The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-03

fishing is being done from the long dock at
San Diego. San Diego bay is about the
places After the baited end of the line is cast
an empty keg or quarter barrel, or some
thing like that is tied TO 1t. Then the fish
erman gets in his rowboat. taking har-
pooh with him and waits for a bite. Seems
after black bass? The trouble IS, you see.
Californian ' waters weight from 200 to 1000
pounds, and il wouldn't be much use to go
en a5ar then ro Mlsh What ssd an Thou
sand pounds. And it's true. every word OF
it., It isn't often one as large as that Is
taken, but they have been, and Will be
again. helped kill one once that weighed
600 pounds. 1t took over five hours to do 1t.
2Oo-pounder will give his captors good
three hours fight any time
sa,.s me these lmnense nsf anS ,rus ns has
been scientifically proved by naturaiists,
they are. not called by that name in south
which no one seems to know, known as
Jewish, and the man who has succeeded
an ali ths has "a s @ and 70 he IS
always thereafter looked up to by his
neighbors. If at any time you should be
in summer. and should notice that the
town was strangely. quiet and that there
imagine that the town has been deserted
Just over to the wharf. 1t will not
Be nd mass meeting anything ons Of hss
ready. or is ready. to try his luck on a
Jewish. and the populace. according to It's
Sometimes one of these monster bass will
be ready at hand when the halibut or sea
bass bait goes sailing through the air and and
seize it immediately, but more frequently
there is more less of a wait for the big
to bass nature, away he goes with q rush.
Instantly as many persons on the dock as
slacken the tremendous fellows pace IL
they can. If he doesn't happen to be too
big they can generally fetch MIN 70. put
whizzes through their fingers at rate
that makes more than one of those having
hold of the line drop it quickly to save their
hands from blistering. The shore end of the
line is soon reached, and 1T Is dropped, for
those handling it would be. pulled head
the empty key or barrel pumps overheard
and the water chase is on. The fishermen
in the boat follow the barrel as 1t is towed
swiftly over the surface, and if the. fish Is
a particularly large one 1t frequently hap
pens that there ess viii pe b nog ytefn
that being the object OF the men In the
boat. a.
long time keeps in the depths. The oppo-
sition of the empty kegs sinks the great
hook deeper and deeper into , the nsns
comes tearing to the top and leaps out OF
the water, its great, fierce eyes glaring, its
SplneS erect like u DlS iuW VI. Siidi ~ otTCA
spikes. and its jaws apart enough. almost.
to take in the pursuing boat. When the
fishermen overtake the flying key they seize
it and then a novel fight ensues. Here and
there over the bay the boat flies along in
the wake of the jewish the spray flying
from its prov, and deep trail OF foam
tossing behind 1t. There is 5000 deal IN
the skill of the men in the boat in handling
the line in the shortening OF the chase but
the best Of these fishermen never expect
to tire a Jewish out in less than three
hours -
..At last there will be a noticeable slack
eung ir the speed of the boat. Then the
slack of the line is quickly pulled taut, and
the distance between the fishermen and the
prize grows less and less. The great bass
know what to expect. They will find the
monster lying near the surface apparently
in a complete state of exhaustion. To the
uninitiated, in fact the fish might appear
dead But the fishermen know better. me
boat glides silently alongside the inert nsn.
THE harpoon is thrown and sinks into the
iewfsh's body. Instantly the enormous fish
rises half out of the water, turns, ana
shoots toward the bottom with amazing
speed the heavy harpoon piercing It's VIZ
tails The strength and ferocity ef this nsn
is now shown to a wonderful degree. for
half an hour 1t will rush about, towing the
boat and the fishermen with IL as rapioiy ~
ever But again the speed will slacken, and
the fish comes to the surface, gives a few
ga SOS and some wicked rhrashings with It's
tall and gives up the fight. All that Is TO
be done then is to tow the monster ashore.
where the fishermen are greeted Dy the
spectators. who have been watching inc
chase all these hours.