The Penn's Grove record., 1896-05-01
FISHING.

Der when there has been such a big run
Of shad in the Delaware as this spring,
and shad never run larger. The catch
in the River was as good II not better
than in the Bay last week, which shows
that the nets below do not hinder shad
from running up the River when the
water suits them.
The highest catch reported in the
Bay last week was by Hopkins q Muir
ry who caught 656 one day and 1926
during the week. The average catch
was from 250 to $50 a day. From 1000
to 1900 were caught at PENIS Grove 10
a net during the week.
About $4,000 was the highest num-
Der taken to market last week, and the
estimate has been from 10, 900 to 10000
this week.
On Monday from 200 to $50 were TAX
Ell by the high nets. Hunter & Dolbow
got high at PENIS Grove 212, and a
Birch Creek net got 253. On Tuesday
the catch raj from 100 to about IT'S.
Munyan & Murphy got 165 and Jess &
Whitsell III. Wednesdays catch ran
from 100 to 200, Ed. Dougherty & Am
mon Raine got 300. On Thursday the
catch was about the same. Munyan Il
Murphy got 1856 the highest heard.
The catch in the Bay has fallen off
and some of the fishermen have left fer
home.
The net price paid by buyers at
PENIS Grove has ranged from So to 50
during the week, owing to the supply
and demand. Shad only brought IS for
the highest in Philadelphia on Thurs.
day, from which about 81 must be de-
Quoted for freight and commission.
The market is full of shad as there
seems to be a big run all along the
coast.
A few rock are being caught in the
shad nets. The fishermen usually eat
them themselves, excepting when they
get a good offer. They are worth twice
as much as shad.
A few carp are also being caught but
not enough to make a shipment, as the
carp do not frequent the deep water
much. They prefer the shoal muddy
water where their spawn is deposited.
They are now worth 2 and q cents a
pound which is as much as shad are
bringing.
Sturgeon began to arrive in DELI
Bay this week, and from 2 to 10 were
caught 70 a firm on Tuesday.
Thursdays papers contained a thrill
ing account of the capturing at Bay
Side, of a sea monster by Capt. Shan
non and his crew after a battle of 2
hours. The monster measures Is feet
in length, p feet around the body and
weighs about 600 pounds. 1t is a light
steel gray in color and has a coat of
bony plates covering the entire body,
The head is over two feet long and
looks like the head of the rhinoceros,
having a bone growing from the nose.
The large mouth is full Of long curved
teeth. The eyes are small AID are set
we'll up on the head. The pupils Of the
eyes are elongated like a sharks eyes.
The body tapers to the tail, which is
very long and broad.
On Thursday Benz. Reed and Andrew
Hewes caught a rock fish which weigh
ed 20 pounds.
A 300 pound sturgeon was caught in
a shad net al New Castle.
Twelve hundred shad were cuught
at the Badger Island fishery at Burling.
ton on Monday. One of the fish weigh
ed 12f pounds and is believed to be the
biggest ever captured in the Delaware.
The largest sturgeon v 9 taken from
Delaware Bay was caught Sunday night
off Bowers Beach. 1t measured 10
feet 0 inches and weighed 522 pounds.
The roe was valued at $40.
The sturgeon fishermen drowned in
the Bay last week were named Jacob
Oslin and Thomas Benson. The oyster
sloop VIM. B. Sites found Mr.. Muir
Inns boat bottom up and the net float
ing in a bunch, and brought them to
Bay Side. Mr.. Oslin has been fishing
on the Delaware for the past three
years and was a sober and experienced
fisherman. He was a Norwegian and
a great Salvation Army man. Benson
was also a Norwegian and this was his
first year on the Delaware. The boat
must have tripped when brought into
the wind. All the furnishings we're
lost but the anchor. Their bodies were
found on Tuesday and buried.