The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-06
FALL FISHING SELDOM BETTER.
Directions for Finding tho Fisherman's
Paradise Near Nyack.

According to the reports received from reli-
able sources. 1t is many years since the fall
fishing around New York was as good as at
present. In almost every section not only
good catches and almost record breaking
fish are being taken by men who understand
their business and procure the proper local ex-
perts to pilot them. Among the most recent
good fish taken was ono by George Griswold.
well known along the Hudson. who caught q
fine 13E-pound striped bass from the old
ground opposite Nyack last Tuesday. This
ground is not known to many and is j~ealously
guarded by those who 10 know it. II a local
fisherman takes a visitor out he must be sure
OF his good tip before he dreams OF taking him
near it. and even then it Is only by a circuitous
route that 1t is approached. To give direc-
lions in print is almost hopeless. but get tho
house at the end Of the Nyack dock in a line with
the church tower. and the Tarrytown landing
in n direct line with the red house on the hill;
this brings the fisherman about a third Of the
way across the river. right over the old oyster
bed. over which the bass pass and repasB con-
stantly hunting for food. and here the we'll
placed bait inevitably takes q good one when
they are feeding. The oyster bed Is 200 yards
long by $50 feet wide. The visitor is gener-
ally brought to it by q long drift from the north
as II by accident,
NJ IL INiLk UOCh lhsJ Wcch, uthT 1lOll bLTotL,
T: X. Reilly. q member of the League Of salt
Water. Fishermen. caught a fine striped bass
0pa WeI: d2s D DSsI n5 5amss o BFId I've caught Tshs
caught by George Ross and a friend Weighing
4 and 81 pounds respectively. TIL fishing is
good dogn, TO Eighty-sixth, street. but very
few small fish were reported during the past
taken opposite the Battery bet Seen the Liberty
Island dock and the AQUARIUM. This fishing
is done mainly at night because OF the traffic.
and the .euder is generally diopped i few feet
off tha hpttpm toward tho Last az tha nbh.
white worm appears TO be the best bait. There
IL also good fish taken between the AQUARIUM
and the Liberty route landing pier. Pier 3.
East Riyer. is another good ld-time spot.
The Flat Rock of 10th street maintains its
record. and last Wednesday fish OF 5 pounds.
were Credited to w%ei iiru members Uuo oi q
Harlem fishing club. There have also been
good fish caught between Spuyten Duyyil and
Croton, and when snort on the New York shore
derhouse has turned, in, some good fish,
Around the Harlem bridge bass are scarce, but
founders and tomcods are plentiful. Pelham
Bay is reported to have plenty Of FISH. but there
are as @ rule few bass there until later.
Getting down the bay and around Coney Isl:
and there Is good sport. one eatch, reported
on ~sandworms and red worms. still fishing,
Grabs are also running good here and many OF
the boats have bass lines out in the ebb water,
while the crab lines and nets are handled until
there and tho basket Always Comes home With
something in IL for the east siders to gaze at.
A few weaklsh are being taken here. good
large tide runners at that,
Crossing over 70 Staten Island there is good
striped bass fishing all along tho lower bay
at the Great Kills, either from boats trolling.
one to row and one TO fish turn and TURF about.
or with thigh Waders casting from the slowly
shelving shore. are the best bait