The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-11
Where the Bass and the
Trout Abound.
NOTES OF THE FIELD AND FOREST
Stories Of the Willy Ground Hog
and the Bear.
OLD TOMS TERRIBLE FATE.


I.ea-A FIsb Observation-Disclosures 10 Thos
About to Raise Bears Don't !-Locoe
Horses-Oysters. CLANS, aud Shad.
Tho positive announcement OF the arriva
ei weakfsh in unusual abundance at Chinco
league Island. eastern Virginia indicates tina
only few days will elapse before salt watel
fishermen will be in the full enjoyment of thei
1avorite pursuit Already piscine skirmishers
In advance OF tho main body havo been caught
about Staten Island. No better waters exis
for weaknshinR than those offered in the
bays and estuarios which bound New Jer
Boy on tho south. At the extreme
point Of Cape May county is Turtle Cut
inlet, the entrance to Two Mile Bay. An.
glesen. reached by the West Jersey Railroad
which connects with the Heading system from
Sandy Hook occupies an eIally favorable no
gitlon from which to visit Two Mile Bay or
Hereford Inlet Here the fishing is almost al
ways good; and. when it falls away. the ANA
feur has in reserve the fishing banks, short
distance off shore on the ocean, whore there
turks a never failing source OF amusement
Seven miles north Of Hereford Inlet is Town
sends Inlet, where there is always to be found
an ample equipment of boats and guides. The
same may BIO said of Corson's Inlet, eight
or nine miles to the eastward and Lud-
lums and Peck's beach, along which
railway makes easily accessible Ocean
City and Great Egg Harbor. the latter
Offering superior advantages from the
prohibition OF the use OF senes and pounds in
lts waters Old Inlet gives admission to the
Intricate and prolific channels back OF Abse-
com Beach. and thence into Absecom Bay,
Reeds Bay, Little Bay. and Great Bay.
whose ocean outlet is Now Inlet. Northward
aor forty or more miles are the fine waters
comprising the Barnegat system. which ter
inmate at Bay Head. Thence. at intervals.
Ore ManasQuan Sharks River. and SO on until
Sandy Hook is reached. Throughout this long
stretch OF littoral are numerous and convenient
towns, equipped with inns and hotels. from the
most primitive TO those which claim to have
obtained the apogee OF modern luxury and
convenience.
recently that the rock bass is a cross between
She black bass and the sunllsh is dispr9yed by
tho sse
on Its shores, while the black bass Is for
eigner to the waters OF the lake. having been
Introduced within recent years. The rock
bass Is one OF the earnest fishes for Its size that
ewims and with its enormous head and capa;,
eyes, is ono Of the most feroclous looking OF
small fishes. In Lake Keuka 1t does not grow
snow white. solid sweet tiesh is NOT surpassed
in flavor By any Of tho highly favored game
caught In conesus and. Hemlock Lakes. In the
Isr as 81 the ss esy o T
TeiRhing seventeen pounds have been taken
Il Is '0e sineaar iact that although it is known
that senecs Lake contains salmon trout in
large number9, every effort to take them with
R hS Rf nS fs onSts s! vsS Sd 9r ons In
miles from Seneoa and connected with 1t BY a
large 9utlst saImon trout 4sh Aching T. EXCELLENT
etances the .Seneca Lake people have long
been trying. but IN vain. to have net fishing
their own salmon trout and not have to de-
pend on Keuka for them.
Jersey and Pennsylvania engaged quite exten-
1ively In the propagation OF the carp. Expert;
once has proved that the carp can be easily and
q food fish 1t Is by no means popular success.
Fa5meFs II Sussex H5d warren counties
other counties In Pennsylvania, are utilizing |
their carp as fertilizers for more profitable
10 any one who enjoys fishing for brook pike
there Is one particular stream in Pike county.
f. ia thu gfs fG
the NJ. G. Westbrook farm TO the Waddell Falls. |
. distance of mile and half. That stretch |
OF water teens with pike that will average O |
teen inches In length With a light trout Bait
with three small hooks tipped with red feath-
er careful angler may enjoy himself daily
Grove Creek. The writer has taken twenty
pounds Of these ashland one OF them viii, give
the angler no end OF sport before he Is landed
way from the farm to the falls. The pike are
IN no other part Of the creek. but have made
that section OF 1t entirely their own. Above
and below there the creek is still an excellent
trout water.
What tho Adirondack once were to the
eastern and middle sections OF the Union. On
eonagon and G9gebie counties In M, Michigan
are to tho Western and Northwestern States. |
This territory is still wild, unsettled. prime !
and %ns Small nH aSos s wheh ths ene e
has never dropped a fly. bird's-eye view Of !
Wbab
piece OF lace than a section OF solid earth SO
aud involved are these threads Of
ns will pc SSsd b s0 case sD HnSss
Ad1oadack a"s be speedily a8h
practically ayaiIed OF Both east and ,, wsst
offer ali the agreeable novelty Of camp life and
absence OF civilization. Trout. black bass.
pike and muskallong9 are found IN more or
Of the medium TO each species. With Gogebic
y Lake R as centre; north south. east and west.
weather Creek, Ontonagon River. with its cast.
Vest. and south branches; Trout Creek. Six
Bass Great Trout brook S ali points ONT from
I'M @ich the abRseE may dyerge to sh
In Oneida and Forest Counties, Wisconsn.'
are the Eagle Lake waters. composed OF a chain
OF lakes which interscct large eXpanse of
country; The fishing in these waters, on ac-
SSHnt OF convenience OF access, has been vsrv
thoroughly done, and is no longer 80 desirable
e. 4 o pee was Further west however, in the
Laura Lake Manitowsh Lake. and hundreds
OF oithers, with their tributary waters. there is
positive assurance OF the best OF lishing The
S SpenRg BY two lines OF railway Of the region
deporinR the populating Of the Adironiacks
AND the disappearance OF their primitive at
tI,nT, the Opportunity Of enjoying to
surielt not only ample snort. but Indulgence
In all the phases OF outdoor life.
,ApFFopos Of this subject is the experience OF
PIX, which was picked up In dying condition
~ ulen Lake with smal l-mOuthed black bass
fastened in its Jaws. The pike weighed lGI,
,So n1 and the bass was estimated 10 weigh
nor eject the latter, and died in conseuuence'
S AZ ~ ,re9HiTes i65a pounds OF pike to get
good evidence that pike cannot inlet as much
INJURY upon bass US some anglers maintain.
J., Mr. Hugh Hill In recent article in the Ma