The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-19
HIS TEN-PoUND WALL-EYED PIKE.
MIR. Gilbert Lost 1t Three Timcs, Under AE-
GrnyatinE circumstances.

HIS TEN-PogSD WILL-EYED PIKE.
MIR. Gilbert Lost II Three Timcs. Under AE-
GrayatinE Circumntnnces.
II was fishing for wall-eyed pike in the Della
ware River one day last week" said John Gil
bert, the travelling groceryman, land lost a
ten FOUNDER under most aggravating circum-
stances. Bill Compton was with me. The Erie
Railroad runs close along the river on the New
York side. 1 had just hooked this ten-pound
pike when the locomotive of a passing train be-
gan to toot and loot and toot. The whistling
was so peculiar that in spite Of the tussle l
was having with the big fish l turned my head
10 see what allied the locomotive. and there l
saw a doe and a fawn bounding along the track,
only a few feet ahead of the train. They had
come down QUITO the Sullivan county hills that
skirt the road along there. Why the dinged
things didn't jump off the track and go back to
the hills again l don't know. but they didn't.
They kept on ahead OF that train a hundred
yards or more, and then leaped down the steep
bank to the river. The water wasn't deep
enough for them to swim, SO they started in to
wade to the Pennsylvania shore, which they
did with a great splashing OF water. passing not
more than twenty feet from our boat. When
they reached the Pennsylvania side Of the river
they soon disappeared in the woods there. All
this hadn't taken more than three minutes, but
that was time enough for that ten.pound wall
eyed pike to unlock himself from my line and
get away, and i never noticed 1t. / was mad,
l tell you. l had never caught a ten-pound wall
eyed pike, and l was disappointed.
Throw in again. said Bill Compton. May
be he'll snap it the second time
II threw in again. and it wasn't long before
got another strike.
".Yo on We got MINI yelled Bill.
But 1 knew at once that it wasn't the ten.
FOUNDER.
This one won't weigh more than SIX said I,
and began to play him. Bill wasn't fishing.
! and pretty soon l heard him holler:
Wonders them two deer again.'
LET 'em be there!' 1 hollered back. I
amt after deer; I'm after wall.eycd pike!'
Say, John, insisted Bill. Them deer have
stretched out like sixty. since they went over
a while ago, and one of EN- has grown a pair
ii pike WAS making a. lively fight, but I
turned my head and looked at the deer. Sure
enough a big buck and a big doe were splash.
ing across he river from the Pengsylyanla
tend to lose my pike this time. even II 1t was
only a six-poundcr, and quickly turned my atten-
ton back to il.
keep them deer shooed away till I land
this fish, Bill, said /.
But The d. deer r,d had I'D Gr tS 3 1a the river tI.n While \ !
bound, and were lost in the Sullivan county
woods. landed my siT,p9under, but was
and was letting 1t down to n place where 1 felt
the bait got down to the spot Bill gave a yell
that made me jump and give my line a yank
that tore the hook out of the bait. and it went
on alone.
Before | looked round i saw n swoop and q
swish in the water. just where | had been steer.
ing that lamper eel to: A walleyed pike that
hike liz , a 1"sh s s9 rs s0 SasFi th ms Cooked | s ssY IN him n, as :
ynrnpiGn nrI pvnGnt I ~aIt ia hnya IaI
him. and nothing could have stopped me, II Bill
hadn't seen more deer and hollered. The fish
turned to look at the deer, A doe and a fawn
had come out of tho Pennsylvania woods.
and,. then quickly, followed in the wake Of the
BUCK and doe 70 the New York State hills.
II was SO confoundod mad that / couldn't say
a word. ] mopped my head and sat down to
wait and give any more deer that might be In.
clined TO ford the river a chance to got through
before l resumed my fishing. ] waited half an
more after that ten.pound pike. / let tho boat
drop down a little closer to the spot whore tho
big one had come up, and swooped on that last
lamper eel of mine. l put on another lively
eel, and had Just dropped it In the water along
side the boat when Bill touched me on tho arm
John, l amt so blame, sure that doe and
York, after all
- Cause ,yonder comes two moro from
fNssN'p 'fh' A'ff
MY eel hadn't got by the stern of the boat
yet. ! turned and looked, up the river. Sure
as guns. another doe and fawn stood on :the
Pennsylyania shore. evidently considering the
point OF turning back TO my fishing when | felt
a tug on my limo that almost yanked me out OF
the boat; I grabbed my rod, but 1t was too
late. A big, wall.eyed. pike had seized the eel,
and had shot straight under the boat. Tho
limo was drawn tight against the keel. and with
one surge the pike snapped it in two, and away
glimpse of him, lie was a whopper.
d. There, hollered. That's the third time
COMPOUNDED shopping deer
Il told Bill TO pull for shore, for there wasn't
any use trying to catch walleyed pike IL deer
woro going to stamp around In that water all
day. l toll you itS aggravat:ng TO lose a ten
pound pike in that way. How do / know it
was n ten-popndcrl Because Bill Compton
went out noxt day alone and brought in a ton.
FOUNDER. 1t had u hook in It's jaw and ak feet
OF leader hanging from 1t. Tho hook and lead.
er were mine. That's how | know IL. II YOU
are esing after walloyed pike Up in the Della.
ware River and want to DO sure of having
some sport. lie along the shore with a gun"