The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-07

food fishes, the fisherman said: 80 far
as big hsh are concerned we only get the
haIibut and tho salmon--thAt IT, mean
big IN size and weight and at to eat Now,
It's funny. but It's true" he added. that
a great big nsh like that" pointing to
halihut. will land easier than brook
trout so Ear as size is concerned. The
little fsh are the fighters always and I've
noticed that the shape of fish has got
lot to do with his fighting proclivities. You
take these sharp messed. fong-bodied. siefl-
der tailed fish. and they are hard to man
age, even In 4 net where they have mighty
little chance. but take Il big slab. sided
fab that could fight. II IL knew how. and
they are easy 20 land. o. course. a man
catching fsh for business loses all the fun
In IT, Business in business; you want all
you can get as quick as you can get 'ern.
with a. little trouble and IT'S like slaugh-
tering q bullock compared with shooting
a deer when compared with fishing for
sport.
sSRUT what you ough, to write about"
- continued the fisherman 'is not
what we catch and firing home. but what
va catch and throw away or turn loose
again What We catch and bring home
you folks See bas what We throw OUT or
else let get out themselves when the nets
are hauled In you don't see and don't hear
about What are they. l dent know: no.
body knows. Sometimes we see queer
fishes in the catch and conclude TO bring
them in. eu, when We so 10 take hold of
them iss different Why because some
of them sting some Of them shcek and
Some Of them bite. oh. l mean II. All
the Ash In the sra ain; like the ones you
s~e on the stand and any fisherman will
teI yon so. We've pulled UP FISH many
a time that we didn't know what they
was never had seen 'sm before or their
like. and never have seen them again. An
old hand az the business of fishing will
lot strangers In his net alone usually
that Is IL they'll let you aione-bsis some
~ 'em wont like the devil ASH. You get
him and you've get 10 Kali him lie won't
try 10 20 IL voa give him show. He'll
nxns hAek They say fish have no brains
eus are good tn make brains. Now dos't
know about that Tas ordinary ash. tho
salmon. trout; cod. smeIt salibut and the
rest. certainly seem 20 have nothing bat
appetite and whsn eauSh, simply s,rux.
gle 30 get away. ana IL they caa'. %
course are caught. Has you take a shark
FER instance That fish Don't act that
way.
Now yeu explain to ne Il you can" he
continued, ''how Il is satp wiA be sail
ing aioms and act "A SHARKS Ar &c be seen
anywhere, it'x Nay cut in MID ocean sfth
she water Eailes deep and suddenly some
so.y on epard dies They ges ready 80
sssry them. and ssnS f~for~ the body in
wrapped In tho saroa8 hammock you hook
ever the side ard yna'is see a school o,
sharks around the ship where asa ;hsy
Genre frssra- Hsw did shey knpv a hsav
was sasns ever TIRE side. Couldn't have
xsssefied IL How do they know Ts.As :
wha, MAKES sailors ard fishermen believe
In thinxs
An. true :. ia Tsas which IS Afis1s
Tom as - wsicA bat glimpse
n1~ Art shen. ard that glimpse Sss Arsss
as to add 10 car nsystsAc@ssen. leads 90
consscsarex and :rnsxinsnxs thas aagsss IA,
sae wefsdeTfaa love % sae sea
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s.fe's. ire grand. GA ecsan tseaf all
TIE water :sss r0ss ;ssaagh CT around snss
tassrrd state sf Washington. makes X nss
eaiy . ashermaE's safAssse far sport. III.
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readily - = well eas< ny tie srSus. IN 81