Show STRIPED 1IASS FISHING The Fascination of the Sport and HOTT i la Conducted There is no fish that swims in the ocean possessing more gajney qualities ties than the striped bass Even those fish only one year old display a fighting fight-ing nature that delights the true fisherman fish-erman while those of large growth fare positively pugnacious when they find themselves fastened by the cruel hook The sport is therefore a fascinating fasci-nating one second only to salmon fishing fish-ing while the conditions and surroundings surround-ings are vastly different The noblest method of catching this I truly noble denizen of the sea is that practiced along the coasts of Connec practced ticut and Massachusetts At Newport I tcut Shoals Nantucket Marthas Vineyard Vine-yard and other points fishing clubs have established themselves and every i vantage ground is now occupied for j the sport has become a recognized source of pleasure The usual method is to erect stands which extend out beyond the line of the surf When the fisherman goes out with his rod he is accompan led by a boy who carries a basket filled with young lobsters Breaking off the tails for bait which are used for the hook the rest is chopped up into small fragments which are called chum This is sown broadcast onto the surf while the fisherman makes a cast with his baited hook I The fish love to riot in the tumbling gurf and finding the chum good feeding ground they gorge on every tempting morsel Finally the fish strikes a baited hook when all is confusion con-fusion and excitement The gamey bass makes a desperate rush for the open sea earring with it the longline which is whizzing off the huge reel He sometimes takes 500 feet of well laid line then turns and heads for 1 shore Here the skill of the fisherman j comes into play He has to reel up swiftly in order to keep a strain on the prey yet be prepared for another dash for liberty and life It frequently takes an hour to bring the fish to gaff but when captured he weighs from 100 to 300 pounds Fish weighing 37G pounds have been caught and it is the rule that the man catching catch-ing the largest bass during one season is called King Fish Records are carefully kept and many a stirring tale is told of the pursuit In no work are the scenic features of the coast of Massachusetts and Connecticut Con-necticut better described and illustrated illustrat-ed than in Picturesque America now being issued by The Herald in weekly parts at the extraordinarily low price of 10 cents and four coupons each The Appletons who are the publishers publish-ers of this magnificent series claim that no publication of the kind has ever been attempted in this country on a scale so large with design so liberal lib-eral and with results so really magnificent magni-ficent They offer it to the American public as not only the greatest and fullest exposition of our country that has yet been made but as a monument monu-ment of native art worthy the genius and refutation of our people The enterprise en-terprise is a large one the illustrations illustra-tions alone cost over 100000 but the publishers determined to spare no expense ex-pense in carrying out the project feeling feel-ing assured of the hearty response of the American people The engravings consist of steel and wood The steel plates are printed on 1 heavy plat paper the wood Illustrations illustra-tions are of the finest character and abundantly interspersed through the I text which is printed on extra calen1 dared paper In all particulars of manufacture man-ufacture care has been taken to secure a thoroughly elegant and sumptuous work Each part will contain one highly 1 finished engraving on steel and a large number of finely executed wood cuts The work will toe completed In thirty parts the size imperial quarto It will be printed on highly calendered paper made expressly for this work i and only Herald readers can obtain it Remember that 10 cents and four I coupons entitle you to each part |