The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-11-16
ROD AND GUN.

Some fine pickerel fishing was enjoyed
last week by number Of Paterson an
glers who went TO Greenwood Lake and
started out from Storms Island.
The Chatham Fish and Game Protective
Association now has thirty-two members
aud nice club house, besides controlling
1900 acres Of shooting ground. The as
ISOLATION offers reward OF SIS for the de-
tection and conviction of vioators of the
game and fish laws and besides employs a
detective to devote his time to apprehend-
ing Illegal shooters and fishers.
Reports from Vienna, Warren county,
indicate that the neignborhood is sports.
mans paradise and that quail, grouse
and rabbits are plentiful, although it is
said that considerable Illicit shooting has
been done for several weeks.
Western fish are now coming into mar
ket III large quantities, and sea fish. such
as blue fsh, weakfish, porgies and sea-
bass are becoming scarce. Fine smelts
have appeared and few fall mackerel
are occasionally seen.
The East Jersey Water Company has
had three men appointed as game
wardens, and will have them patrol the
company's property at Oak Ridge and
Clintou- NO persons viii be permitted to
shoot on the company's lands-wh!ch ex-
tend over wide district-unless they
have special permit from the company 8
agent, at the same time the game will be
cared for during the winter The conse-
quence of this action will De to make that
preserve one of the best In that State, and
excellent shooting may be expected in
the East Jersey Company, ana ex-senator
Griggs, OF Paterson, were out esterday
with Mr. Ed. Coursen, of Oak Ridge,
taxing advantage of the opening OF the
season.
John Smith, well-known guide at
Browns Hotel, Greenwood Lake, was
rowing home from Storms Islands with
companion one day last week. and the y
had a barrel of live bait in the boat. In
trying to change seats with his friend
John overbalanced the boat, and seeing
that it was likely to capsize, he sprang
overheard rather than sacrifice the bait.
Then he SWAN to the island, aud his COM
panion backed up and took him in
again.
Immense quantities of white bait are
being caught at Somer's Point. n. j., for
the Philadelphia markets. They are
chiefly the young of the herring, and are
scarcely two inches long
A salmon trout Weighing pound and
a half was captured In the Raritan river
on Monday, by John Linbarger, Of Plain
field. 1t is the first ever taken from the
Raritan.
Wild deer have been seen in the pine
forest at hidgeway, in Ocean county
Quail is abundant in Pussaic county,
ana many birds have been shot since the
season opened, on Saturday. Other sorts
of game abound, aud sportsinen gener-
ally return with their bags full 1t has
been an extraordinary season for the
propagation Of the coJtontails, and they
may be seen almost anywhere sporting in
the roads and upon the lawns. This
means hundreds in the brush. and the
farmers will not object TO their slaughter,
for they have been annoying during the
summer
The law against hunting on Sunday is
to be enforced in Sussex county.
The farmers i'll Burlington county are
complaining about the damage done to
trees and vegetables by the English hare
brought into this country by Pierre Loril-
lard for his Jobstown preserve. They are
! now found in all parts OF The county, and
are regarded as IL nuisance. 1t is prob
able bill will be passed putting price
on every tail