The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-09-07
 THE APOLLLNAPLS COMPANY, LIMITED.
 BLUEFISHING WITH KITES.

A Jerseymans Scheme for Operating
 From a Skiff-He Sends Up a Kite
 and Attaches the Hooks to the Flying
 Cord, Using an Automatic Bite Indi-
 cator-One Man Tends Twenty Kites
 Hauled Home by Kite Tails.
 The apparent desire to do something which no one has yet attempted, which may possibly be interpreted into de- sire to render ones self conspicuous, has at last invaded the field of sport In the days of festive "old Ike" as the great father of things piscatorial is called by an irreverent citizen, the rod, the line. and the lure were all sufficient for his gentle art and so equipped he sallied forth in modesty, desirous of more or less solitude This is all changed, and the coming fisherman ap- pears to be one who goes out with blare of trumpets, band of music, and beguiles the time between bites with song upon the waters. He is already prevalent at many of the nearby re- sorts, and old-time fishermen are seek ing more secluded quarters, where some greater measure of solitude and peace may be found than is now possi- ble on a Sunday at the old time popu- lar points.
 Old timers and what are irreverently styled moss backs" were startled the other day by a man on the south shore of the Raritan Bay who fished for weakfish with a kite. The heavens were expected to fall, and a squall did come up in the evening. at which the said old timers shook their heads as at
 q, rNf.a ,NFf f,,t ,;t NY viewed the kite man announced his in- tention of playing havoc with the blue fish when they appeared in the bay, and said that at present he is simply trying his prentice hand on the weak fish
 His method of operation was to con- struct kite of about three feet by two, five sided. of oiled silk which he pre- pared himself, which was simply to render it little more impervious to water in case of sudden fall in the wind and consequent dropping of the kite into the water. The joints were made by rubber dissolved in bisulphide of carbon, instead of paste, for the same reason, A small tail or balance was attached, and the kite was flown on a short sixty-foot line, which was varied according to the strength of the wind and the speed at which it was de- sired to have the bait travel Instead of the flying cord' coming to the hand it was attached to cube of cork with Q door on one side into which could be slipped lead sinkers to vary the weight to any given degree, according to the drag of the kite Running back from tI,t G,,l. , length of about thirty feet, terminating in the usual gut leader spreader and hooks, the spreader being enlarged to about five inches, so as. to avoid a tan- gle which would not be likely in an idly floating line and bait under ordinary circumstances. Six feet from the spreader was a feather from a crow S wing, and this was attached to the | line by neat eccentric and automatic | hook so that it lay flat by the line until | a jerk came such as fish or obstruc- | ton would give, and then it stood up- 1 right, and by the force of the water and it's struggle for buoyancy owing to a cork base, it slowly ran up the line to l the cork cube, showing from time to | time that something was hooked
 ! The hooks were baited, the kite sent up from boat the tackle attached, | and then the wind was left to do the
 rest, the man in the boat rowing away | from the kite in the direction it would | be sure to follow, scattering large handfuls of chopped-up mussels in it's | track, until he veered off piece and
 sent up another kite and line for fish, | ing. The mussel bait the fish will not eat, but the falling of the apparent | bait attracts them and keeps them 1 guessing until the true bait comes
 along. Three kites were going, and the
 man said he could on a good day at l tend to twenty and lose but few fish.