The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-07-27
FISHING NEWS FROM AL ABoUE
Tho Battle Between SeIncra and Hook and
Line Men on Jamaica Bav.

| Line Men on Jamaica Bay.
Between the hook and line fishermen and the
| seine fishermen on Jamaica Bay, whose inter-
esting struggle for the possession OF the bay
has been recorded In The Sun from time to
! time for the past year. there yeems at present
! to be state Of mutual waIchfu!nees. Seine
! fishermen declared before the law was signed
| by Gov. Hill forbidding them to FISH that they
would continue to take fish in rets in defiance
| OF the law and 1t Is certain that they have done
| so, and although one determined attenpt to
| catch them at it failed ignominiously because
the METERS didn't happen to lie netting that
night. the members OF the Jamaica Bay Asso-
citation for the Protection Of Fish I'd Game
believe that the law is violate oy seiners
every day. or every night. There is TO he 10
let up in their watckfuness nn:i, i; : yroved
that the net men have given Up the f!sht
1t is not the question Of few fish more or
less this summer that is at stake one OF tho
members of the association said to TaE SUNS
representative. 1t is the existence OF the law
that is al stake. 1t will be remembered that
when Gov. H ill signed the Stadier till prohh-
itinE netting in the bay he intmaled that 1t
was in order to test the assertions OF the rod
and line fishermen that fishing would be great
~ improved by prohibiting nets 1t is likely
that If there is no great improvement this
summer In Jamaica Bay fishing bill to re-
nClnh law Will De lntiO1utpu mo
the LeGlslfture next wlnter, ana tee lhvoratly
considered by the Governor. 1t il J. the IN
nets and Keep the fshing poor in tie ha" in
order TO Iroyide an argument against tAr bill
at Albany. Into this scheme IT is ue,iey"d q
good many people IN tunarSle have en'rre n d
what lends plau-lbiIity TO this bel"i il ~" ev-
dent fact that the meters in : me way a IN
for them. At other times boat loa!s fish
have been seen to land in broud daYltgh' Mt
Canarsie's public do X with the nets piled on
the bow Of the boat. There is no ,lonht tn
the the net men viii never be detected !; h" k and
complain against net nshin.: on tile bay
:, This has been season 'oi large Nsh Of all
varieties Fishernen re be S h IS dae t W1' 6s
increasing mildness Of our winters all thai in
the iuture New York anGer, viii hu e South
fore; 1t would seem that there Is considerable
truth IN this tor on TUESDAY last q rvmpano
Bay shore. L. l.. and shown on Commissioner
/, q; BIackfords stand in Fulton Market Mr..
PIANO been captured OIL the Long Is aud coast.
e. tar a ne knew weighing over Que and one
The devi fish. or octopus. described by Vic.
tor Hugo. IS very rarely found in American
waters ter p put 1t is SAID tna one has been sPied
and Henderson's Inlet weighing at least 900
pounds >, and nc, m, mleasuIinG It Is estimated fifty
its body to tho end OF another reutacie. 1t
makes in some way the sailors say who saw
reaching the hearer in wave lengths IN quick
succession. The crew OF one OF the coast
sleamerT Is going to try to capture IT,,
devoted especially 10 angling and fish culture
about the Injurious efet OF snwdust in
streams TO fish OF all kinds especially to dell
cate young brook trout. ShNmill owners reply
that sagdust Is clean and does the fish no
harm. There is law against the dumping OF
sawdlst into streams under certain conditions
and the State authorities nave begun 10 bestir
themselves TO have tho law obeyed. Fish Pro-
notified many sawm owners in the Catskils.
on the Big Indian, Shandaken, and other trout
streams that they must Keen sawdust out OF
the streams. In many mills in the southeaBt-
have rlGGed IN an apparatus by whit saw:
dust II carried 10 dump on land md carried
OIL in carts 10 be burned.
THE FISHING RECORD.
Lake Mnnetonka Mich.-Not in many years
has there been 30 good fishing as this year.
getc Fish and tame Protective Club which
has about atopred illegal Seine fishing.
Cascopel River. near Montreal Canada-ThO
salmon hshiug ia fine this year.
weighing 500 pound. was caught recently In
the Grand Cascapeiia by DR.. Drummoud OF
beverly W, va.-Trout are biting freely In
the Cheat liver md Other trout streams
Trout this year are. much lar or than usual.
OK Lake Wls-l}lacr lass and prkeTsl 10
great Tuantitio-. and in the pink Of condition
are caught this seas n IN the chain Of lakes
Lake Maria. Lake Cathariue, Round Lake and
Long Lake to Camp Lake. 1t Is resort Tor
M1sSsso Take wagkesha county. wis.-Black
] AXE and Cedar Lake. which are about ia
miles from Chicago. and have been recently
oper ed up 10 Windy tity anglers by the Ris-
consin Central Railroad.