The evening world., 1889-05-18
DELIGHTS OF BASS FISHING.
TWO THOUSAND IzAAK WALT0NS ANGLE
ALONG THE NORTH RIVER.
Striped Bass May lie CauRht Near. the
Statue Of I.ibcrty-A F~Orty.Pound Bass
which Got Away and Towed the Rod
with Him-1Ir. George &. Parks Game
116- Pound Bass.

Bass fishing, unlike its sister sport, shoot
ing, may be fully enjoyed within a few miles
of the city; in fact, the waters around us
abound with good.sized fish and any follower
of Izaak Walton with an ORDINARY amount of
patience and skill may now cast his line with
fair prospects of success. SunSen Island, or
Sunken Reef. MS 1t is sometimes called. stu
ated q short distance south of Liberty Island,
is q very good ground, and several large bass
have already been caught there.
At low tide the reef is entirely uncovered,
and may easily be discovered from Liberty
Island. In fishing of this reef max your
ca lculations TO arrive there on the last Of the
ebb, and anchor about one hundred yards
southeast of the southern end of the reef, aud
fish without q sinker. At half flood
anchor about fifty feet southwest of the same
end of reef, and tho strong tide will carry
your lines directly over the feeding ground.
Robbins Reef is another good ground but
rather difficult of access.
Sing Sing il also a very good place, and in
fishing there one il almost sure of having
plenty of sport.
All along South Beach. s. l., especially in
the vicinity of the creek, the fishing is fair,
provided the wind Is favorable, but too un-
ce rtain to he recommended.
Nv ans hhN ~ Va hNS u't anu -
Der one may enjoy rare sport ut Gitford's, S.
l.. either trolling or still fishing.
Fort Washington: Point is excellent. for
a ss-hshing, and many fine fish have been
q yerv favorite spot with our brainy report
ers and our oyerworked city officials. Poo
fellows, they really need O few hours of re-
Taxation and simple enjoyment. II we may
verse. which is in every boys mouth in the
vicinity of the point. one of these reporters
has quite a reputation as an expert angler:
What A seven-pound bass with a seven-ounce
Yes a laasfGat' BY ! Mr. NJ, M GSgnS Fellow and he was
One pleasant Sunday. o few weeks ago, l
took n little trip to the point to have q look ut
was worth seeing. From Eighty-sixth street
to One Hundred and Eighty ninth street the
east bank of the river was lined with the dis
clples of the rod and reel, and q fair calcula-
ton would place their number at about two
Thousand.
Here could be seen the gay and festive re-
porter above alluded to, fishing away as
though his salvation depended upon his sur
passing the record of fish caught, which, by
the way, is kept at Dirkes's fishing store,
Fiftieth street and Ninth avenue, and may be
scrutiniZed by nil those who are more or less
interested, but not forgetting to take inter
esting notes for future reference. -
The three most killing bats are white
worms, sand worms, and rye. Rye espe-
cially for the reporters. because,
II their wings are dry
Imagimsti3n will no B flight Of fancy take,
Like swallows round a lake.
Fog a student of human nature the river
front ought to he q most attractive place, as
our cosmopolitan population il well repre-
scented. With a little care nm observing man
is able to tell a fisherman's nationality by his
manner.
BY his glib tongue and frequent searches
into the depths of his capacious basket in
quest of the black bottle the politician is
easily recognized for the most part as q repre-
sentative of the ould sod.
A basket full of Bologna sausages and
brown bread belonging to a large fat man
possessed with n patience equalling hat of
Job Is a sure sign of the German.
The quick, nervous manner of the French
man cannot be mistaken as belonging to the
representative of any other race. his repeated
Mon Deus !" and - SaSerres " and "Quel
malheur ~ is Boulanger without the shadow
of u doubt.
In truth. most all nations are fairly we'll
represented with the exception of the Ameri-
can, but as they all call themselves Ameri-
cans. and "a many Of them are Aldermen,
judges, city clerks, chiefs of Departments
in fact, monarchs Of all they survey in this
huge city, Americana they must be.
The German is the most successful of the
lot and we'll pleased If he catches plenty Of
tommies and a few bass. The Frenchman
Is o poor hand with the wary bass, but q
marvel with cells, and with eight or ten of
these slippery creatures he exclaims "Ah,
re fine matelot l will cook for my Wife"
The politician is quite successful, and why
should he not be? Does he not pass his time
trying to catch on? And as q rule he is more
or less successful.
of their number only catches a little tommy
cod after many hours of patient fishing, and
that same little tommy costs the owner $15,
Dirkes has it down that the reporter spent
the above result. Peut-eire.
Dirkes has O record of oil the fish caught by
his customers. and it IL we'll worth looking at.
Among the names Of successful fishermen
bass; Mr.. Guise, several large fsh-his
friends say he has such power of argument
that the bass arc actually persuaded to be
caught; Mr.. Stewart is quite successful, and
many large fish are down to his credit.
One day last week. while fishing of the
reef, Mr.. Stewart hooked an immense bass,
probably weighing about 40 pounds. but un-
fortunately the fish broke away, and poor
Stewart has been grieying ever since, but he
swears by McGregor to revenge himself on
the next large fish that runs his way. Nous
Ue,rOHs.
Mr.. Wolf is down on tho list for one fish
weighing nine ounces but his last years
record, which he often talks about, Is indeed
worthy to be proud of. His largest fish
weighed fifteen pounds, and TO prevent the
fish from pulling him into the Sound his
friend, Mr.. Guise, had to tie him fast to q
large piece of timber, II the battle COM
menced.
1t was nip and tuck for a long time. First
the fish would have the better of it. and then
Wolf would have his turn, and make it rather
warm for his opponent. Although Wolf is a
small man, he had one advantage which told
greatly In his favor: whenever he was in dan
ger OF becoming exhausted one of his friends
would hold the bottle to his CWolt's) lips,
while tho poor bass had to drink salt water
or go thirsty. This heroic treatment finally
won the battle, and Wolf is never tired of
telling the story.
Mr.. Dirkes's reputation speaks for itself, he
has caught more large bass within two hours
of New York than any other man, and
though he does not hold the palm for the
largest bass this Spring, he is liable to beat
the record any day.