The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-08-10
WHERE FISH BITE
Points for Anglers on The
Best Waters in the
State.
YELLOW PERCH IN GREEN FOND
Bass in The Lales---BIue Fish.
squids and Rbrgies OF the
Coast.

NJA-ee
Yellow perch abound in many lakes In
this State as they do III Green pond. and
yet anglers seldom get any but small fry
when they go ont to fish for them. and
they wonder why it is they can not eatch
any big ones. Il has frequently been stated
thar there are no big perch in Green pond.
and The assertion he's been made br
anglers who have caught bushels Of littls
perch but have failed TO catch any C re-
spectacle SIZE. There arc two methods Of
catching perch Of good size. Ore is to
troll deeply with live bait and the other
Is to use a copper spoon with several large
worms on the hooks Perch swim IN
SCHOOLS. and nearly all Ia school are Of
uniform size. When D big one is caught it
lswell to step trolling and TO try SILL fish
ing either with live bait or big worms.
The writer was fishing one dap las 1
week with little frogs and meeting wi IN
no success he took of the single hook
with little frog on il and dropped hoak
and frog into the live box Of the boat IA
which I'VE orsix half pound yellow perch
were swimming. When the perch WerA
taken out later Ia the day It was found
that one OF them had swallowed tine frog,
hook ami all It was the first tire that
the writer ever knew q lisa ina fixh car
10 take bait.
Bluef1sh are as abundant as ever and
almost every body who goes out for them
gets q plenty. They bite at everything
from rag Of canvass To S. pearl suuid.
and they are playing havoc with all kinds
Of less savage fish along the coast They
30 not confine their attentions TO meuha-
den by any means, but attack weakitsh,
porgies and everything else that comes IA
their way. A schooner load of fresh blue
fish was brought 70 Newark on Thursday
and they were retailed at the wharf az
cents a pound.
DELAWARE Bass
Many striped bass are being caught In
the Delaware They are feeding OH the
small snad which are now running down
70 sea
Porgies weighing pound eaeh ars boz
ing caught on shore at hockawzy and at
the fishing banks
There Is still something wrong about
the weak fishing in Staten Island wasers.
though It has improved considerably
since last SUNDAY and catches of fro1n SIX
to dozen fish day can be almost as
sured at Boynton Beach and Ambny on
seabr1ght aud Deal Beach big weakfish
are taking 60 bLuefsh squids and soma
fine catches are made daily, the fish run
ming from three TO i've pounds in weight
The sQuids are not tr0lled. but are
dropped to the bottom ard 5igged as IN
fnackerel fishing or arc rapidly hauled up
and dropped again.
A drumfish weighing thirty-one and
one-quarter pounds was shot by Or.
Whiumore, Of Red Bank, while fishing &c
Oceanic on Wednesday. As usual the
1ish was called a sheepsheaG
A sea turtle Weighing forty-on Eounds
vas canghr q seEalea on Monday ioy
Dir. Fields, OF Elizabeth.
The stocking Of Green Pond with black
bass IS an assured success, and the bass
are crowdinE the yellow perch and VIII
ultimately exterminaLe them. On Thurs
day TWO little boys fishing with worms
from the boat landing. AT the head Of the
lake. caught SIX httie bass IN ten min
uIas, and II each case returned them TO
the water. On Monday camper cauRhr
three-pound bass within 100 feet or the
north shore in four feet OF water Large
and small mouth bass were put in to-
gether, and both kinds have since been
caught. Nobody at the lake fishes for
bass. but they are frequently caught
while trolling for pickersi or slill fishing
for perch. Their beds mag be seen ID
countless numbers on the gravelly bot
tom, and 1t is predicted that this viii be
the best bass lake in New Jersey IL less
than five years. Six-inch bass may be
seen skirting along the SANDY shore.
occasionally swooping in ana seszing
/ them.
BASS IN THE LAKES
The Young Mems Curistfan Associa-
/ ton camp AT Wawayantia Lake has bro
ken up, but the Young Mems Catfish Club
positors from the 4aw York dailies. who
1 90 up there every year. The bass fishing
4 is so uncertain tnat they have given their
| individual attention TO catfish
1 Eighteen boats were anchored near the
| point between the Hackensack and Pas
sale on FRIDAY. Grabbing was the sport
that drew them there.
A few weakdsh Of good sizs are caught
/ in Newark Bay every day in the channel
I of the 6reenville Cove.
There is good and steady black haas
! fishing SC Greenwood Lake now. The
| tishing was fine on Sunday. Monday and
Tuesday, but on "Wednesday and Thurs
day the lake was too rough for comfort
| One Of The best Of all live bats for lake
1 fishing IS the young horned club from
4 the brooks. II viii live all day on
line if hooked through the up-
per aud lower hip and net touched
6y bass. Another good. ntnnow
brooks. It IS not 80 hardy as the club,
bat will keep alive on the hook for an
I hour or Two. The behring's used for bass
fishing IN Lake Hepateong are almost as
short lived rs sinners, and being lake bait
are not as attractive as brook bait. Brook
bait is pie to lake bass.
George Wilson, Of Paterson. and num-
Der Of his friends 60 to Echo Lake almost
every Sunday on tAe Susquehanna milk
train and they catch bass every time they
20. Mr.. Wilson fishes for plymouth bass
with msnnoHs and despises still fishing.
He Is one of the most expert OF Pafcrson,s
anglers.
Weak fishing at Barnegat is as good
now as it has been in years and both blue
fish and sheepshead are being caught ia
the inlet.
THE Thugs RETALIATE