The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-29
Hudson Fishing Is
a Thing of the Past

Farmers went to take them away
from the dock by the barrel and sal,
them down for summer food after tho
fashion employed in the care of mack.
erel. In recent years. however. nearly
all the shad caught have been III.
posed OF In the villages along tho
river near where the fsr e-s caugnr
Prices have ranged from IS cents tn
s1.s6 for the roe fish and 40 to Go
cents for the male. This year between
Crtoton and Edgemere, the favorit,
shad section OF the river, not mora
than a dozen nets were stretched.
score OF years ago there would have
been at least a hundred. Dav after
day this year the fishermen lifted IN.
nets only to be greeted by a wafer
haul.
Striped bass are caught by the mar.
ket fishermen in the same manner and
at the same time as shad. Shad NIL
not take the hook, but bass Will. BON.
this spring the hook and line fisher.
men were disappointed. Many Of them
during the entire season rsnlg,
failed to get a strike. A few yeir.
ago 1t was simply n matter OF gong
fishing with a proper bdit-b,ood
worms or shedder crab-to get a fine
mess of bass. This spring a few fish
were hooked at Croton Point. scar.
borough, Tarrytown, Dobbs Ferry and
at points between Ludlow and the Haf-
lem River.
The net and seine fishermen rea.Iy
had better luck with bass than tine,
hal u.ith chad S.l.,l Al
small some comparatively good hauls
were made, but nothing like in ,h.
palmy days. Many Of the hiss W.ru
caught in fke nets, a net with WING,
: that extend at angles from the mou,H
of a traplike cJntrivancc. As il is
not lawful to keep bass loss than
foot long. most of the bass N,irl,
in this way have To be released
E:els are now beginning To be- roc g.
nlzed az a desirable food FISH aui sell
| fresh at 20 to % cents pound
and about double when smoked. Whe.
the shad and bass are gone tn. fish.
ermnn turns his attention On OBJ. %.
and puts out his pots and set mes
The eel crop was "A dismal fa..i.
this year.
Gradually the Hudson River protu,.
ton Of cells has decreased from scar
to year until this season fishermen
failed to get enough to buy bait ~
traps and lines. The rod fisherman
this year also had extremely bed Incl.
The whole amoun of the matter va,
that the cells were not there.
Even the umbrella fishing brigade
JAILED OF satisfactory results. r
class Of fishermen provide themselves
with a bob made of a huge cluster ~
angle worms strung ON thread The
worms are tied in a bunch attached 20
the end of a line, the line lied 'o a
short. stout stick. They walk along
the river shore and on striking a Likely
looking spot drop the line weighted
with a light sinker into the watr..
holding the pole with one hand While
In the othc. is an open inverted UNI
brelia suspended with the tip 'ls' 40
top OF the water. When "A tu- come.
indicating that a greedy eel j. I'irmI
ing to make Off with the bunch 49,.
worms. the fisherman gently ral 50. tia
bob, the eel holding on. ana deposits
him in the upside down umbrella. A
short shake of the pole and the ce. .,',
go and finds himself a captive. t.r .e
cannot scramble up the SIDES u lie
wet umbrella.
When as many GELS as the umh.r.a
will safely hold are taken the ..' !
emptied into a basket the Dol boy .r-
ries with him. \ very cloudy ily .-
at night is the time when his mc''.l
is most successful. Fifty pounds :
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