing for the pot or pam and not for sport,
the advantage of an apparatus which will
land n fish quickly j. apparent. The great
er number OF the sinkers used are shaped
like an elongated bullet They are about
, runs lengthwf-e through tire sinker
Through this hole the line is nut. a bll
. knot on the end Of the line keeping il q
place. Two hooks are used. one below H.,
sinker and one above. Tie rod fishermen
. choose tile upper decks, while the hand
i line men Ssh from the main deck.
When the Havana arrived opposite seq
, bright she was anchored about two mlle-
, oil shore IN ffty feet uf water The An
: ger and schuyler. the oppositi. ii fishing
!, heats. were already there living within q
uistol shot of each other. 4 fleet of small
fishing baats was also on The grounds. III,
rufI of the Havana was filled with eagel
I fishermen. The anchor plunged to III,
a bottom. Immediately tie boat bristlcu
Y with rods. The whirring Of reels wa.
Z heard and the .epmukn Of heavy sinkrrs
!. The first man 10 hook fish WAS gra,
,, haired German siNty-fixc wears Old =
u hundred men watched him reel ia Tn
p water nartcd. and dangling from the en-,
A. of ne line wns n pnuud srains. wearing
~ look of amaz.nent The spikes on it
If hack .tood nm like "A barb wire fence. Tn
y German was on the upner deck A
e the fish came up II swung inward an,
!, "sWHttedn am earnest paver in the sara
e lie struck back and the fish fell baek int.
e the deep. A loud urnan arose from Ill
II sides The German swore with Bismarck
.. ian force lie thrrw his line oyrrbnnr,
4 again and fastened his hooks in a New Jcr
y ,ey reef He tugged on his pole The til
lt and the line parted, and seventy feet a
II line, two hooks and an eight ounce sinke
= were gone. In an agony 81 annoyance th
German shouted.
Move lie boat
This expression. hy the way. l. one d
Is the slogans on the fishing banks Th
ld Other slogan i, Get the gaiTni 4 fishin
q hank gaff is very crude instrument
Upon a cane pole twenty feet long j. tie
a. hy means Of wire hook smaller but close
le Is resembling thnse used Ia a butcher sho
no To hang meat upon. When 4 big fish sue
81 as a twenty pound cod i hooked there
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