The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-10-09
FISH AND GAME IN NEW JERSEY
German Carp Threaten to Destroy
Rock and Perch Fishing
Special to the Jersey Cfty Net


SALEM, Oct. 9, 1S9i.-Fishing is still
good in the streams in this vicinity.
especially in Salem and Alloway Creeks
and anglers are having fine sport.
Elisha Davis of Hancock's Bridge re-
Gently caught nineteen rock in Alloway's
Creek, the largest one weighing seven
and one halt pounds and the four largest
twenty-five and one half pounds. These
were the largest fish ever caught with
hook and line in the creek.
Among the recent catches of note
were the following:-Charles NJ. Reeves,
of this city, caught a four pound trout
at the mouth of Alloway's Creek; the
caught a black fish at the mouth of
Salem Creek that measured over two
feet in length and weighed five pounds;
a party consisting of Councilman JOS
eph Bell, Benjamin Bell, and Charles c.
Ford, Jr., caught thirty dozens of fine
perch in Mill Creek; Isaiah Sanderlin of
Hancock's Bridge caught a truck basket
Alloway's Creek. The smallest of the
lot weighed half a pound. He also
caught seven rock weighing from one
Smith and B. Hilliard caught a truck
basket heaping full of large perch weigh
ing four pounds and a half; Caleb
rock and perch in Ailoway's Greek.
Salem n Alloway's Greek are alive
with German carp. and fishermen are
destroy the rock and perch fishing In
these streams. Carp, which are of the
sucker species devour the spawn of
awning grounds. Tons of German
carp are caught daily in the creeks in
this vicinity, the majority being shipped
to Philadelphia, where they net the fish
ormcn from ono 70 three cents ner
pound. TIL carp is not looked upon with
much favor here as a table delicacy, the
flesh being soft and impalatable, but the
roe. served with vinegar dressing, is
said to be much finer than caviar.
Fishermen have noticed recently i'm
mense numbers of small crabs in Allo-
of a nickle and the stream is literally
swarming with them. They ascribe the
large catches of big rock in that stream
to the fact that these fish feed or the
pursuit of them.
From fishing it is but a step to the
pleasuressof shooting, and good sport in
of late years game has been scarce In
South Jersey, and yearly, apparently, 1t
grows scarcer, vet from indications now
rabbit and quail will be more plentiful
than for several years past. The reed
bird season was short and no extraor-
binary bags of rail were made this sea-
son. Some of our sportsmen are already
cunning for ducks, but the season IS
early and game scarce. Last week there
was an immense flight of Fighters IN
and although these are an nsectivorous
bird and protected by law, thousands
were shot. Woodcock are scarce.
The game avs of New Jersey, as re-
vised by the last Legislature, are as
follows:-Reed and rail birds and marsh
December 16; wild fowl, goose, duck,
brant or other web footed wild fowl,
from August l to May l; gray or black
squirrel. from September IA to Deem
Der IA; woodcock, from September 80 to
December 16; partridge, ruff1ed grouse,
from September 80 to December 16; quail,
rabbit, from November 10 to December
is; deer, buck. doe, fawn, from October
IA to December 16.
Non-residents are required to take out
a license, which is issued by the West
Jersey Game. Protective Association, for
a fee of 81.