The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-07-24
EELS IN ONO.
Tho Very Good Reason why No Ono Ever
Bohhed tor Any Until THIS Summer.

Bohhed tor Any Until THIS Summer.
COLUMBUS. July 22.-Ohio is one Of the great.
est States in the Union for fishing waters. and
nowhere are anglers moro wideawake or more
familiar with tho various methods OF Turing
fnny tribes to their undoing than the anglers
OF the Buckeye State. Bobbing for ees Is one
OF the oldest and most enjoyable Of piscatorial
sports, although that great authority OF the
angle. rare old Izaak Walton, has nothing to
say about 1t in his book. the reason for which
is plain. Izaak. ardent and enthus Ia site fish,
erman that he was, loved we'll his ease. and
when night came he ready for his Pipe
and his bowl and his bod. He thought more
OF his evenings cheer and nightly rest than he
did OF bobbnR for cells. Consequently he
didn't bob. and. like the truthful chron.
icler no was. he RETAINED from set
ting it down in his book that he did.
For night is tho only time whom one
may bob successfully for ecls And the darker
the night the better. especially II there is a
gentle rain falling. with no thunder and light
ming accompaniment II it thunders it 10
only waste Of time to 60 out and bob for cells.
Eels don't like thunder for some reason. and
lie low while it is going on. But Izaak Walton
shouldn't have called his book The Complete
Angler" He left bobbing for cells out OF It.
consequently it is altogether incomplete. Bob
Ding for cells is great sport. and 1t is as old az
the hills: but no one ever thought OF bobbing
for cells in Ohio until this present summer.
Such being the case it may occur to the
average person that it is most surprising
themselves along FROM, time out Of mind to
these closing years of the min etecnth century
having once caught on to bobbing for cells.
At the first glance this does look a little
queer but when the subject opens up little
isn't 80 queer after all. Nobody ever bobbed
for cells in Ohio before this summer. They
and all sufficient reason that they never had
any eeis before to bob for. and here are good
that they have eels now Until three Years. Years.
ago there had never been such q thing as
6e State s1e%n the OHIO Il vsl hs 70 s st.s
unless the tradition that cells once lived in
Gascala Creek is accepted as true. Cascalia
It Pf
stream in Ohio where there are brook trout.
waters that are the habitat Of broef tron
There might have once been cells in Cascalia
e Gsser S evs there sm The s Iss
years ago: and If there were. the fact should
e es I aTss as 81
could never have reached salt water and re-
t1rnsd TOR the little obstacle Of Nagara Falls
clare that unless the eel can get to salt water
i can't reproduce it's Kind: This Cascalia
ermen and lovers OF fish had bewailed tho ABB
ciared their seief that eels only knew wSss
nice waters Ohio had they would only be too
Glad to i've IN them and then feel like kicking
waters afdnt to get SPREAD ns srsunS
years. AGO the Ohio Fish se mad s
up their minds 70 do some Of the cells
q The state; Thss cemnissi eaers f' com.
ferred with the New York Fish .Commis-
young cells in the Hudson River and its tri6u.
ana then to Qh I6e s
inches long, were turned into of Big NV Wanus
Creek: Alum Nm Creek; the seioto River. and other
Sportsman, told him about the eel e1 ekpe erS
couple, OF weeks ago. he called on the Colonel
and asked him ii the cells were growing up
viz they s Se rspyied should say sol
A th ysg two
hold emil It seems like they ain t CROWN uD
with the country. but CROWN right away from
the Colonel said: but The Sun correspondent
was such a thing as an eel In the state. and
plenty OF them who had never seen an eel. and
FOWL boSe he found nd out that no , ons had
bobbed for cells yet, in tho State Of Ohio. Be-
Ing an old-tfme YORK state eel bobber himself.
he put q few Ohio anglers on to the sport.
They bobbed successfully: AMI thus a piscato-
rial Joy that came over with the Mayflower
and WAS old a hundred years ago along the
Delaware and the Hudson. has Just become
known In tho Ohio basin.
But whilo the abundance OF cells to-day in
Ohio streams show conclusivcly that this fish
thrives amazingly in the waters OF THE State.
they have as yet given no encouragement
rom an economic and scientific standpoint.
Only mature cells have as yet been taken from
very large. The smallest ones taken have not
weighed under two pounds 1t is natural to
presume that all Of these cells are OF the origi-
nal stock from the East. grown to maturity. No
young cells have been seen In any OF the
waters. 1t is feared that these transplanted
.els will not breed in Ohio. and the theory that
sells must get to salt or brakish water to
spawn. In tho opinion OF some piscat orialsts Of
he state. will gain much evidence In Its favor
( this proves to be the fact Thore IL NO salt
water that can be reached hy fish from Ohio's
streams nearer than the Gulf OF Mexico tide.
! any OF these cells have gone down tho Mis-
issippi River to tide water to spawn mono Of
heir young has succeeded in getting back
here. SO far as outward evidence Is. The
el situation ie being watched with great In
crest In Ohio. for II tho original stock cannot
eproduce Its kind here 1t Will be only ques-
his important food lish rs II wasfrom' the be-
Ginning. Tho two pound cells that are caught
n the Ohio streams have flesh exceedingly