The morning times., 1896-05-10

white perch, croppIeS, muliets, redhur>e,
SunTISh, white aud hickory shad herring,
drum. roach, wrakfIsH, pIckeTeI and gar
fish.
WHERE THE TIDE Is MET.
Where the streams meet the tide the an
odrOm"us species come up from the ocean
to spawn. The fresh-water species drop
down from the WateTsue5is to -GlSpOrJ Ia
the brackish inflow
Herring choke ali the streams Striped
bass penetrate inland TO the very head
waters. PICkerel sport OF the very eGse
Of the tide and ieakfLsh spawn IN the deep
fresh water pools in tue CCves having obvious
connection with the ocean.
Oftne sound fisheries there are muItitudes-
The channels leading down among them
are OF the lovely soft brown OF the juniper.
The cypress forests draw toward them Ike
single masses OF green. Touches OF white
in them indicate houses, ami patches or
gray the weather-beaten wharyes.
Their deep waters, cleared of cypress
knees aud stumps. are of the pleasant ColtFs
that painters love. Thin touches OF mist
here and there give a mystery 10 the at
mosphere and soften oyerrugged outlines.
Sailing i'll upon such lovely vistas one
can have little reason for the edisparagement
of the first gImpses OF the sound fisheries
scene he may have left behind him
GREAT NURSERY GROUND.
There is no such nursery for fishes Of II
species and procIivites as the Trent
River" says Charles HalIock Most Of the
channel ways are paved with shell rock,
and the spawn finds choice deposituFies
in the hollows aud creyiCes.
Ali the way up the river for forty miles
fles r
poles projecting from the banks, where pe
groes stand with IOng-handIed dip nets and
scoop the fish as they ascend. sometimes
as many as half dozen Or more at time
Occasionally there are rude windlasses
fash,GiIcd OF unpeeled logs and poles. used
in hauling drag nets and stake nets across
the mouths OF creeks. On the White Oak and
New Rivers, in 0nsiow aud Carteret coun-
ties sorIering the sound, fishermen often
make big earnings.
The fish business OF New Berne alone oc-
cupIes many big shippers Vessels from the
outside and boats from the Neuse. Ba ' and
Contentena Rivers are constantly arriving
:, >-. 3ud oysters and the market slip
at the foot of Middle street is usual y crowd
~. Winter fishing is active
from Roanoke Island 10 Bogue Sound
All JI<Ough December weakfIsh are abun-
daut. So are drum. spotted sea trout, nlal-
| lets. croakers. catfish, perch, redborse,
! pickerel and black bass. From january TO
July L fishing improves daily, and Spanish
mackerel, hogfiSh, sheepshead, and blue
fish afford good fishing for hook and line
MONTHS FOR FISHING.
July and August are poor fishing months.
Fall fishing begins in September, with a
| big run of muiets. With November come the
rockfish and perch.
is lost NOrtb "a r1lina
wat5 : occasionally u venerable ne gro will
! take bis rickety old pant and steal away TO a
| deep cove. but sportSmen seldom follow the
| sport in this way.
| In the autumn they go to the beach and
/ troll for bluefish from q sailboat or fish
| with hand lines for weakfish. PickeTcl
are plentiful in the spring. but of little ae-
| count.
The larger number of the fishes of North
| are many enormous fisheries on the shores
| of Albemarie Sound and the Roanoke and
| ChowaD Rivers
At certain periods of the year 80 per cen
| of the tonnage of the Norfolk and Southern
railroad and its auxiliary steamboat line
| consists of fish. shipped from New BerBe
Edenton, Elizabeth City, Washington, Roe
| noke Island, Beaufort. SwanSboro. anC
| Nag's Head, principally TO Fulton Market
| New York.
The common length of the seines is s ,OO(
| feet. Horse and steam power are required
! for these. For greater economy OF time twt
! boats arc used instead OF one. as in man
| sections, the seine being loaded from eacl
end while the middle is being worked up [,
| the shore.
When the two boats have the seine ol
! board they move to the outer boundary O
the fishery, and the bag OF seine is droppet
between them as they move in opposite q
! rections.
AS they throw out the seine the boat
| curve in ward to the shore, and when th
| last of the net has gone overheard the line
are run out until the boats CRATE upon th'
/ gravel.
/ HOW 1T IS DONE.
An active fellow, in waist boots, from
each crew, wades ashore with the line