The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-10
LUCK OF THE FISHERMEN.
Creeis Reported by Anglers for Trout,
salmon, and Other Game Fish.

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Mrs. Jay Stickles is reported to have landed
% trout near Middletown, N. Y. In about
four hours. w. F. itoyce Of De Bruce got a
two-pounder on the same day. The big trout
was so lively that It lcaped out OF the water
several times. and nearly escaped by Hopping
out when In the landing net.
DR.. D. p. Sutherland AID Dell Rudd Of Min
n~eapolis, Mimi, got 100 trout from the Pine
River, near Dallas, Wis, in two days. These
fish were OF remarkable size. the lot weighing
about 100 pounds-a pound for each ashland
there were fish OF three pounds weight.
f. Bronson of the Larchmont Yacht Club
and Adam Kistinger OF New Rochelle. N. Y,
got q big striped bass near Table Rock. A
nibble. then q three-quarters Of an hour fight.
landed q forty -Hve-pound striped bass. meas
urinR "a inches In girth and 4 feet in length.
kistinger and Walter f. Davids got a fifty.
eight FOUNDER some years ago.
A fne run Of salmon has resulted in great
sport on the Pacific coast. Over 100 of the
fish have been taken In q day, one Of whi,h
George 3. Wheeler got a seyen-pound two
. favorite resort of San Francisco anglers.
The San Francisco Fly-casting Club propose
Of p pesTes lights hs es'f TetETec es n' ON t Ts'n water ses al" at
sutro Baths. This will give the day workers
q chance for recreation.
OAk Nv ehous 10 eho . q " e
were taken by Charles Gruver OF siroudsburg
Joel Miller OF Tannersyille got a .4A.pound
fish in the same locality, but Joel won't
tel tell I SasTs he f got t. i. 0ts ssaSdfstb snFl're cs Esaia
county. gave four Lien 800 trout, They. were
taken from Pleasant Stream in q dav. Muddy
Jacob Flaharty, and Dunnlng,s Creek. near the
headwatsrs. allowed j. D. weyandt a mess
4 small boy took an eighteen.inch trout from
the head Of Chester Creek. although
no trout had been taken there in years.
Brook. about. two miles from Leesburg. Va, is
reported TO have been extremely satisfactory
trout, ali OF which are credi,ed to the iP'ressii.
dent NJ. jS Tw as he kills nearly Ei.yh all the s dIeks sn.r.a
the en season. seHA By Catching i torty eight SatU tro opsn ali
told. which were Of good size.
The Maine ana lakes AA st,% Swap NEAR
cred with fishermen for trout and !and-locked
Hampshire. are clear. The Maine. lakes
opened up sooner than was ANTICIPATED, The
be clear before May 10, according to some
Lake Erie .sshlng has opened up, and tho
is said to be larger than for several seasons.
Henry w; Dean rep3rts a catch OF eighty
Y. from the Neversink. The largest one weighed
three and three.quarters pounds.
H.. A. Babbitt or Pomfret, Conn. has been
catching trout from Broadhead Brook, near
Where the Trout HIDE caught a big one, a
two-pounder, from the same stream. f. G.
smith of Hobeke1, George Schroeder OF Phila;
delphia. w. p. Ketchem Of New York, and
BENJAMIN Kent OF Paterson are getting, what
they can OF those loft by Clarke and BabLitt.
The heaviest fish ever taken from the upper
Castalia Club waters was II brown trout cap.
tur ID by John XollinRer of Sandusky. o. II
weighed ten pounds four ounces. II was pro-
nounced to be seven years OF age. The brown
Tout are regarded as entirely unfit for brook
trout waters. because they catch so many of
the Indigenous fish as to nearly extermlnate
them. 1t Ia n good deal easier to introduce
them than IL Is to Danish them.