New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-08-24
FISHING IN GREEN WOOD LAKE
THE BASS SAID TO BE BITING EAGERLY

| SOME OF THE FISHERMEN AND THEIR WAYS on
FILLING THEIR BASKETs.
| The side wheel ferrybOat Montclar. As vida
n. she Is long nnd not built Tor sed awas tina Muy,
of every train. ut state Line station on the Montea,
aud Greenwood Lake Railroad and convey, pas.ense,
| 10 their heir destination on Greenwood Lake. Fnuk
Forester the genial risndn, SAID long ago, thai ht
neg boflood he IN cot sporting ground IN the MA
die states. Many disciples Of the rod and gun ard
es lrcily .of the rod give ch rcrful testimony N,
truth uness Of this rema H. The fishing /, a. god 10
day II was bat the rcpo Of the gun less he
qucnty awakens the colOo. in the mountain, sk ug In,
ako. Hundreds OF people st the lake hsh. They
como from New-YOrk ely aud Brooklyn and
Tn" towns and cities % NeY-Jcr.cy Wagon.
loads OF country peop come almost daily on a
picnic, bringing with them Grade fishing tackle They
general lsl from the and go home a straJ
eel or u1-fish.
Prominent among those who f IN with moro skin and
the Rev. Charles f. Deans q. A. Hobart, s.
W. Carey John A. Har1eI burgl, Abran y. H. witt A.
r. Low John Il. Mcpherson, A NJ. Mayer, =. A Potts
aries sedler, c J. sha fer. John ". Ia Tor Georg,
VI. Robson. william McAdoo ant John W Griggs
Senator GIiggs sayl, think that Greenwood Lake.
best fishing ground 10 be found any here wi hins
radius Of 100 mi Is Of NcwYOrk Ihaye be,n here dur
ing G. 'shng on for ma y years and have aiwas
mad ryat sport ana 60 luck. Tie OF day wa ont
only few hours and Ian ei twenty six beautiful ba.s,
that would average about two pounds each he nah
b ok than ! could possibly use" friend Of b,
ear led hjne pld Of ibrty dyo boiu les. whose tlth
weiglt was eighty pounds.
The fishing scaon IL now NJ its height The llheB
well stocked with bll'k aid Osw 81 ba'i poker',
suuHsh pc en- catfish ID eols. The Ill ier'nce bot Feen
the black and 90 scgo bass ia that tn ba * bls bsa
small mouth AMI "a very game VIII lie the 0swego hasa
lar o mouth lnd little spirit
Bin 1992 nm Eull ahman namod sb obtained p,tmlt
from fish C1mmiiain'r tilackfOtd ~ take bAs
from thr lntr a. stock the ponds NJ the Uuln ~ Aasih
IN land n ioof lar 90 number r r lost tomb
nppontod on b. otn account an1 { ph u nill luiW
anintity without the = rnl son Of tho l'al 'ommt
aloner. aud Vol on bis way g. Europe b. fore aep
wpfo tnhon tor hla appfnhon lion. IL wa thought
ny many mit this VI Olrsaio robbery u
tho Lake would de troy the nshlny for yefH
hftorW rdA Bat th.s fear IA, proved 10 10
uuiolu Tod Moro l,er slpp Be-, OBJ ane oyry yeit
from tho Fish Commit ion and ada Il "a the sioch M ne
lake. few yrit. ago Soth tteen pat largo numbered
Young ruulpw trout and salmon front IN the lak' b1i
not m rp tan hulf dozen hNo been tikou Oh 70 10
he genera lion among Gslcrn. thit thoy have been
destroyed ~ the black ba.s which ar extremely ,orF
clous. Mr. Green says woycr thai the reason tbe
tout haze not been caught because the Gr,cns, ID
Lake 4portsm'u don't know how e. binl t'out 10 ts
fHfa with ifs. ana he mtcn ia soon 90 60 aud show
t,ui his arrival win be Watched Tor with cX ocl M
tctpsL
Two rod are 90 by nnglrrt NJ Greenwood fn'r-ons
o. a. lug and tine ot.cf Tor ciHtiug vi h nj 10
fc.t 81 .ht silk luc the huo be- some lines itr
proof 81 dyed ao a, io De- uyi ,,o In wafer TIE iegk
10 ou ba - book Is generally pr,f ed though aDile
apo t,nrl VINO picfrrn dead sure thing" Wh'n = bs
th,s huld, usr SAM hook. roe lover Of t.ir fpt
o. dNtItt o tie lit,t hIuA. buuug tie SPIN aud LW
hIa- trt caught '+i by ny sting whr q. cruI mF
um1" uttcliug" a. g. IA app bel 10 east iR WHOM iFs
ueitI q. ut lie al uIlI D., used and ItD, ~ are pro-
forced. rIost leg, slices from th br'Nr' of pie e,
sets grAshopp Is, Tutinp' AID mnn0w are rIIlt
bal NurI trolling cor "sA ttcilu-' 0tu N,"lIg ~
cdum 4 udrd VIA -ucrr-,.
.dud. or spIuus are ratolr used, ana my ny We
Nc.c,t ana edrs. PECULIARLY Of black bass Is IA
ala p Aug lst ia VIII tI.e ump ia aydiy. Pc.feI
ing very slowly with I've bait Perch cd,hsh, nUlH'l
ana uri, iie caught with ordinary Dal. .
Ihe Nurlr hsh ground Is ~ IN hlgl'orhoDl >,
Ii tone ROca, near tHe nj q me 1ft buhls hihg
uiO nd he ID ding. who VIII tell lho exact spo whet h
tAc fish D. the lake located fOt - day Ia are
luxury tuat i e.llc uun,, e,sarJ nsh are cdusI'
every part oI tac Lake.
There ale ri, "A fishing outfits ~ The Gree goI
Lake Club House, mtns OF the % cost rom Ft-'o
800 This club /, composed IN lIly I cNper VIA ulo
d every cay small tUtla .aYcs IT, er j. 'ic -
upe 10 Oh between Llcmber-. aS e. " can 'h
he most fish ~ the lra-t time, ana ticro nave nreh ov
uOIaJi. contests. Iw,ny fish have Dctii c-dk''
ia an hour VIA a g@h- h'oh. a a
largest hsl caJgt TINS s'a9o M'hhe
,IN u uud ran from one md tarce-lu Scr POUNDS
up To four art pick rel VII eyriage ab0at tNO l0uB
aud "a haiti Yer, hrrc 60 sad catfish afr HcidrhB
e ls it but are 10 priced by experts.
Il an angler fishing lu GrtcuH Oh LAKE, N'nEh Io.e.
reel a q .!nc hat hc is familiar with having tn ilgnt
kind % ba aId choosing Jalk. overcast 1'y u nm
take uoie ssh out OF Groen"0J la. th..h &c
WI ling carry away, lie mast nc pS d,oilA JONAH
slJulI fOG h5 tent anu lie away 10 Tie 40. so'
OF tie city.