The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-17

A New Style or Hob snd Traps Easy of
Construction-Ths Hest wAy 60 Coos Eeis.

n New Style OF Hoh nnd Traps Easy ot
Construction-Ths best Way 90 Ceot Esis.
For those who want q day IN the open and do
not mind fish slime there Is no fun like the
tlme-hunored sport OF bobbinR for cells. What
terrapin farming ia TO the Eastern Shore Of
Maryland. bobbing IL TO the numborless soft
bottomed streams around New York, on Long
leland. and In New Jersey. the best Of all, the
Delaware in Pennsylvania, and for those who
can spare the time. Darby Creek, with Its In.
let's. There Is good sport In Sheepshoed Bay,
the Coney Island creeks, and all along the
great South Bay. The places can easily be
learned from the tackle and bait sellers. s
soon as warm weather strikes the month OF
May, the elusive eel begins In run, and bbbbing
Is In full swing. Reed birds nest When cells
run best" is mn old coast proverb, and they run
well up to October, when the water begins to get
cold. As to sport, the record figures are claimed
by Dick Woods OF Darby Creek. with 1,"43
cells taken on a bobline In q single day and
night last August.
Most people know how TO AZ up a bob OF
marsh worms and sink 1t for cells delectatjon.
but In these days It Is live and learn. and n
number of new ideas which are worthy of con-
sidcratlon have been brought for ward. One
man using 1t for his patrons In Sheepshead
Bay last season, He provided himself with a
needle with II fiat eye u Id some gray darning
worsted, and taking the marsh worms which
nau ialn al the previous might, In fresh
tnhrousdh" t thsm . as to bof leave We a pssStI an sf inch leq free
AT each end. Thus he obtained a long piece of
worsted covered with threaded worms. This
and ono inch thick In the middle, tapcring to
each end like a boy's tlpcet. The cork was
the centre OF It was tied the hand line, and on
the, lower side an extension of the line was at
idoai was Cleaned from e a Frenchman and Il 10
the way cells are caught In the Seine. Packing
The worms In sturgeon roe is to give them the
but a true one, that II is little use going bob.
bling II an easterly wind is blowing. The best
time Is when a southwest wind IS blowing, Just
before. during, or after a rain, when the water
Is getting muddy, and again later, when 1t Is
clearing Oft and the cells are hungry.
If the eel fishermen want to make a bag and
have the time, they should set traps. These
are made thus; Take half a small barrel or box,
in the middle OF IL cut a hole about eight inches
round, lash a piece of loose wire round the
funnel about half the length Of the trap, the
wide pnrt being attached to the wire, and the
narrower end (which should be at least three
inches wide) pointing in to the centre of the
trap. Ballast it with rocks to sink it. having
q stout rope attached to 4. and having baited
dies of worms. lower IL into the haunts of tho
cells and leave 4 for q few hours, while tho
B BS'S a tir TDfs t f%e1'p pole or miG buoy. "' Wien 't the t eels
are running we'll. as many as a hundred will
be taken in each trap. and when they are
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large quantity Of cells are caught the local fish.
ermen will readily buy them for a cent or u
cent and u half II pound. as they market them
for four cents and upward. Care should be
taken to get a good, stout boat, never mind how
heavy. one that 1t is impossible to turn over.
and make sure that the rope tn the eel trap Is
nothing short OF n clothes line.
The proper way to cook cells is to skin them
while they are yet fresh, and this is easiest
accomplished by rubbing their tail end on a
HAT board with the foot. shrinking a lit lie sand
or ashes on the board. This breaks the skin
and 1t can be peeled off back toward the head.
without the tail squirming up into knots as 1t
does when the eel is skinned from the head.
Then take a sharp shower Of steel or wood. and
winding the eel into n fiat ring. as n ships
cable IL coiled, push the skewer right through
from side to side. Keen. The cells in waite; until
the pan IL ready. Get the pan very ho., drop
IN some butter. or try out some salt, pork, rub
the pan two or three times round with an
onion or a Glove Of garlic. pepper and salt the
eel, and drop II in to fry fast as ii can. When
cooked whip It out onto a hot dish. dredge
some flour into the fat in the pan. burn 1t
brown until the Jumps are rubbed out with n
spool, and as II comes up to the boil dredge
in Il pinch OF very finely chopped parsley, add
a tablespoonful of sherry or Madeira, pour it
over the cells. and serve.