The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-07-26
ROD AND GUN.

Good catches of bluefish continued to
be the rule III Great South Bay, and off
Canarsie last week. and bluedshing be-
gun in earnest off Seabright and other
Jersey shore fisheries. Several barrels of
ine bluef1sh weighing from five to ten
pounds each were caught by cumming
from skiffs at the fishing banks.
A few large weakfish are caught every
day at the resorts along Staten Island
sound, but no large scores have yet been
made. and the boatmen are still anxIously
waiting for good run of fish such as
generally arrives long before the latter
part of July.
Black bass fishing does not improve
either at Lake HopaIcong or Greenwood
lake. Many pickerel and perch are being
caught at the former place. and at Green
wood lake the daily catch consists of q
few bass and sunfish. The small mouth
bass have begun to bite at bug bait."
to which they go for food. The catch is
small yet however, and not much de-
pendence can be placed upon still fishing
IN midsummer at any of the lakes. The
anglers best hold during July and Aug
us5 lies in trolling with live bait or large
other natural halt in shallow water.
Grabbing In Newark Bay has been ex-
tremely unsatisfactory thus far.
Anglers along the New Jersey coast and
In New York city will probably Join is
sues soon and organize for a determined
fight in the Legislature against the own
ers of pound nets along shore There are
at least two dozen of these Wholesale fish
traps between Squan and Sandy Hook,
end they capture weakfsh and bluefish by
the ton each. The scarcity of fish upon
their usual grounds is attributed to these
The upper Passaic has subsidized so that
bass fishing Is considerably better, but
Al H. H. IA -
and the muddy condition is attributed TO
the roofing of countless thousands of
German carp which tenant the quiet
reaches of the river. and especially that
part which sluggishly creeps between
miles of meadow banks above Two
Bridges and below Lower Chatham. Old
time anglers have no hesitation in saying
that the carp have ruined the fishing in
the river. and that the carp in no meas
ure replace the fish which have been
driven away by these swine of the waters.
"When casting for bass with live bait.
make your bait 'quirl,'" said an old
guide at Greenwood Lake as he unlocked
two-pound "Oswego" and proceeded to
bait his hook with small yellow perch.
What he meant was twirl or spin, and to
secure this motion he passed the hook en-
tirely through the lips and then took n
hltcn in the side fin of the perch. It quirled
most successfully and soon hooked an
other bass weighing slightly more than a
pound, but these were all caught during
the evening, and during the same time
another fisherman took two others on
small frogs:
Captain Gus Sooy, Of Cape May, re-
ports that while returning from the fish
ing banks Friday he noticed great COM
motion among a school OF porpoises,
caused by q large finback whale. which
was giving the porpoises lively chase.
Cape May fishermen report remarkable
catches of the famous banks along that
shore.
| nets, and they are held accountable for
the steady decrease of all kinds of f1sh
which afford sport to the angler The
pounds are chiefly owned by associations
of non-residents and narketmen who en-
| ploy other non-residents to operate them.
| The nets extend far out from shore and
| terminate in a trap which can be entered
! by the fish from either side. Ouce in, the
| fish can not get out, and remains impns
oned until the net Is gathered up by the
| owners.