The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-07-20
THI UNCLE FISHING TRIP.
Their Yearly Outing to the
Fishing Banks.
4 GOOD IoLLY TINE HAD.
t.ats Of Fish Canght- incidents of Tho Trip
and Speech By Uncle Lew.

A.nts Of Fish CaHght- Incidents OF Tho Trip
and Speech By Uncle Lew.
The Unclo Lew Club gave its yearly
dshIng "trip TO tho fishing banks on the
steamer Havana on Friday. The party,
numbering nearly one hundred and forty
Dersons boarded the W. a. n. train at the
foot OF French street ut o. 10 on Thursday
speniug for their pier on the Delaware.
Tho stae mer was a little late, not getting
ne the pier until 10 O'clock. Az soon as the
fishermen had embarked upon tue steamer
they checked their lunch baskets and
bARgage and then procured Keys Tor their
Rtaterooms.
The ride down the Bay was magnfi cent.
THE weather being warm, but tine ride on
The water was delightful and invigoratlnR
Music from the Colu mbla band and seleo.
1ions on the piano in the lalies' saloon
helped To eniiven the occasion, and put
everybody in the best OF good cheer,
Nathan g, Gheen took along bis violin
and played reels, jigs and break.downs
Tor the boys, who made their heels 40 9 0
1 lively that the pencil pusher wished he
was young once again. Bald heads, gray
heads and heads with big ehOtks OF hair
flew through the myetic dances keeping
step to the tune Of Pop Gheen's violin.
A new game was called ohneing de
duck, IN which the large part OF the anna.
tour anglers Joined In, and apparently
had a royal good time. Not much sleep
good place to tish from. when the boat
should drop Its anchor at the fishing
grounds. Euchre. .cassiLo and all.iours
were the favorile games INDUCED In to
while away The time on the water.
..Beit" was the subject that the Unole Lew
Club. had up for debate. Tho discussion
was highly Interesting, amusing aud very
instructive. uncle Lew" held that bait
was very essential TO take along on a fish
ing trip, that without 1t you would never
be :able to catch fish although the fat
hunter Is always able to buy the fish, when
too lazy TO catch them.
Some times the fishermen are too busily
engaged IN casting their bread upon the
waters to engage i'll fishing, tn en- there s
some excuse Tor catching ish with sill.
Yer hook, otherwise the fellow IL no
sportsman. There are great many kinds
OF bait liquid and solid. liquid always
neems to have the call but every Usher
man uses the liquid bait to catch ilsh
With. Nearly every body taxes 1t for their
Btomaclis sake In case OF sea sickness.
CLAIMS make good bait for sea bass fishing
That the fishermen who looks too long
and often on tho liquid bait the night be-
fore fishing is often In the IN orhlng In,
capacitated from indu lying On the exclt-
inR sports Of fishing, aud entang!inR mis-
line from his fellow fishermen.
But bait should be procured from any
Of our oyster dealers and cosis rs cents
per quart, Uncle Lew" took along with
him about one gallon OF bait and caught
i've fish. Thus you see II took almost
one quart OF clans to fish, but tAel
Uncle Lew" was happy as a clam out Of
water.
Nos;aan Reed, "unole" Lewis right
hand man, was Kept busy holding the In.
yalids' heads while they looked over the
side OF the boat. to soc II they could set
bottom. but 1t was no use and Norman
said spit II out. OF course he caught nj
fish, how could he? George WhitemuI
rotph tah In hia lima Daluu
one Of those unluuky onee, having beel
hung up on hook tho night before mum
bered ID. As soon as George discovered
this he said no use fishing. Will get nc
fish. And be didn't
captain Shaw. The cham on on the trlv
last year, only caught three iish. He he
came disgusted. owing to tangled lines
md Just quit.
Edward II. Johnson had a line with
1our.pound dtpsy attached which faileC
TO Land him many tl=h. 1t was the belle
OF the party that his heavy slnker kiileC
the tish before they had chance to blt'
at his bait. IL , baited often and pulIeC
up his line often. but his tlsh appeared u
get away.
Mr. Lewis r. Fell while engaged II
watching his limo was banged in the ey
with two.pound sinker. which was at
tached to an enthusiastic tlsherman's lin
on the upper cecE.
The blow made O fearful wound. bu
luckily was nothing dangerous. excei
brushing his cheek under his eye HI
failed to catch any fish.
William Martin, known rs q hard an
successful fishermen, apparently lost III
luck, as he OILY caught three fish and tw
oil them must have hooked themseiye
aud brought his line up on the boat so a
mot TO give Bully any bother OF pulling /
the slack. Last week when with tho III
PUBLICAN man he caught nItOen ilsl
This Only goes to show what effect goo
company has on poor fisherman.
Joseph Fullmer caught ton big fellow
and didnt half try His hands shows
the effects OF his exertlons in landing tn
sea bass Pulling up a sea bass from sixt
or more feet is no easy joD,nnd trying U
the hands.
Thomas Russell mot with his usu
good luck and got some ten Uig fish.
Conductor Thomas Hawkins N-ntd haI
and steady, but cniy got one lsh
tried hard Tor more but evideutasy h
bait failed to entlce the festive sea bus
Thomas said he had lois OF fun, oven II
didL't agch any fish.
George BGrahlll. got the 'BOuby" prlZ
he was actually too busy cutting bait
put his line out.
Charles l.. sparks, Jr.. got tue first prli
"a silver shaving cup and hrlsh hHvll
made the largest catch tie caught 10 l5
which weighed sixty poGud5.
Albert Stout cameIneXt. HIS catch beii
seventeen fish weighing some III
pounds.
Ihe LendeTr1an Brothers bad pulled
the operpSlIs early In the morning. Al
fshed diligently ard caught nice me
for their respective families
]. IL. Mahalfy had along his pole al
r8el and caught some six fish Mr.
said no failed to get many Bites but VII
he got bite lie landed his fish
Owen Wyatt was wide awake and tish
of Of The upper deck and landed six |
fish None eselped.
The tl5hing was good for about half
hotr, alter that they bit only occasional
The Wilmington cfowd eau !ht the IN,
fish as usual. The Chester aud PhlGd
phia people were simply not In 1t.
The boat pulled up anchor at $50 a
left for home. arriving OF the W. " n. L
at $50. The eECursOnlets enjoyed the
selves to their hearts content and eve
body said they had an enjoyable liz
me REPGBEICAS man was slightly unD
the influence of Old Neptune, but III
aged to keep bis thoughts to himself
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Cal. Gays, "Shilohs Caturrh Remedy Ia
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would do me any good"
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