Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-12

useu. ana some Of tnese are df sucn re-
markahle size that they contain dozens OF
tons of FISH when hauled TN. u is ascer-
tanod In which direction a school Of fish
is travelling and the gil net is placed across
It's path. Tho mesh Of the net are biz
enough to admit their heads and % pass
their Eilis. But the larger part Of the body
cannot pass through. In this prediCament
they riEuratively back-p pedal until their Eilis
become hopeiessly fast in the meshes.
when the nets are fun as s desired they
arc drawn up and the fsh emptied on the
deck Many other kinds Of fish also are
caught with the sill net
Longtime fishing IS another % the com
mercial methods by which the worlds
fish supply Is captured. A single line
sometimes as much as ten miles long IS
shot out from the side Of the boat A
heavy weight is attached 90 the end first
thrown overheard. ana AZ intervals Of
few feet short lines with hooks on them
are attached. The long line is stretched
across the tide. ard thus the hooks are
kept AZ a proper distance apart when
the big lire has remained out long enough
il is hauled in and on the thousands Of
hooks sometimes aOoo Of them. there are
nearly every kind Of fish that one can
imagine. a veritable Noah's ark OF the
deep. In miniature this line becomes the
''trot line" Of inland river fishing.
In the great cod fisheries off Newfound-
land the simple hand line is most Used. A
single fishf r1nan in a boat goes 0ut and
pulls them in one after the other until ne
gets a boatload. The long line and the
nets are sometimes used. It is said that
a fish has more curiosity than any other
living creature and m sport fishing FOR
n4Eckerel the best bait that can De used
is simply a little piece OF scarlet flannel
CT ribbon. tspering 20 q point There is
nothing in the sea that this initiates; lt Is
merely intended % take advantage Of the
mackerers inuuisitIveness.
Perhaps the most dangerous and thrill
ing calling in the world OF marine life Is
whaling. though the advent OF The steam
whaler has tended TO lessen both the dan
ger and the romance Of the chase. That
the harpoon used in whaling is Of very
remote origin as whaling itself is shown
! by the fact in the book Of Job it is asked
concerning the Leviathan "Canst thou
, fill his skin with barbed irons@'' There is
a tradition that the Indians of Florida.
! long before the white man set foot on
t american soil, would jump on the head OF
whale. plug up one nostrl with a
5 wooden peg. then allow him to 90 to the
; bottom, and when he came up again plug
, up the other nostrR. and thus suffocats
the monster. OF course. no one credits
t this tradition. but there seems 70 be no
= room for doubt that the ancient Eskimos
would surround a whale and al given
r signal I'll il full OF harpoons to which
- were attached inflated sealskins Thus
? buoyed to the surface Il was only a aues-
of frr.a
: The use OF the bomb harpoon gun. in
|, which bomb with fuse attached IS hurled
: with a harpoOn into the whale. is com.
paIativeiy recent When the bomb ex-
. Piodes it usually inflicts a mortal wound
4 In the South Sea Islands turtle fishins
4 is carried on in the most primitive fashion
g The fishermen swim out from the vessel
: climb upon a turtles back and. like thi
!, Old Man Of the Sea-. ride him to the vicinity
!, Of the ship, where 4 Line is passed 10 hin
. and hooked around the turtles head, halte
+, fashion Then the captor swtms off fo
! another victim Sometimes they make goOS
shark bait a fate which they doubtless de
], serve as they literally burn the turtles
alive in order 10 get the shell or SOM
. fiend having discovered that when the shel
: is taken before the turtle is killed il make
: finer quality Of tortoise shell
or american sport fishing. the ueep-ses
a fishing off the coast Of California an,
: Florida and in the Gulf Of Mexico. wher
> the tarpOn the black sea bass, and othe
u large fish abound is said TO be the mos
y exciting Very strong tackle must be used
e and the rods, reels and lines must be Of tn
r. very highest quality. Il requires hours q
e land one Of these big fish. and infinite skill
d and patience; sometimes IL degenerages int
an endurance contest. For trout and othe
- inland game fishes an inexhRustible variet,
Il Of rods, reels lines and artificial bait
e 70 be had. II Is said that the Chinese AM
y the Japanese make the finest fish lines q
i the world. Some of the best are made b,
l. the fisherwomtn Of the Straits Of Magellan
d They use their own hair for material. Tn
n average American angler is satisfied wit
& a kit costing few dollars. Some Of them
i. however have kits in which they hav
IS spent thousands OF dollars. But whethe
is II is the bent pin and the wad Of raw cot
2, ton used by the small boy or the most ex
d pensive rod reel and line that money ca
II buy, skin and patience are the most neces
! sary parts OF a complete outfit OF fishin
tackle and money cannot buy them
BZ FEEDERIc J. MAsK1U.
is Observation-Disclosures birthday.