The sun., 1894-03-11
THE " BLUES" OFF HATTERAS
NrSBTY sPTcK AND sPAN FIsBISe
sCHOONERs ARE AFTER THEM

| Discovery We Wears AGO OF the esrsaus
Piier,naes OF These Fierce swimmer.-
Change. In tbs Furo, MARKET Firhtry,
| with I,ereasea Per,I- and w rd.-
| WAY the Fish HsnE Abost the cape.
The advance guard OF the New York blue.
nshinc fleet is now somewhere about Care
| HatterNs opening the can't align VI 1874 Shs
| IN the taut and trim schooner FitzJ Eabson,
/ Capt slate. Of this city. and. having dropped
from whitestone down to Fulton Market ior
| last storos and Instructions. she should al.
| ready be tusslinG with the Gull Stream and
| March gales of Hattcras
| Within few days the ninety sail OF schoon.
ers In the New York bluenshinR fleet will
| have sailed away from Fulton Market on the
| samo errnnd as the Baesou,
| BIuofshinr for the New York market has
been entirely revolutlonlzed within five years,
and already much money has been made at it
And thereby hangs tale.
| Until the April Of i9 " the Fulton Iarkos
smack fishermen lshod for buetsh only whan
the latter arrived of the Jersey coast on thar
way North ut the beginning Of the summer
| months. This fishery lasted during the warm
| weather and ended In the fall, whom the fisher.
| men turned their attention to taking goldfish
| for the remainder OF the year
The biueHshery OF those days was fraueht
with peril. for 1t was conducted from small
boats hncnOreu on either blue Ol Tue smack,
| directly in the path Of the large number OF
ocean steamers passing into New York by
Sandy Hook. Many of tho flshermen's boats
| we're run down In this way and when fish were
plentiful there was little no profit In catching
them. for the feet was 30 near to New York
| that It was easy 10 flood the markets here with
them at such times.
In those days the idea OF following those do
licious lsh from early spring to early winter.
Al. a =, 4. al ~.
| had not occurred to the fishermen. This was
hit upon by an accident. The discovery has
| quadrupled tho perils OF the New York blue
| fishermen. and some lives and vessels have al
ready been lost. notably In the great August
gales OF last year. but snug fortunes have
been made in tho business. larger vessels
have been bought. and. as consequences.
New Workers are getting better blurnsh
earlier and later and cheaper than over before
In the month alluded to above. Capt. Cal"
Smith Of the Greenport IL l. smack. Josie
Reeves. sailing out Of Fulton Market. discov-
cred the northern trend OF the ferocious army
Of blues" across tho mouth Of Chesa-
peake Bay. In this he was most fortunate.
The spring had been very dull one In fishing.
No goldfish were to he found of Fire Island nor
on the Cholera Banks. Many OF the fishermen
CAP. Cal was persistent. He loaded his
Of bait aboard ior, both blp-iish and cotnsh.
OF chesapeake Bay he was surprised to lind
iish we're so hungry that the Josie Reeves was
loaded. scuppers to- In two days and Can't:
smith was crowding on sail Tor New York aud
And right here is where he made his mis-;
have put into Norfolk and shipped his nsh TO
New York by steamer relltted and continued
out he would have stocked" probably from
Sl5.OOp to S25. 100. For no ono dreamed there
ID nth the srSet AND and rrces S % wculi % have W" ruled az
fancy rntes for nearly three months,
ua to S tSaR hs S soSs HP'1s sS
Josie Reeves Into Fulton slip loaded fairly to
hand some thing ON his cargo: but the rest OF
the nshermon tumbied on to bis secret and
ish from the schools he had 'iiscoysrod and a
pew era had had cone in elusishing % for the New
aSss than MaGy 8. 9s the % made
a, The successes OF 1850 and the poor oondi-
Fulton Market and Greenpoft. and New Lon.
the the vessels engaged In the. fishery i Is the Belle
Of the Bay famous hnlibut catcher which
Gus, tide: winged. iossy banks Than one
would belleye 80 much money Was madc out
and larger vessels were purchased. the New
York fishermen going quietly down to Glouces-
SAILING ss that ns we're IL ise
market there. Among these schooners weTo
ssiler Oi the i.et; The Ala TeTfy.
Whose, Whose ssSIp%a.nd9T sI md & Cant Dlse" Forrest;
seasons biuedshing; the Chocorua. and many
others others Of that class Of able ana sesuti:ul
sells equally as good. perhaps. in the feet.
II IL found by the fishermen TINT the blue
Ssn hs as
sGasr iss as dart on the ns.s
hiatt h4
fish go into the Gull. bur they are in search OF
s MRsn 'fsy caught IN
water Is much below 55e. The fishermen say
o pG sbs dosSs tsa shss could SsSs blue
could get bait such as menhnden and also
PestSs9 OF SsS eSna rSon nave u nss els os good
cruel one, and the chances for making "a strike
In the catchy wintry weather are few and lar
The lirst bluefsh were struck last year OF
Hatteras about the 10th OF March. aAd thsY
worked up the coast. the fishermen following
tucKet. In the fall the iishermen went south
Iu, Sith the nsh ana theS isit thsn S OIL hattsTAs
SsI Was srsfSsf snS q her Ost
Other casualties were reported. and the lish-
ssy Is oa 1he nPSt that has
but notwithstanding its dangers one Of The
ashe5men. Capt, %slIe" latham. in the crack
the perils OF hattsras all Water Ia pursuit of
the blues" lie Is = most vontuTesoIns man
and Is said 10 be absolutely without fear SO
lara the dangers OF the sea are concerned,
No chance Seems too slim for him II he sees .
prospect Of winning. lie comes from a long
line ot hsheTmeL ancestors, and hs has nps
vessel. Capt, Latham has spent all of the cold
months in the bluetsh Mecca trying 20 make
out where the nsh go TO and how they can bs
captured Ia piping cold January weather when
each hsh would worth a round sum but
his winter project has not been very successful
Word has. however come from him that he
has shipped three small lots of hlushsh TO
New York. and It is this news. together with
the tldinRs that bait Is now plenty In the Chez
apeake Bay, that has set the blusnsh nest in
motion for anOt her season Of toll and danger.
Tho squadron is u handsome one. livery vea-
sci Is as trim as yacht. and their RllsteninK
black sides and red water lines fresh from the
painters brush. their new. snowy canvas and
yellow tapsring sDars make 4 picture we'll
worth the seeing.
The fishery is conducted the same as for
years past, except that more 1shinE boats are