The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-06-21
ROD AND GUN.


AT the opening of the fishing season,
Charles w. Paneoast, OF Salem, offered
prizes to the two fishermen from W hom
he purchased the largest number of shad.
James Costing, of Salem. secured the
| first prize, a gold watch, he having sold
MIR. Pancoast ,09S shad In the prescribed
time. The second prize. Il silver watch,
was won by John M. Craig. Of Delaware
City. whose account footed up l,S52 shad.
This does not represent the total catch OF
the conte stants, as the result OF the i1sst
two weeks fishing was not counted.
Auglesea has hshed up 14J5 pound
lobster, the largest ever caught on that
famous fishing ground.
ClArk's Lake, in Orange County. New
York. has been giving up great quaint
ties of bass since Decoration Day. The
lake is controller by a club of which q
mum Der of Newarkers are members.
George Hazen, formerly OF Greenwood
Lake, is the keerer and rows for the
members. Last Monday City Cork Penn
berton brought down a big bass which he
had caught while out with George. 1t
was the biggest bass ever taken from the
lake and one of the largest ever caught in
the State Its weight when taken from
the water was eight and Que quar- ter
pounds. OF course it was large mouth
bass, Mr.. Pemberton brought home nine
fish weighing thirty pounds.
Some fine specimens of small mouth
bass have been taken from the Milestone
river, near East Milestone, this season.
A peculiar thing with the guides at
Greenwood Lake this season is that fly
casters have caught scarcely any smail-
mouth bass, while contrary to their usual
habit the OSwego or large mouth bass.
have been taking the fly ever siHce the
season opened. They take frogs, TOO, aud
some good fishing has been had at night.
The largest fish taken this season was
caught last week in the cove near the
railroad bridge. 1t weighed Eve and a
half pounds and was caught on "A frog.
In the daytime worms have proved to be
but the best results have been obtained
with live brook bait.
Last week boy appeared at the Glen
House. Gleenwood Lake, with a basKe {
of helgramites or dobsons. He said that
he had walked twelve miles from Stats
burg in hopes of selling the bait. De
Graw took The basket and gave tee lad
orders for more later in the season.
John c. Rowe of the Hazen House. at
the head OF Greenwood Lake, has been
having some good fishing in the upper
arm of the lake and has probably caught
more fish than anybody else at the lake.
He is the most persistent angler at the
lake.
Blueash are reported to be taking the
troll occasionally at Fire island.
A few weakfish have been taken in the
hook in lower New York Bay.
A sturgeon thirteen feet and four inches
long was captured in Delaware Bay by
Dennis Finlan one day last week and
taken into Bayside, where it was said to
be the biggest fish of the Kind ever seen.
Twenty gallons of caviare were made
from its roe.
The catch of shad in the Delaware was
supposed to be prodigious, but now the
wardens report that it was one-thjrd
smaller than that of the previous year.
A shad weighing 10l7 pounds is said to
have been caught by John H. Preston oil
Billingsport, Gloucester county.
There would be excellent fishing IL the
Passaic River at Swinefleld Bridge but
for the fact that scarcely day passes
without the river qeing swept with net.
The most fragrant violations of the Law
go on there constantly. aud the mel
owners laugh at the idea of prosecution
They say that there are twenty-one III
dictmeuts out now and that the authori
ties will not prosecute any of them. be
cause the law fails to provide for the ex
penses of prosecution. Some wei
known Newarkers are in the habit o.
going up occasionally and hauling nets
A party which went up last night may
expect to hear more about the matter If
q few DAYS.