Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-30

mans lap and another hit a lantern, he
shouted: They've begun to flyv They GER
tainly had, as the fish jumped in by twos
and threes, then, as he hit the water with
an oar by fours and fives, then by dozens,
and as the lights were gradually bonn
bafded out by the fish, we sat and laughed
till we cried.
1.-THE Englishman, excited and struck by
the fish, began to strike at them with his
oar. Then. demoralized, he leaped over
into the shallow water, which resulted in
a school Of mullet literally pouring over
into the boat, at which he cried for help.
We waded out and towed the skiff in and
she was full of mullet to the top of the
seats"
II can believe that" said another angler.
"as I've seen mullet jump in the Homassa
river a 1000 at a time; not only that, but
pompano. Did you ever see a pompano
jump? Well, you missed the ~prettiest thing
going.
II first saw pompanos in the Miami. We
were sailing up in a catboat and ran into
a school of them. They thought some big
fish was after them evidently, as up into
the air they went and came for us, not like
a mullet, but side on.
They started upright, but in a second
or two, they turned so that the flat side
hit the air. like the Wright aeroplane, and
1t held them straight for a short distance.
Dozens hit the sail and fell into the boat,
while we had to dodge others. 1t just
rained pompanos for a while. How far a
pompano can slide Is a question, but 1
have seen them skim at least forty feet.
Jumping fish make a heap OF trouble, -
said the old angler. II knew a chap who
took a girl out owing in southern Cali
fornia when the flying fish were flushed
by the tunas, and as they came over the
boat one hit the girl in the back and nearly
knocked her overheard.
Every morning at this place the men
went the rounds and looked for flying fish
that flew into their boats at night. An
eighteen inch fish shooting through the air
Is not an easy thing to ward off.
Senator Quay used to tell a great yarn
about a tarpon jumping into his boat. I
was down there when he was brought in.
A number of men were fishing when the
man near him hooked a fish which went
into the air about ten feet from the sena-
tors boat, coming down head on. The
senator and his boatman lodged and the
tarpon kept right on down through the
bottom of the boat and got away; their
boat was full Of water before any one
could get to them"
"I've seen a boat nearly filled with fish
that was hauled up on the beach, said a
listener. cit was down on Long Key, a
curious little spot right alongside of a
channel.
1--WE had gone ashore to hunt for shells
and hauled our dingy up half out of the
water and left 1t. When we went back
1t was half full of sardines and had
several cavalle in her that would have
weighed fifteen pounds each"
1.-THE sardines jumped in and the cavalle
jumped in after them, ehT" laughed q
credulous angler. There is always SONS
one to doubt plain tales.
"Well, you're not so far Off" said the
other, ITS mighty easy to understand II
II you know anything about cavaIle; II
you don't l reckon youll think it's a derT
lie. But it was this way.
THE cavelles run In big schools OF
thousands and chase a school of sardlnei
on to the beach a dozen times in May
They get so crazy that they jump out OF
the sand and all you have to do IL yoi
want cavelle Is to stand there and film
them up so high they can't get back.
This time 1t happened just where on
dingy was, and as 1t lay low 1t wa
right in the path OF all the fishes and they
naturally filled II, then passed on. A
such a time there's a line of sardine
packed along shore four feet thick, a
black as ink. I reckon you don't believ,
that. added the angler looking at the in
credulous one with an injured expression
"Oh, yes l do" replied the other. I'm
from Oregon, and many a time I've seel
the Rogue river so packed with salmon
that we just laid planks over them an
used them as a bridge to team over.
suppose you won't believe that?"
We'll" said the sea angler. IF ia seeI
: 1t myself ia put 1t down as a dream, bu
) what you say goes boston Herald.