The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-19
I can't see why the people say

can't see why the people say
The Presadunts so grand,
Or cheer for other men when they
Make speeches from the stand.
Ma says there's lots of other men
That pa stands far below
I'll bet that he can beat them when
1t comes to flshin'. though.
1 wish. I was as grand as pa
And got the bites he gets;
l can't see why it is that ma
Complains so much and frets.
She often says she doesn't see
Why she's got such a fate,
But when it comes to fishin', gee!
tell you, pa he's great!
Chicago Record Herald.
DR.. Linley, at the quarantine station,
has been having rare sport with the
bass during the week.
Capt. Starr and a party are off on
a search for the big fellows. They
ought to bring back some good fish
(stories) with them.
Messrs. Bob" Cornwell and willie"
Reddy are not doing a great deal of
fishing these days. They are busy
building a power boat that is going 70
be one of the most handy and comfort
able in these waters. A popularity Of
the craft is that the builders have
found every plank on the bottom to be
a cardboard strake,'' insofar as diff
Guilty of fitting it is concerned. The
launching, at an indefinite date in the
future, will be an event.
A storm from the Northeast. coming
along with spring tides. played hob
with fishing during the early part of
the past week. However the wind did
not last long and the water soon got
into good condition again. The fisher
men who were out last Sunday had poor
luck. Some whiting, croaker and yell
low-tail were caught. but not much
else.
Plenty of shrimp are now running,
of good size. There is no good reason
why any fore-handed fisherman should
go out with a shortage of bait. A safer
plan is to order, or catch, about twice
as much as is needed. Then if the fish
will not bite, you can eat the bait.
Reports from the northward are to
the effect that something serious is the
matter with the menhaden this season.
This fish. as is well known, spends the
winter in the South and goes North in
the spring. This season there are
countless millions of them making their
way up the coast, but when they strike
the Rhode Island and Connecticut
coasts they die in vast numbers. Along
the Rhode Island coast, 1t is reported,
dead menhaden are being cast up on
the shore in windrows. In some places
the nuisance of the decaying fish has
become so great that people have had
to move away from the shore.
The cause of this remarkable destrlc-
ton of fish has not been discovered,
and there is no indication where the
loss will end. Dead fish are being found
along the Southern Rhode Island shore,
but the quantity is vastly greater in
upper Narragansett Bay. There 1t has
destruction, but the same conditions
Newport and Narragansett Pier, where
the water is as pure as can be-.
Two instructors in the biological de-
partment OF Brown University have
been appointed to investigate the mat
ter and are now engaged In doing so
on the houseboat OF the State Fish
Commission at WEXFORD.
In some of the bays the FISH gathered
in compact schools can be seen in dying
struggles. They are washed up on the
shores IN windrows-masses OF painting,
wriggling hsh.
Several boat loads Of fishermen who
went out IN the face Of the northeast
blow the other day. instead Of catching
anything, got caught-up on the marsh
Until the next high tide.