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58 THE ART OF STRETCHING AND CURING SETNS.
3oft mud of the bottom, near to bridge spiles, docks, and othe*
bottom incumbrances, and they are sometimes found on bass
grounds. They feed on the spawn of fishes, and on muscles an<4
insects.
The time for fishing the flounder is the spring and fall months.
In the summer he may be taken, but his flesh is soft and unwholesome. He will bite at almost anything used in salt water
for fish bait, and in fishing him you may use any kind of tackle.
A small hook is however necessary—No. 8 being the usual size.
Fishing without Nets, Lines, Spears, Snares, "Bobs," orBait^
The following plan we have known used with great success to
catch fish in winter, in Pennsylvania. Where the water was
clear and still, say the back water of a dam, it would often freeze
hard enough to make good skating and yet the ice would be so
clear that the fish could be seen lying at the bottom or lazily
moving about. By striking the ice (not too hard) immediately
Over the fish, a sufficient concussion would be produced to stun
the fish. It would immediately turn over and come up to the
ice, its white belly showing clearly against the ice below, when
we proceeded to cut a hole and take out the fish. A mallet generally was used to strike the ice, as we produced a stunning blow
with it without killing the fish, as would be likely to occur were
the blow struck with the poll of the ax. On taking the fish home
and putting them into water—although some or all would be
frozen stiff, quite a number would often revive, and it was to
produce this result that the mallet was preferred to strike with.
The art of Stretching and Curing Skins.
The market value of skins are greatly affected by the care used
in skinning and curing. We take the following from Newhouse'a
Trapper's Guide, the best known authority on these matters.
In drying skins it is important that they should be stretched
tight like a strained drum head. This can be done after a fashion by simply nailing them flat on a wide board or a barn door.
But this method, besides being impracticable on the large scale
in the woods (where most skins have to be cured) is objectionable, because it exposes only one side of the pelt to the air. The
stretchers that are generally approved and used by good trappers,
are of three kinds, adapted to the skins of different classes el
| Title | The boys' own book of outdoor sports |
| Creator | John, Uncle |
| Publisher | Hurst & company |
| Place of Publication | New York |
| Date | [1887?] |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000059 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 58 THE ART OF STRETCHING AND CURING SETNS. 3oft mud of the bottom, near to bridge spiles, docks, and othe* bottom incumbrances, and they are sometimes found on bass grounds. They feed on the spawn of fishes, and on muscles an<4 insects. The time for fishing the flounder is the spring and fall months. In the summer he may be taken, but his flesh is soft and unwholesome. He will bite at almost anything used in salt water for fish bait, and in fishing him you may use any kind of tackle. A small hook is however necessary—No. 8 being the usual size. Fishing without Nets, Lines, Spears, Snares, "Bobs," orBait^ The following plan we have known used with great success to catch fish in winter, in Pennsylvania. Where the water was clear and still, say the back water of a dam, it would often freeze hard enough to make good skating and yet the ice would be so clear that the fish could be seen lying at the bottom or lazily moving about. By striking the ice (not too hard) immediately Over the fish, a sufficient concussion would be produced to stun the fish. It would immediately turn over and come up to the ice, its white belly showing clearly against the ice below, when we proceeded to cut a hole and take out the fish. A mallet generally was used to strike the ice, as we produced a stunning blow with it without killing the fish, as would be likely to occur were the blow struck with the poll of the ax. On taking the fish home and putting them into water—although some or all would be frozen stiff, quite a number would often revive, and it was to produce this result that the mallet was preferred to strike with. The art of Stretching and Curing Skins. The market value of skins are greatly affected by the care used in skinning and curing. We take the following from Newhouse'a Trapper's Guide, the best known authority on these matters. In drying skins it is important that they should be stretched tight like a strained drum head. This can be done after a fashion by simply nailing them flat on a wide board or a barn door. But this method, besides being impracticable on the large scale in the woods (where most skins have to be cured) is objectionable, because it exposes only one side of the pelt to the air. The stretchers that are generally approved and used by good trappers, are of three kinds, adapted to the skins of different classes el |
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