The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-29

tried later on a small lake near MIME
apolis. The fishing was done from Two
boats. and it was found that the cur
rent worked successfully with a range
Of thirty feet between the plates, nearly
GiXty pounds Of fine lake fish DelnS
gathered in about ten minutes IlIle-
Very recently some experiments OF 2
much larger scale than any or snese
made near Minneapolis have been maze
near the works of the WeStlnShouSe
company at PittSburg. On the Monon-
eahega river a current Of 1000 Volts
Was carried across the stream. Inc re-
sl,lt of this experiment was new IN
that IL yielded the mud fish anu the
animals that live in the bottom OF the
river. An immense muskaIonge WAS
among the victims that were DrougnD
to the surface.
Deep Sea Fishing.
eft is more than possible that deep
sea. fishing may be carried on by this
method rRuch more easily and extern
sively than it is now, said a WesJlliS-
house engineer 70 the writer Ille O tIleT
dav. IF a FISHING boat were fitted out
with the electrical equipment that IS
supplied to any one Of the big ships IN
the Americas navy, electric nsnlng
could be carried on very easily at any
place on the hi Oh seas The wires could
be carried soma little distance from the
boat and held in their place by hoats,
and the plates could be lowered 70 any
desired depth
If the fisra of the very deep water
were sought, the effect Of the electrical
current would possibly be partly lost
by the time the fish REACHED the surface
of the water. But even in such cases
the fEning nets and lsednes now IN use
could be applied. The FISH would be
brought directly to the fishermen and
the long waiting which now makes deep
sea fishing expensive would no 1Onger
have to be endured.
!! Where extensive fisheries are now
conducted along the coast, electrical
fishing could be carried on by extending
live wires from some power house at
the nearest town 10 Uhe shore The
wires could be carried by BOAT TO the
pools where the fish school, and the
plates submerged there. BY sUcn means
the fisheries could be made 70 yield
many times their present output, and
the market price of fish would be great.
| " reduced, with as much profit as at
present 60 the fisherman
Such fishing is not now prohibited by
law, nor need il be, for it is humane
| in every respect. There is no hook to
/ tear the mouth or net to break the ms.
/ There is no slaughter as there is by the
use Of dynamite. No fish are killed. nor
are they injured in the least They,
are simply brought helpleesly to the
/ fishers hand. He takes those Of good
marketable quality, and the rest swim
away, gree and unhurt.
/ The electrical engineers who first
made experiments with this sort Of
| fishing in the upper waters Of the
I Mississippi are now engaged IN perfect
ing small but powerful portable bat
5eries to be used in trout brooks. rivers
ana email lakes and 5t may not be
/ long before fishing with electricity WI
have become a common way OF pro-
curing both fresh and salt water foods.
1t gees without saying, however, that
this method Of capturing fish IS likely
to be denounced in many quarters as
unspOrtsmanlike, and it is very pos
sible that attempts will be made to pass
laws prohibiting It
RICHARD LLOYD-JONES.