The New York herald., 1922-05-28

pa sses the powers of our imaginations and
outruns our widest visions.
Georges Banks and How They Fish There.
The Georges Bank, of the noted fish
Ing grounds of the world, Is seventy miles
square saa, IN sxtent, with an average depth OF
fishing plateau that Is a feeding ground
for fish In some parts there are places
water covering them. and also there are
places that have depths running even to
George c. Curtis. who knows the Georges
Bank well. describes typical day on a fish
ing schooner thus The skipper from his
is ready in the forecastle: the men are below
in the waist of the vessel batting the travis
tlong lines with many hooks attached) with
chopped up frozen squid. Several schooners
now come into view. some within mile or
less. others near the horizon. They are also
Soon the first dory of the string of ten IL
hooked upon the tackles and lifted from the
trawl line placed in each boat with a
basket of extra squid bait. There are also
sail. two paws OF oars. gaff. fish fork. jug
of water, a girdy or hand windless to start
the travis, a pail, compass. some food.
knife and anchor.
Two dory mates tumble into the bounding
little boat and are cast off. One man rows:
the other with little stick throws out the
trawl line hook by hook AS the vessel sails
on the other dories. first from one side. then
the opposite quarter. are put overheard and
set adrft about fifth OF mile apart
Inc llTSt dOTy Is now nut a spec on the
horizon, seen occasionally as she rises on a
sea. The schooner is headed back, passing
down her line of busy fishermen to eeward
Nof the first boat. and hauls up to wait.
An oar is raised In one of the dories.
The skipper bears down toward It, the vessel
Is thrown into the wind, the dory's painter il
caught and tho men begin to pitch upon deck
,he catch with which they have loaded the
''It consists of medium sized haddock and
big Goldfish, many four feet long. weighing
thirty pounds and over. Wooden partitions
are set athwartships and held between the
pulwarks and house by cleats, the cod and
Lhaddock being heaped in separate pens Some
Nof the fish are about all a man can lift on
his three-tined fork"
Theoretical Fishing Clubs Go Aflounderng.
Three wise crews of Gotham went to bag
the sea founder II clocks had been stronger
bags would have been longer. No one knows
fully understands the rule of three no
matter how we'll he learned II In school until
he goes fishing. Whether it be the rule of
the three powers OF the sun--heating. lighting
and growing-the reason of three cheers the
wisdom of llfe's three winners. look UP, look
out for others and look to yourself.
Even our uncle provides ball each for three
kinds Of people-those who catch the train.
those who catch the next train and follow
you up. and those who catch the next train,
stop. sit on the dock and catch the little ones
The Theoretical Fishing Club. composed OF
members of the City College Club. started
on the Sparrow. Capt. Hoffman. AS the tide
was making great rush for it's finish be-
fore, changing. tide when founder lies
flat and let's II rush. and only the fierce
blackfish will fight, we went to the mussei
beds at Jones Inlet and enjoyed fighting the
one. two. three pound blacks and feeding the
sweet little bergals When the tide Stacked
we moved over TO the bar. and just ordered
them up. often two at n clip, when the sec
ond bunch. who had missed the train by
from one to two minutes, hailed US from a
boat they had hired TO find us. came aboard
and made up for lost time by filling pail.
To-day heard from the other missing. who
sat on the dock and caught few little ones.
Hope sea founders will lnEer for another
week. There are plenty yet In the ocean
to come In to feed and spawn.
The Theoreticals averaged ten founders and
five blacks apiece. and as II was only their
second trip. were delighted with real fishing,
promising TO come half hour ahead next
week instead OF a half hour to whole day
n tail.