The sun., 1894-04-29

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In q collection oftrophiss Of the rod and gun
bslon eina to = wsll-known New York sports
man IL finely mounted black bass Of enor-
nous size. Its owner says that when caught
the big nsh weighed slx pounds.
But II was not 80 much It's great size and
weight that prompted me TO preserve that
bass" said the sportsman. 1t was the way
the fish was captured. A year ago the bass
had It's home in the lower susdushsnna River.
between the Lancaster county shore and the
base Of Mt Jackson. That channel is only an
eighth OF q mile wide. Mt Jackson is an
island. the river extending from its other
side half q mile to the York county
shore. The island Is q mile long. and stands
In the river like another Gibraltar. Its upper
end rising In a dome-shaped buttress OF solid
rock 300 feet above the water. At the head OF
the nsrrows, between that island and the Ian
caster county shore. the stream is rough
and swift The bed OF the river for hundred
yards from the shore and for fifty yards out
from the base Of the island is solid rock. the
water being shallow. What the character Of
the river bottom between the edges Of those
two shore limits is no one Knows. for bottom
there IL ret to be found. That stretch OF water
10 dark basin, q hundred yards wide and an
eighth OF mile long.
"on sunny days o person with his face close
to the water may see far down into the depths
OF that basin. and discover that It's sides and
lower end are OF solid rock They are as
straight up and down as II they had come from
the hands Of a skilful stone mason. No asb
are ever caught In that mystsrious. rock-
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salmon. and other game nsh may be seen lying
like Rnome fishes In the unfatho omed deptha
Surgeons Of enormous size are also frequent
IL seen obtruding their Rrotesuue shanes
among the other dsniysns q, tbe srs., noo,
This queer spot In the river IS locally
known as The Deepa' The water IL smooth
but swift, and whom tn. current strikes tn.
!. IN suos Wa, tSSs inv. sA h.,o !, ,h ,orcea
pools. which the susauehanna rivermen call
.n"r, .na ,oru, ~. ~ 80 =, ..,sn,. ~,
.psf. .. SUI .vi" .v wy 'n'eo uiane,s'
smallest OF the three IL 10 called the Big
Swirl because Of the greater force Of its whirl-
Ing water.
"Fishsrmen and rivormen stand in the great
est.we Of the Big Swirl. for they believe that
This belief Gomez from the alleged fac, that
DIG sswioRs drifting down the river through
that channel and sucked into the swirl have
tn tar hatraen tb.sa th,a. ws;.,ns,s =.
shallow. As IL to be as queer as the river itself
caught in sbunSsn,a on th. xerv oSeas ., the
.w No other sS are ever S .atsn sntS there C OK.
oept a remarkable spnnsh. which. while closely
RSna sscSnd Il. Ssse o Moant Jack.
son. at the uppsr end,of the isIand' are num-
S ~ tpd and
direction. These contrary currents are favor
We Sf sf IN tSa nnd the angler
ting within the harbor Of those rocky islands
Is q sur. % have rare DAY. sport, 4 STRANGER
would never get there but would mora s"HGs iiIssiy
have a desperate strussis to keep out Of The
n c Ps Hs tS the bpssp
striving for. N" wv '''H' NO was
tho Island channes' and nops Of o them tnows g,sS
better than Joe Trimbie. one OF the most e1.
sss d tbs on The river
season last year Joe anoHore his Boat at
favorite fishing ground Of his among % the Isl.
edge Of the swift water IN The eSdSins on sha
needs Il, minnow tackle being mart of bis onti
nj. From one side Of his boat he 'i i,sbes
ef anS the ssSaS Shes e S he he
his minnow hook. catches q chub and puts Il
SSuS his bass hS.k Then he hoSk,
needs IL
Joe Trimble had done all this that dav and
was waiting for a strike from a bass. when he
heard a great splash in the water on the min
in time to see the tail and half the boSy toiN
whopping big black bass dIsappenrinR be-
meath the shaIioW wstar Ths Tisannaop
ing bass was immedIateiy folioweS nv gos's
minp oW poie-an alder switch.whicb IumpeS
OF OF the gunwale OF the boat where N was
resting. and landed In the river Joe mada a
grab for It, but wasn't Suick enough. Tbe
pole went out OF sight under the wetsT Whsn
J oe saw il again il had come TO The ,prfsca
away down on the edge of the Deans AND vas
going rapidly on down III. stream oNu was
The thing wa. plain enouaS a bIsckb,s.
attracted by the playinp OF Joes resapvs Mn
now. had yentured into the sbsIIow va,a. @
gobbled and Solted IL and fnSip," "atHni
ne had got himself in a fiS WAS irving TO |
get nWay from IL Goa Trimh1a 49, aaE
button Tor the fiseInS minnow tact1a Snt he |
knew that a black bass was at the other end Of |
he could prevent So he 15ict,x wsTsSsd aM |
anchor and started in pursuit of the
poIa The chasa iad him 'ynto "a o,np
49,, r. * - nes 'oI hin into anu uoMn