The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-06-22
ROD AND GUN.

In answer to q question why SILK line
is used in fresh water and linen line in
salt water, an old angler answers that O
silk line would do as good or better work
than linen line in salt water, but the
linen Is cheaper. and In measure pre-
served by the salt. while iu fresh water a
linen line rots rapidly. Silk lasts longer
than linen in fresh water, and Is. tn ere
for, more economical to use. The
authority questioned said, 81 have plain
silk line which have used for seven sea-
sons, and il is almost as strong as IL was
when new. This is becauseI stretch it
out to dry every time get through fish
ing. | tried the same plan with fine
linen linen line used in fresh water and
found or thought l found, that it rotted
more rapidly than If it had been left wet
on the reel. 1t is a good plan, however.
to thoroughly dry linen line after using
it in salt water.
A Newarker who visited Green Pond on
Sunday caught only two bass, and they
were less than pound in weight and OF
the small-mouth variety, He saw hun
dreds of them in the clear water and
many of them inspected his bait. but the
lake was too placid and the sun too bright
TO insure success. He was eXasperated
but could not stay to try for them in the
evening or early in the morning. He says
that the lake teens with bass, big and lit
tie, but that some bait must be used
WU1Cu ID uOt dtbf ~ pClCA, iOi q tAho
cannot be cast anywhere in the lake with
out attracting from three to ten or these
little ush. Perch do not grow to re-
spectacle size in this lake. Pickerel do.
however, and are now found in deep
water.
A patent fshway was recently put into
the Raritan River, near Somery1lle, Tor
the purpose of testing 1t. IL was an in
clined water ladder deviating slightly
from the usual plan, and 1t WAS guaran
teed to enable salt water fish to get above
the dam TO spawn. To settle the question
of it's efficiency before making the first
payment of $1,000 upon it, Warden
Honeyman was instructed to haul the
| river above the fishway. He drew the
seine from the headgates above Raritan to
Frelinghuysen's docks and did not find
| a salt water fish. 1t is said that the Com
| missioners will refuse to accept or pay
| for the ladder.
Henry Wood, who bought the handsome
little pond above Bloomingdale from ex-
Sheriff w. S. Cox, recently brought :suir
against David Denike and George Hen
MON for trespassing and fishing upon his
| property when notices are posted, The
case came before Justice Senior. of Pater-
son, and the men said that they caught
| the fish in part of the pond owned by
Zachariah Yeomans. Mr.. Wood proved
| that he owned the whole lake, and the
| full penalty of 500 each was imposed. as
provided in the recently enacted law,
which is as follows: "That any person
| trest assing on any lands for the purpose
| OF taking fish from any private pond,
stream or spring, after public notice on
| the part of the owner or occupant thereof,
such notice being posted adjacent to such
| pond, stream or spring, shall be deemed
| guilty of trespass, and in addition to dam-
| ages recoverable by law shall be liable to
| the owner, lessee or occupant In penalty
OF 500 for every such offence"
Eighteen big bass were caught in Echo
Lake (Macopin pond) last Week by George
Wilson and a friend from Paterson
Their largest fish weighed five and one
quarter pounds, and they had nothing
less than two pounds.
Some good bass fishing has recently
been had in Swartswood Lake.
II the hot weather of last week does not
bring on the weakish and bluet1sh, then
the season can be put down as q failure.
The crabs are here nnd the weaktish ab-
sent. 1t is seldom that the middle or
June passes without saltwater anglers
being busy with the weakRsh.
There are probably more kinds OF fish
in the Passaic River about the falls than
in any fresh water stream or lake in New
Jersey. Starting with the smallest worth
catching, thev may be enumerated as fol-
lows:-Sunf1sh, roach, or golden SINNERS;
dace, or whiuefsh; chubs, cells, catfish,
suckers, rock baSs, yellow perch, pickerel,
black bass and German carp.