Show FISHING FOR SHARKS A 4 Sport Exciting Enough to Satisfy the Most In Intrepid Intrepid Intrepid In- In trepid Monsters Angler Angler Amazing Vitality i iMen Men Ien crave excitement ment The passion for yacht racing horse bicycle foot toot and other kinds oC of racing is but the expression of the Innate lust for excite excite- ment It Is 15 part of the very cry fiber of at the body of each healthy man and excl excitement excitement excite excite- ement e- e ment Is In mahy mala form forms forms' and after sought quite as ns many fashions One delights In a fight that hat to other m men n would be brutal the brutal the extreme And possibly the one who Jio found pleasure In t encounters might have ha funny tunny feelings in lit inthe the pit of C his stomach should he witness a bull fight In Mexico or Spain Lon tong Long Island waters furnish one of the most exciting sports known cnown and a 0 a- a lort that even eve the most aesthetic will not Inveigh in against on moral grounds Shark fishing resembles no other kind of oC sport save sa tho the capturing of swordfish There Is more unadulterated excitement In shark fishing than the u er average e perron perron per per- F ron n cares carce often to exp experience l That hat It Is fr frequently attended with danger danser announces an nn- an- an flounces Itself with formality but adds to the excitement No ones one's heart beats in Us Its manner after he has hns hooked or speared a sized good shark harle I Ix Long ng Island Sound near l Point and th thc Grent South Bay a are nrc the best shark fishing grounds known to the writer A few words of oC description description description tion of oC the m methods used at both places mn may serve ser to give she the reader some slight Idea of or the sport Matinecock Point which is Ig near Oyster Da Day Bay Is a favorite fa fishing ground with man many who ho like their excitement in large chunks There Thel sharks of or from eight to twelve twel feet In length are arc sometimes caught For these no light lines can be used with success A large hook fastened to a stout chain Is attached to a line lino of oC strength almost equal to the chain The hook I In pushed through a laige laase piece of oC meat ment preferably meat which the fishermans fisherman's nostrils rejoice to be rid of Th water Is from ten to sixty feet In depth and quite clear At times fish ma may bo be seen near the bottom This of course coun e Is on calm days dars No Xo one ne need d dask ask a shark bite Is 15 The line spins slins out with like lightning velocity and the fisherman Is commonly yanked nearl nearly out of oC the boat bont The Tue sharks shark's own w weight added to the strength of ot its dash fastens the bl big hook secure securely Then the fi fight ht begins The line if IC not wound on a large wheel has been previously pre carefully coiled colled In Iii the bow of the boat which is not an anchored The light boat J Is dragged through the water with an el c Increasing ever speed although the line pays out much faster There is little danger danser of oC the fish loosening Itself Its mouth has haR firm flesh and the hook honk becomes er very firmly Imbedded Presently th the shark turns and dashes In some other direction The boat hoat mu must t be turned h by ly oar or rudder to prevent ent capsize The big water scavenger enger rushes ruSheR to and fro tiring the arms of or its enem enemy by Its marvelous strength lighting fighting battling resisting until the last The experienced fisherman does docs OC his hits best beet to keep the shark shall In motion for It can anI only be handled after being thoroughly tired out and he lie knows there la In a battle I royal 1001 due when tl e shark J is final finally pulled to the side Ide of oC the tho boat hoat for the death blow The struggle Ie lengthens length length- ens out to an hour or perhaps two the fishermen for no one ever goes sharkIng sharkIng shark Ing Ins alone relieving each other at the line Finally the big big- fish is drawn up and In In struggling but hut slightly It Is no Joke to pull a shark In before It Is worn out by 13 the protracted struggle struggle- Perhaps It is drawn In almost like a log until beside the boat Then It a few muscles that still have ha some go so In them T The THc fishermen then are fortunate If it the shark decides to make muke another run instead of attacking the boat bolt which it ft can cnn quite easily crush At length th Its Us fast pace is gone one and the fish Is pulled to the boats boat's side while one of the men nien stands read ready with ax a- or lance to deal the death blow Often OCten this requires both strength and skill A shark dies slowly Its vitality Is amazing The fisherman fish fish- erman after killing a l shark generally generall turn It adrift and If ir not utterly worn out angle for tor another The usual manner r of or fishing for sharks shark in the Great South flay Day Is with the harpoon In place of or the tho hook haole and bait balL Larger sharks are often orten caught and the sport Is perhaps somewhat more exciting A launch is the best kind of a a. boat bott with which to engage eng In the sport ort In a launch one can approach to within fifty or 01 seventy five yards before shutting off power and drift upon the fish In absolute quiet The harpoon once In the tue fish acts It quito as does doc after taking a hook The battle with a harpooned fish ma may last a 0 little longer lonser than that with one that has been hooked for fOI although It loses blood It has not the additional handicap of being beIng- gradually drowned b by having its mouth open |