The herald., 1898-07-14
fXCfLLENT FISHING
NAT WILSHIRU INTRODUCES A
STARTLING INNOVATION
Economixes Exertion by the Aid Of q
Parachute-Tuna, Yellowtail and
Barracuda in Plenty


tuna were running fine early this morning
and three Of the big fish were brought in.
but for those not extraordinary mishaps.
that any fisherman can explain away. there
would have been several more. Nat Will
shire, a recent arrival, distinguished him
self by landing one fish. Mr.. Wiltshire came
over with an idea that he at once worked out
and found entirely successful. His idea was
to make an attachment on the parachute
principle to lessen the strain on the line.
The parachute was made out of piece Of
ordinary linen. colored green, and was at
toched to the top Of the leader at the point
where the line is fastened and is about seven
inches in diameter. When the line was tow
Ing behind the boat it was closed and Of
fered no apprecisble resistance to the water,
but when the run Of the line was reversed
it was another matter. When the apparatus
was tried by hand behind a rowboat 1t SO
retarded the motion of the boat that 1t was
as hard work pulling as though there had
been half dozen people in the boat. When
Wiltshire got the first strike the parachute
worked very satisfactorily. After few
minutes, however, the swivels were unable
TO stand the strain and upon their straight
ening out the fish got away. During the
slightest pressure on the brake held him
as firmly as though he had been tied to the
end Of cable with the other end made fast
ashore. The fish tha1 Mr.. Wiltshire landed
was caught on plain rod and reel and
weighed 1O2 pounds. The other lucky tuna
fishers were F. Dewey and Mr. Shank. Mr..
Deweys fish weighed 10 pounds and Mr..
Skanks "a pounds. Small fish have been
n oil 1or
the rule rather than the exception. Messrs.
Shank and Dukinck were out and returned
with twenty-one barracuda and two yellow
tall
Mrs. Tom Manning. a regular summer Wis
itor with her husband to the island, was the
fortunate catcher of seabass that weighed
in the neighborhood of twenty pounds.
These fish are rather scarce round here.
and this is the first one that has been caught
for some time. Mrs. Manning was the first
lady to catch yellowtail on rod and reel
several years ago.
4. Dow and Mr.. Beaur were out in the af-
ternoon and caught eight yellowtail and
little over two hours.
Mrs. Drown, Miss N. Drown and Mrs.
Currier were out In the launch Putting Pig
in the afternoon and returned with six bar
racuda weighing In all forty-two pounds.
H. H. Pease was out fishing for yellowtail
and, as is the case frequently now, got what
he wasn't looking for in the shape of
young shark weighing fifty pounds.
Ardith. the baby son Of viii Garnish, met
with a bad accident last evening. He was
playing in the kitchen and fell Instinctively
reaching out his hands to save himself, he
caught the edge Of a pan Of boiling water
and pulled the whole thing over on him. The
right side of his face and his right arm
were scalded in terrible manner.
The Spanish mackerel have returned to.
the bay, and the fishermen are making LANCE
hauls whenever they run out their seines.
The Banning company's launch Linda
has been out since yesterday morning
chasing the tramp boats that have been
trying to effect a landing.
At the metropolitan. T. Wiltshire, P. v.
Martin, B. F. Spencer and wife, E. A. Me-
serve and Master S. Meserve, ]. p Jones,
H. T. Duff and family, Los Angeles; F. d.
Winslow, Aurora, ILL.,; Mrs. N. M. Daniels,
Morris Daniels, James Daniels, Mrs. M L.
Harris, Miss A. Harris, Morris Harris,
Leavenworth Kan; A. Stephenfield, Tue
son, Ariz.; Miss Kalgenstin, Tucson; Miss
s. Banf1eld, Plttsburg; "A. N. AGAR, Clncin-
natl; r. johnson, H. r. Davidson, Miss H.
Josselyn, San Francisco.
At the Island Villa-H P. Elliott, Los An
geles; B. Mafreti, D. w. Graybill, F. o.
Albertson, Omaha; E. G. Aycock. Wedge
field, o.
At tnu rGand view-R. B. Ashley, Miss
E. Bumiller. A. NJ. Wagner, Los Angeles;
T. o. Hall, Rochester; Mrs J. B. Schroeder,
Ration, N. M; d. Lyman. California; s. w.
Kennedy, Toronto.
At Camp Swanfeldt-J. F. Thompson, c.
w. Hines, Mrs. s. Walden, A. Palmquist,
o. M. E. Kman, J. B. Nichon, Ben Gould,
Los Angeles; D. r. Hawkins and wife,
Norwalk; Mrs. N. E. Baker, Miss M. Baker,
Lemon Grove; w. L. Pyle and wife. Popa-
lar Ridge; Miss A. L. Chase, F. ]. Butman.
La Vale.