The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-09-07
ROD AND GUN.


The Elks at Greenwood Lake will
break camp and return to Paterson on
SeptemberS John GarrabranG and Frank
Boyle, of Paterson, nave been stopping at
De Graw's and have been catching from
thirty to eighty small mouth bass a day.
| The still fishing will improve constantly
until the weather becomes cold, aud
meanwhile the big mouth bass continue
/ TO take moving bait.
| Weakfshing in Staten Island waters
| does not improve and is extremely
uncertain sort Of sport The
Iappan, OF Boynton Beach. last week was
nineteen fish taken by two Jersey City
anglers.
A few yellow perch have been taken re-
Gently between Newark and Belleville.
Four Paterson gunners went cunning
for woodchucks on Monday last and shot
nineteen, Fourteen were as many as
| they conld carry. and Thomas Dunkerly,
of the Midlothian House, who was one of
the marty, served a ground hog supper TO
his friends on Tuesday night.
Mr.. Frederick Foster, of this city, and
returned from Greenwood Lake Thurs
day night with thirty-five pickerel and
bass, weighing from two to six and half
pounds, the catch of two days fishing
Mr.. Charles J. Charles has coat which
has the imprint of fifteen weakfish on it.
lie WAS lloliuR ab DdFUG1dt lasb week
with Slater, who is vigorous and excit-
able fisherman. Every time he caught
fish he managed TO slap somebody over
the back with IL before subduing it and
removing the hook.
1t is not necessary to take long and ex-
pensive trip ocatch bass. They are right
here on the border OF the city. In Mill
burn there are two ponds near each other.
These ponds were stocked with bass about
ten years ago and it is now reported that
they rise quite freely. A local fisherman
caught nine pounds of them and over
fifty catfish one afternoon last week.
Fishing was good at Wawayanda Lake
last week. Horace Cheeseman and
friend from New York caught eighteen
fish on "Wednesday, and among them were
two bass weighing three pounds each.
On Wednesday Messrs. John S. Hen
erickson, David Cartwright. Charles J.
Charles, William II. Feary, K. II. Hoff-
man, 7. w. pwyer and Milton Baldwin
went on fishing expedition to Barnegat.
The party captured $50 weakfish and a
few of other assortments and had good
day generally. Hendrickson caught a
seven FOUNDER. which is said to have
eaten hole in his fishing basket and es-
capped.
In answer to an inquirer some informa-
ton regarding the fishing in the upper
Passaic is given. The point most Access
slble TO Newarkcrs is Singsc on the
Greenwood Lake road, three quarters of
an hour from Newark. Boats of an in
ferior order can be obtained at Morrelrs
Hotel. There are no good fishing boats
on the river. The fish to be caught are
black bass from one-half to three pounds,
yellow perch. catfish, sunfish, dace, carp
and occasionally .pickerel though the
river has been almost depOpulared OF
pickerel by the countrymen who are con-
stantly sharing. The best all-ar0und
bait Is the common earthworm. Craw-
| fish can be caught with a hand net in the
river among the weeds along the shore.
Small frogs, toads aud crickets can be
| found on The banks, and helgramites can
be purchased at the hotel occasionally.
| The carp are large aud plentiful and are
| caught on worms. The best spots for
bass are at the creek a mile above Singac
! bridge on the north shore; at tho big
rock in the middleof the river, above the
cider mill, and on the reef at Two
| Bridges. There is good fishing also at
Pine Brook, reached by stage from Mont
| clair or Caldwell. ana at Swinefeld
bridge, reached by private conveyance.
| Yellow legged snipe are quite abund-
| ant on the salt meadows. and some big
| bags have been made recently. Harry
! LangstaG killed los few days ago. and
| on Thursday he shot one dozen. All of
| the feeding places on the Newark mead
ows are beset by gunners, who occupy
the bough houses all night to be sure and
4 have them in the morning Some good
| grounds exist at Bayway, Tremiey and
| Carteret. on the Long Branch road be-
| tween Elizabeth and Sewaren, and guns
are heard popping there all day long.
| Rufled grouse are abundant around
| Lake Hopatcoug
A striped bass Weighing twenty-six
| pounds was caught at the mouth OF Shark
] River few days ago by J. q. Ferry, who
4 was easting ia the surf. This IS said to
| be the biggest bass hooked on the New
| Jersey coast Stree 1858, when Frederick
1 Scott, Of New York, caught thirty-two
FOUNDER Ut Barpeakt inlel.