The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-09-13

ruffiea grouse season haa not been
chAnged The open season begins q
month earlier than of Of !. The revised
game laws are as fuilowe; Open season
Partridge, October 70 uecembsr - IN
elusive; quail and RABBIT, November 70
DecesnUer IS inclusive; gray SPUR
Hfsl. september Is to December 10,
Inclusive; woodcock July l to July
81. incluslve October to December 10.
inclusive. English snipe March 4 to
April 30, inclusive: Octobt TO pecem
her 15 upland ar grass piover, August
to December 10. Inclusive; penalty, so
each ana every offence; rail bird, Aussut
26 to December Is, inclusive penalty. -
each and every offence. Il is unlawful o
hunt with gnIl. or dog aud gun. on sur
day. tote found in the fields or woods
with a qua is priina facie evidence Pen
atty FPS each and every offence.
Sportsmen report tnat rail and reed
birds, gray plover, English piover and
yellow legged snipe were never more
plentiful than now on the Raritan
marshes, on both sides Of the river, be-
tween New Brunswick and the Amboys-
The fish shipments for Anglesea, Cape
May county, for one week in August
we've IL, S25 pounds.
It cost IS TO get a permit for PRESIDENT
Hat iSon TO shoot reed birds In New Jer-
sey last week. The license was issued by
that organization of Philadelphians
known as the West jersey Game Pro-
tective Association.
BIuefisning is good again at the south
shore resorts. ana some big catches nave
been made on the euler bank of Fire
island.
There was excellent still fishing for
small mouth blick bass at Greenwood
Lake last week, and there is no reason to
hink that it will fall off any until the
latter part of next month.
Freeholder De Mott. Of Clifton, drew
off mis- fish pond one day last week to
make some repairs, and over 100 carp,
averaging ten pounds each, We're counted
houndering about in the shallow water
Some striped bass have been taken in
He'll Gate, and at Robins Reef two fish
were caught on Tuesday. The fishing
should be at its height in few days.
The weakfish anglers III the Rarltan and
Cheesequakes creek are in daily antfcipA-
ton Of run OF bass Weakfshing is
not over yet, and will probably last until
the equinoctial storm comes along.
Fishing continues good at BarneQat,
but there is falling off in the ranks OF
the visitors 70 that exhaustless resort.
William Obetmau was dangerously
wounded few days ago by stingray
which he took from q pond net in Raritan
Bay. 1t struck him on the leg as he
threw it into the boat. His leg was badly
cut by the poisonous spines of the tail Of
the fish, and he became unconscious from
loss OF blood.
Big bags of shore birds and snipe Of
various kinds are being made almost
every day on the meadows skirting Staten
Island Sound.
White perch are being caught in the
creeks of the Hackensack meadows and in
the HacKensack River.
The bluefish are running now In large
numbers, bur are not taken from the
shore as done by the primeval savage
who roaned through the cedar swamp
where Asbury Park now stands. The
kingfsh are now running southward. aud
are caught by the score from the two
great fishing piers in the Park and Grove.
The fishermen who fish for a vocation go
rude fishing smacks and bring back at
noon froia five hundred pounds to ron
of fish, which is sold to the hotel and cot
tage people,