The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-04-01
GREATFUN
HUGE FISH
HALF-TON CAUGHT
Within Short Time by Fishing
Brigade Visitors Feast on
Jewish Steak and Liver


on sport bent, have lately made
things lively in the Jewish world !;
and as a result Jewish steak and
Jewish liver have been popular
articles of diet-there's been
plenty and to spare and any who
did not get a ration have only
themselves to blame, for it was
there for them.
There was nearly half a ton of
fish flesh of this variety on the
city wharf at one time Saturday
and all caught in short space OF
time. And it was sight to be-
hold how they were being carved
up into steaks and carted away
many of the sojourners in the
city feaSted on this flesh and pro-
nounced it good. Of course it
was good, and it is no rarity here.
And the cuts of liver were good
too, But it is only lately that
the fishing brigade men have TAX
en- to angling for these larger spe-
cimens of the fnny tribe.
But, Oh say, they had some
sport 1t was not to meet the
requirements of the inner man
that they gave chase to the big
Jewish, but the catching OF
sheepshead, mackerel, robalo and
such small fish had come to be
rather tame fishing and something
of a more exhilarating character
was sought.
The first one landed the other
afternoon weighed ITO pounds
and was six feet in length. He
put up a desperate fight and it
was not until he had been dis
patched by five bullets from a re-
volver that he could be lifted out
on to the wharf.
Another that had to be shot be-
fore he was landed weighed 280
pounds and measured about eight
feet in length. Three others were
taken, weighing 125, $50 and 220
pounds; and there was more or
less excitement attendant upon
the catching of each one, and at
times the men had their ingenuity
taxed to the limit.
Oh, it's some thrilling stories
they'll have to tell when they
get back home-all of them ex-
cept Jas. f. Corbett and Carl Rim
cimit, who belong here and have
no occasion to tell Of their fishing
exploits. But won't the others
have time of it making the folk
"back home" believe what they
tell them?
w. e. Moore of Clarion, Pa,
who is most enthusiastic follow
er of old Ike Walton, heads the
bunch that gave chase to the jew
fish, individually taking an i'm
portant part in the catching of |
them. And he went at it in a de-
termined sort of a way. After a
dray-load of the fish had been |
taken from the sea, he was telling
of how it was all done, and he
concluded by saying: 81 sure did
some hard work out there-hard-
est work | ever did in my life. "
j. B. Hendricks of Erie, Pa, r.
L. Fellows of DesMomes, Iowa,
John Welch of Jamestown, Pa,
Fred Winslow of Farmer City, ILL.,,
and F. E. Corbin of East PaleS-
tine, Ohio, all had a part in the
catching of the big fish. Thy are
true sportsmen and while it took
some work they say that it was
well worth it, for they sure got
some fun out of it.
Ordinary fish grains, with the
long handle and line, were used
to catch these big fellows. At
first it seemed impossible to throw
the grains hard enough to take a
hold in the flesh Of the fish. At
ter time the idea of placing a
piece of heavy water pipe over
the wooden handle used with the
grain was tried out, and with this
added weight a force was impart-
ed to the grain when thrown that
imbedded it deeply in the fish and
after that hardly any of them es-
capped that came within the view
of the anglers. In most cases
two grains were hurled into each
fish in order that they could be /,