Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 95, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 April 1911 — CATCH QUEER FISH [ARTICLE]

CATCH QUEER FISH

irew of Trawler Unable to lden : tify Specimens. • - ‘ *'■ >";£■ Uttle Vessel, Coquet, About e Year Out From Aberdeen, Scotland, Springs Surprise on Dealers of Fulton Market. New York.—Anywaere along South street may be found old sallormen who remember the palmy dare of the square rigged wind-jammer. But the tribe of ancient mariners were a hit put out the other day when they had ! to admit that the steam trawler, the Coquet, almost a year out from Aberdeen, Scotland, was a new one 'bn them. As a matter of fact, in her rusty, blunt bowed way, the Coquet was a considerable surprise to every- | one who saw her crawl in paat the * Hook and up to her berth at one of the Pulton Market piers in the Blast f river. The Coquet and about three thousand of her kind are as common in Scotch waters as tugboats are here, but not a memory along South street i •contained a picture of a steam trawler j in New York harbor before, nor one on such a mission. She had been bawling about 180 miles off the Hook ifor a week. Just to see what sort of jflah oould be caught in ISO fathoms of deep blue sea. Mr. Craig, the Coquet's owner, was ' on board, and he is what might be called a prospecting fisherman. When the Coquet left Aberdeen she made* (Nova Sootia and fished off the banks Until winter set in, when she laid up *and was frozen in. After the ice loosened enough so that the crew could chop her out she began to prospect in the waters along the coast. She had about five tons of assorted deep sea fish in her hold when she came in the other day. Four and threequarter tons were species with which Frank Bheeky, her captain, was conversant. But all of Pulton fish market has been scratching its head, collectively and individually, over the other quarter of a ton. Pish that were never heard of and fish that were not even in the books issued by the bureau of fisheries, comprised that other iquarter of a ton. Aside from the originality of a part of her cargo, the little Coquet is (somewhat of a novelty herself. Above the water she looks dirty, but busineeslike, with no cushions in the wheelhouse and a remarkable absence of white painted railing. She Is 110 ifeet long, 21 feet in beam and draws 14 feet of water. Her registry shows 41 net and 174 gross tonnage. When Captain Sheeky asserted that she had room for 100 tons of fish and 100 tons of coal, everyone wondered where she put it all. Mr. Craig la yralting until his cargo can be Inspected by Chesbro Bros., who will handle it, and see whether it will be s paying proposition for him (to fish off New York. If there is nothing to make it worth while hereabouts he Intends to take the Coquet into southern waters and try his luck there. Another obstacle he .has to surmount is the customs regulations regarding foreign ships entering this port with a cargo of fresh fish. In the catch he has at hand are fluke •and butterflsh, which at this season are rare.