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Advocate Archives
In this week’s look back into the Advocate archives we return to 1931 and read a report on waterfront happenings; find out about the good striped bass fishing from shore in 1941; and head on to 1951 when a new “killer” sub was undergoing trials in the bay.
Sept. 24, 1931
Along the Local Waterfront
Captain Steve Roderick caught a 185 pound shark out in the bay Wednesday morning and brought it to Sklaroff’s wharf. The shark was about seven feet long.
Captain Manuel Remes, owner of the Liberty, is getting ready to go out flounder dragging the first part of next week. Captain Remes is planning to paint his vessel before the trip.
Manuel Furtado, boat builder at the West End, is finishing his season of building this week. Already he has hauled up his rowboats and sailing vessels for the winter. For the rest of the year he plans to repair boats.
Captain Ed Newcomb, of the James M. Burke, brought in fifty barrels of butterfish Sunday night and rushed them to Boston, selling them for 12 cents per pound, which is considered a good price.
The dory fishermen have not been able to go out this past week because of high winds.
The men working on Sklaroff’s wharf experienced a few minutes of keen excitement when a small fire was noticed on the pier, which was caused by a cigarette stub. Thanks to the quickness of those who stood nearby, the fire department did not have to be called out as the wharf hose was used on the burning planks, and a few pails of water added to this soon conquered the blaze.
Sept. 25, 1941
Bass Are Biting on Beach Point
It’s Almost Dangerous Out There With Hooks A-flying
Considerable impetus was given to the most exciting sea bass fishing season in the history of Provincetown when Clarence Nelson of Nelson’s Market pulled in a fighting 16-pounder Sunday night out at Beach Point, thus proving that anyone with patience and fortitude has a chance at the luck.
Everyone here agrees that more fishermen than ever have been attracted to this part of Cape Cod on the chance of landing the gamey striped bass and out at Beach Point, the favorite place right now, it is becoming a little dangerous what with the flying hooks and leads. Along the rip-rap, when the tide is right, dozens of cars will be found parked and away out beyond the flats can be seen the forms of the fishermen.
George Baker, so far, seems to be the high-liner of all the fishermen and he said today that he had caught 54 bass, the largest being 18 pounds. Most of the fishing now, he added, is along the inside or bay and he thinks the fishing along the back shore will start about the second week in October. Fishing should be good through next month and it may extend into November.
Sept. 20, 1951
New “Killer” Type Sub Here For Tests,
First Electric Boat Since World War
A strange submarine with K-1 on her conning tower appeared in the Provincetown area yesterday, for trials prior to acceptance by the Navy. She is the first of the “Killer” type submarines recently built by the Electric Boat Company at Groton, Connecticut, to stalk and destroy enemy submarines.
Short, about two-thirds the length of the fleet type submarine; small, with 750 tons displacement instead of the more usual 1500 tons, the K-1’s cramped interior will be swarming with an Electric Boat Company trial crew, high-ranking representatives of the Navy Department and a number of officers and men of the prospective ship’s company.
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Sep 20th, 2007