The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-12
SOMETHING AMOUR EELs.
The Incidental Eel Caught while Ang-
ling-One Way of Fishing for Eels.

The year round, trying at the various seasons
for one kind of fish and another there may be
found along the North River sitting on the re-
tanning wall outside the tracks of the New York
Central and Hudson RiverRailroad, skirting River.
side Park. more or less men fishing II a man fish
ing here should catch an eel rs sometimes he does.
he would probably turn with II TO the nearest rail
~ the track behind him. and kill IL by breaking
its head on the rail saying perhaps meanwhile
To it. and to himself $50 you're the chaps that's
been stealing my bait eh?" for the eel is u great
bait stealrr
Sitting on a wharf man catching an eel in like
circumstances would kill II on the strngpiccc
and In a boat on the boats gunwale: hut these
would he cells caught incidentally toothcr fishing
fishermen catching cells for market would not
Kill an eel in that manner for the reason that the
bruises would show on the eel when II was skinned.
and so make II unmarkctahle.
man catching cells for market, from n boat.
would have box To put the cells in. II hc had
laps,rcak boat cells thrown on the bottom could
81 the panklng hut they can't climb M the straight
sides of boN II h. Mere fishing with hooks and
INES one e. ct ,nr various Mays wa, IA wh,s, ccS nrr
a trGt linz" this being long line perhaps i've
hundred or sly hundred feet in length. Toorcd at
feet as many as n hundred and fifty or two hun.
drcd hooks. each hook ON short line,
When the fisherman orcrhauling the ttot linz,
united the knot in the short line removing IL
from the ttri line aud drops that short ltn" 'nok,
eel and all into the hnN and goes on nvcrhaGltng
the trot line and taking oil the cells in the same
manner until he has got them all Aa h" goes
along. in place " the hooks and short lines he
takes OIL lac ties the trut line other short lines
with balted hooks attached, His ,tot line all
ovcrhaulcd aud reset he goes at the GELS IN the
box. taking the hooks out NJ their mouths and
then rcbaiiing these hooks and getting them ready
To- nut on the troi line again
The fisherman taking cells in this manner
when he had got box full would 60 ashnr" aud
dig shallow hole in The sand and empty in The
cells and Then I'LL the hole up with the sand. This
would keep the cells from getting away. and also
make them So that they could b" handled From
this mass ~ c"lS and sand ~" fisherman
would take the cells one at a time and S. them
When he had finished this work h" would gather
up the eel skins. "Nc"p'inG pnsgIlly some ~ m"
larger ones AMI throw them in bunch into tho
water Their" crabs and shrimpS would feed IN
what thrr" was about them that could be- eaten.
and the residue would In time disappear
EclSkinS are put Ia some uses ana occasionally
a man wears one around lfi> wrist ~ cur" H.
rheumatism, Once. by farmers near The >rd>hurr
they We're commonly used IN fails. fur tying the
club tu the handle" thrr' was mott ing hat served
the purpose So well. Not ~ MANY na,iS are .lS"i
nowadays. but Hhrrc one j. used II i likely 'u
hc found with its swinging arm attached to ~"
handle with an r"lskin a. - old.