The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-27
The Hay Fishermen.

Tn" fishermen professional and anna
tour. Who arr drawing M bv hhnir'Tl-
In, frost fish. "killr'~ or tnincod that
hay" auu"ar"l 80 suddenly in great
- huulr along the New York city coast
are following our nj the ancient 'alings
al the. jewellers ou the shores oi ia" Hay.
The New York BAY fisheries ar" AN
industry OF greater magnitude and al
more ancient standing than most per
sons who So, the nets and traps set OF
th, .l.rs,.y coast and th" fishing schoon-
.rs and dirct"- might imagine.
The lr.-, ti>h may not b" III" gam"
that the Did salts at h"ypOrt and It's
vicinity would Chou~e. They are too
easy - take But nm old record Of
Bergen tells that when swapping tur-
The wcr" running low in the marshes
AMI IN. question - food WIS assuming
cons idcrIhlr Importance great schools
of the" fish appeared down the Bay
and ia.rly ,l,,>"d the Hackcu-ack River.
Every man woman and child turned
iishr~ and they provided supplies enough
totlir over a severe " inter \ biG school
al weak iSh or bM"hsh stirs Key port as
deeply and rs quickly rmptI"s wharN"~
and resorts a. a sunday run OF bllcktlsn
on the Cape Cod coast has cnpticd
churches and turned preacher and con-
creSatlon into FISHERS These Pay fish
rrurn have seen tho shai. herring
mackercl. come IN immense shoals and
they have seen thorn lrav" and seek
more favorable waters
The Raw has been rich in food fish OF
all kinds Its fame IN Colonial DAYS
seems to have spread a. FAR south as
Virginia. for in early chronicles there Is
mention OF an expedition htted out at
Jamestown and that made It's greatest
catch of the coast OF the present Mon
mouth county. The first settlers III
the n.ighborhood Of Newport had the
right 10 fish the shores and the privilege
of using a wharf built almost is soor
a. there was house. for pitChforkinR
oysters out of the mud II = SAID that
when BENJAMIN FRANKLIN and JoHN
ADAMS met General How at tn" BIlloT
mansion on Staten Island "A -iv~hc
caught in nearby Princess ray. and al
which ~allmarv"llcd AT its sy2" and SWEET
ness. was served for dinner The sue
cul.nt oysters from the same waters
and the tine bluctish and shad may have
gou" far to establish with sir HFNRN
CLINTON and Major ANDRE their hlgi
regard for captain BILL0r "a host
The old hotel AZ Eo--y ~" back IN the
eighteenth century established "A r"pu'
tation for "A dinner Of -"aiood tak"i
from tn. Nav that ~ Successors alonG
that part OF the Staten Island and New
Jersey shores hay" since "ndeay ored {,
maintain.
The regular fishermen If tn" Eav to
dav ar, hundreds IN number You inaN
see them going ont 20 s"a Early IN th'
morning IN their boats or IA dlnglc~
examining tn" nets that stretch for rIl'-
along tn" western sid" If III" Lower Ray
With all the VARYING han,"- IL their %
cupatIun. they find th" industry profit
able their catches thousands of pound.
IN "A year hay" ready market IN thu
nv and tho interior If III" country
Their m.thusl.. have varied lIt'" with IN.
wears. a small motor engln" may have
replaced the row"r-. and tn" catch u
bulk l. carrieI ~ tho }av by steam IN
stead If sail. Tn" city has grown NJ
around IN" BAY with tIm" hut this in
du-rry If tho waters remains almu-
.,sp,hnrcr..i