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HAWAII FISHING NOT SPORT Peculiar Nets Used to Deceive Many Huge Denizens of the Deep One reads in verse and prose of the beach at Waikiki and stories without number are told by ones wlo have felt the charm of Hawaiis en ¬ chanted shores writes Edna C Jorem in Outdoor Life Those who liave been to the islands lyiow of their many wonders things that seem strange to people of otlier lands There is that odd blend ¬ ing of the Old Regime with things of our own land that gives even the most prosaic happenings a gist all their own ownA A fishing party on Oalni has enough of the old time features about it to make a novel out ¬ ing for tourists in the islands Under balmy sunny skies even though the month is Jaunary the party collects on the beach beachThe The heavy twine net something strictly of latter days is in some cases half a mile long The net is rather shallow and to hide it from the fish at old Hawaiian device is used This is called a wreath and is composed of a heavy rope to which arc attached ti leaves leaves that are long and pliable and hanging down from the rope look like the grass skirts worn by the Hulu dancers This wreath is dropped inside the net and with its leaves wafted back and forth by the movements of the water looks like keln The fish are not startled into swimming deep and so escaping under the net The net is called a huki Ian huki means to pull and lau is Hawaiian for net One end of both the wreath and huki lau are held on the beach A boat then takes the net and wreath out in as large a circle as the net will permit When the boat reaches the beach again the other ends are taken ashore and strong natives draw the net in The fish were caught by this method of seining for many years yearsFISH FISH OF ODD KINDS AND MANY COLORS COLORSThe The fish taken in a haul of this kind differ from fish found elsewhere in shape and color Most of the species caught arc beautifully colored some are spotted and some have vivid stripes of white black and orange orangeThe The disposal of the fish after they are caught is also strictly a Hawaiian institution The noses of the parfy are counted and the fish are then grouped into little hunches on the beach Each one who is present gets a pile of fish A baby in the party gets as many lisli for its share as does his daddy who has mayhap done most of the work of hauling in the heavy nets It behooves all to bring large families If by chance a horse is Immsiit along its owner is entitled to a share for the horse meaning that the horses nose has been counted along with everybody elses elsesThe The onfy advantage a1 fisher has i if he can with his iuiiids catch an especially large lish If ic s suicessfnl in catching the fish h bites or breaks a piece out of its tail The lish with the bitten tail ROCS into the particular pile of fish belonging to the lislier who originally caught it itFISH FISH CONSUMPTION AND COOKING COOKINGFsh Fsh has always been one of the chief articles of diet of the native population Recently the government undertook the supervision of the com ¬ mercial fishing industry of the islands From now on fish will be sold by weight instead of by the fish as has heretofore been the way of merchants in Hawaii Fish lias since the war doubled in price in a food survey made by the government i January it was brought out that the monthly fish consumption on the island of Oahit is six and a half pounds per capita while on the main land it hardly averages one pound poundAn An eld Hawaiian method of preparing fisi to eat was to cut the fish in small pieces These were covered with red pepper put In a bowl and covered with vinegar This was put away to ripen and ji that climate where things overripen l ickly the result can be better imagined than described Two weeks were considered the proper length lengthof of time to leave this delicacy before it was ready to be eaten It would hardly suit the taste of houli tourist But new Hawaii lias new ways and no bettci treat is in store for one than a lishing party n Oahii
