New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 20, 1928, Page 3

HILLIONS OF FiH N ALASKAN WATERS | mon, Halibut, Tront afld Her- ring in Sportsman’s Paradise i i s (BY J. VANCE) | It is about time, in these Alaskan miniscences, that the follower of k Walton is allowed an oppor- ity to read of his favorite sport in frontier country, consequently I going to try and take the angler | n a trip with ve and ¥ " lie! of one of the most | aenu of an sual trip,— come to it laska !s 2 land of fish men. I could quote, af ext statistics, cept to expert statist re I shall t myselt ibservations @ estimates [rom conversa [rex and guides. ither that I s exaggerat: the hordes re described. everything walks | 2re spawned to These boats, as to hull and general | brought to the boat, only to eee his construction, are similar to the cnemy and depart in a frenzy to be fishing boats of our coast. But, |argued with as before, Finally, how. mounted amidships on them they |ever, his gameness was overcom have their fishing “poles,” in appear- | the battle was too much and hi an like our bamboo rods and of | powerful fins.and tail merely fanned 20 to 30 feet in length. Usually there |the water as, his gills gulped con- are two on each side of the boat, one | vulsively and he was dragged along- long one and one short one. To side for the last time. It was short cach of these is fastened a heavy jwork to gaff him and throw him line with a large spoon, eimilar to |into the boal.'About 13 pounds he our trolling spoons, and a single |was, not a/pprticularly large fish— hook of large size. The troller usual- | but ] could'not resist the temptation ly drags a spoon astern as well, |to take off my hat to him as he lay There is sufficient poles to hook a fish when the boat is traveling at a slow trolling speed and the line is so rigged that it can be switched from the pole and trans. ferred to 2 power winch, When the salmon is on the line it is dragged in and the big and scrappy fish “horsed” aboard, Covernment Halts Extermtnation C: spring to the jand silvery on the bottom of the boat, in tribute to his fighting qualities, - He: was a knows how long he fought, we did not measure’ time when engaged in to subdue him, possibly more, Meanwhile things had rivers. Nearly the tas been taken, and no wed to 20 up to spaw:, or 0 them, stream spawn 2g: on hea T and edy for the eitua- the eanneries ith whick th accord, by h be 2,00 h0 salm b P * at its mouth before the can- 1 avidly, and sue bers of the up the stre cquipped r did we 7 to do s0. We uscd 10 crabs < eut ris! n, fre or ¢ he feeds it to his dogs at ¥ Nature has provided or the sustenance of 1! knd provided t in such qua: frat they will supply food without limit, The ¢ § rts matter into ife in anoth s aty ided, most lberally, a food-st 1y of this fish. ailed to take his eficient met pt fishing into consideration w he balanced the scale of supply and emand and created the salmon to eet it. She did not realize that folk pn the other side of the world were oing to consume Alaskan fish and hat those who sought them were oing to invent methods of catching hem which would mean their ex- inction. But, if you had salmon for meal today it.is quite probable hat it came from Alaska. It certain- y came from the west coast. If it as canned any one of several hun- fired canneries along the coast line | pt Alaska furnished it. It it was resh it had probably been caught py an Alaskan fisherman, trans- ported to a fish packing plant where it was taken into a room where the emperature is constantly ten de- rees below zero and there repcated- dipped into water until it was not pnly frozen solid but there was a protecting glaze of ice on the out- ide of the body. Stacked up like ordwood in & corner of this room he fish awaited shipment in & cold torage boat to a rallroad point from vhich it was sent in cold storage ars to the local dealer who sold. it 0 you, It loses none of its flavor or reshness through this method of handling. Traps and Nets Used The salmon are caught in eeveral ays. The majority of them do not ake & hook in salt water; none of | hem do after reaching fresh. Fish aps, similar to our “pound-nets,” | placed along shore, with leads| tretching out into the sea are a fav. prite method. Gill nets are also used. n this way of fishing a long net is | isentiments. A slack period and an- | }down, dcep down in isearch of a s {ror e led to Sitka lowing the sal We could not ascerta | they we! jed in, ass g th |1t later developed, there was dissat patd for King re packers ar idling expectt ice of 12 cents a poun cateh. So we prepared to y The s boat of the “Westward" was used for our expedition and we departed before the thrust of en outboard to the soft twilight ' Al ight.” Soon we were on the grounds. Schools of herring were seen to be flopping about just | below the surface and occasionally jumping clear, giving the effect of a handful of small pebbles thrown and Saturdey upon the water as they fell back, b certain indication that big fish were Night, feeding upon them and they were | 3 Jumping to escape. The spoon had reached the vicinity of the herring school when a viclous tug occurred upon my line, his Store Wil Keep Open Tonight s making five lines which he has out. in irridescent beauty, black-spotted | tish. No one | that sport. 1 imagine it took an hour 'a large King had taken the troll. It |tire and ouss was brought to not | judgment that she fish was heavy. | “Dan progressed too well with my fishing “Joe” had something, there was no gaff and was directly over |partner. Of course he had taken in question about that. I lit my pipe, 1He peered down through the water NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1928. hix line when 1 firat struck, in order |leaned back and watched him %0 to that it should not impede my cf- |it. Follqwed a couple of hours of iforts and had been forced to sit losing line and retrieving it, of reel- lidly and watch the fight. -Conse- |ing and pumping on “Joc's” part. quently the next fish that hit either [ Every now and then he would stop line was to be his. Possibly 1 was not |to shake his numbed hand and ask |80 disappointed in reflecting that I me to look at the reel and estimate would not have to land the next one, |whether he was gaining line or los- if T hooked it, and was perfectly |ing it. Many times the few remaining | satisfied to sit and watch him work |feet on the reel seat brought despair his arms and wrists to a frazzle [to both of us. but somehow “Joe™ while 1 rested. would get back enough to ma him Another Rattle breathe easier. Finally the accumu- Again 2 quick tug, this also on my | lation of line on the reel showed a rod. I set the hook and, almost with |distinct gain. A lot of it would go the same motion passed the rod to in a rush, but more would come | him' in exchange for his own line |back after the rush was over. A which I at once started to retrieve. [tremendous fight was on some {1 knew when I struck that the at the other end and at “Joe’ {was a heavy fish on, assuming that of the line as well. 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