Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-14


cast from the very inception of the ma
neuver. AS soon the forward flight of
the line lessons, the thumb begins TO check
the swift reel The. expert adjusts this
pressure so carefully that his reel stops
revolving simultaneously with the fall Of
the sinker into the sea.
Garry 600 Feet.
Six hundred feet of light casting line Is
carried on the reel usually. The rods are
fitted with strong exceptionally large
guides, few as possible in number. and all
set with agate to reduce friction Single
Joint rods with independent butt pieces are
coming into favor more and more The
woods used most are bethabara and green
heart Split bamboo would be ideal for the
work. except for the fact that salt water
often softens the glue so much that the
buckles. -
Only one hook is used by most anglers
who go after the big fish. Sproat is the
| favorite. 1t is mounted on a gut leader
from three to five feet long and adjusted
to the line with double-action swivel. The
sinker is tied to the end of the line about
three feet below the leader.
The favorite bait is blood worm. a ma
rlne worm found on the beaches among
the rocks at high-water mark. Its name
describes it. 1t looks somewhat like the
garden worm. but is fiatter in shape. much
brighter in color and full of deep red blood.
So much in demand is this bait all along
apeake bay, that one New York dealer has
been selling 5000 day during the last two
weeks, and still is not supplying the de-
mand.
Big Fish Haunts.
Though the big fish haunt all the
beaches, yet successful surf fishing is con-
| fined to a comparative few. For the sands
that are stirred by the breakers are full of
queer, perplexing, little and big holes and
| md -I,o Il ~,
the right place might as well be fishing in
a golf links for ichthyosauri in the surf
| for the big bass. Even a foot too far or
| not far enough will make all the difference
| between catching fish and not. The eX-
perts not only st&dy the conditions perpet-
| ually, but many of them also pay local
| fishermen to keep them informed of the
! changes which are so frequent where the
| surf pounds and burrows and drives day
after day.
They know. therefore, Just where to drop
! their bats If they feel that their snker
is resting on little submarine ridge they
i will draw in just enough line to make 1t
| fall into the runway that they know is al
| its base. or vice versa.
Consequently they are just as uniformly
! successful as the ordinary angler is UNI
successful. Thus, Mr.. Morosinis sixty
| pound channel bass was hooked and beach
| ed within three quarters of an hour after
| he had arrived at the beach. In almost the
| same space of time two years ago he land
jersey coast.
In one mornings angling he and John Du
Til beached more than twenty-five blue
fish weighing from ten to fifteen pounds
each off the Long Island shore.
Two other famous surf fishermen are VIII
liam H. Moynanz, now of Philadelphia, and
Harry w. Quick. Their favorite grounds
are from ASbury Park south along the New
Jersey beach, and they boast of catches of
striped bass weighing well up into half a
hundred weight.
days at Port Deposit, Maryland, still is a
topic of excited conversation in that little
place on the Susquehanna, where the big
fish congregate in wonderful numbers. In
those three days, from September to Sep
TENDER 3 inclusive, they captured 153
striped bass which weighed altogether 1O6l
pounds. The best single days catch was
20 fish weighing 55I pounds.
Port Deposit Trolling.
The mode of fishing off Port Deposit is
trolling. The fish congregate in holes and
often there are more boats than the water
will accommodate. Some huge fish have
been taken there, but it is a place of fire.
quent disappointments because rain any
where in the hills often discolors the fish
ing water so that it is useless and impossi-
BILE for many days a time to angle there.
Therefore the angler who tries Port De-
post should be prepared for a sojourn OF
at least week to make sure of sport.
ironing LOT the Dig striped DdSS Is prac-
tically the only method used in another
ton where monsters are taken by the few
who know how-the north side of Long Is
land Sound from He'll Gate east. The big
fish that broke Tim" Flynn was hooked
thus 1t was at night and the boat was be-
ing rowed across the current when the fish
took hold. His first rush was so fierce that
before he could be checked he had run out
almost the entire reel line. This gave him
an advantage which Mr.. Flynn could not
overcome with all his skill and after being
played for a time the big fish turned and
broke the tackle.
Worth Waiting For.
He had appeared above water so often
during the fight that the angler and his
boatman had an excellent view Of him and
they agreed that he must be fish that
would weigh more than fifty pounds. Two
days afterward a huge striped bass was
taken in a pound net off Whitestone, Long
Island clean across the sound. The fish
had a hook and trace in his jaws ard as
Mr.. Flynn uses peculiar hook, it was easy
to identify 1t his. The bass weighed
SXty-1iVe pounds.
Last year the trolling parties along the
sound were surprised by the sudden adj
vent of big weakfish ranging in weight
from ten to fourteen pounds. Apparently
there has been great increase of these
big fish. for where, ten years ago, weak
fish weighing more than five pounds were
uncommon enough to cause comment. now
catches of these beautiful fish weighing
more than ten pounds are not at all unu-
Sual.
A huge fish that was taken while trolling
along the SO md shore was hooked by John
O'Donohue of New York few seasons ago
1t was a striped bass and it weighed fifty
two pounds.
John Mcmillan of New York took forty
nine striped bass while trolling in one day.
the largest of which weighed eighteen
pounds.
Members of the famous South Side Snorts
mems Club of Long Island had unexpected
sport with striped bass early this spring
in Great river. Two eighteen Founders are
recorded and so many bass of smaller sizes
were taken that the club adopted a rule
limiting the individual members catch to
eighteen fish a day.
The tackle used in trolling is even lighter
than that used in surf fishing and all the
advantage lies with the fish. The striped
bass angler cannot brace his rod against
his body and hold on while the fish tires
himself out towing the boat, as do the tar
pom and tuna anglers. Striped-bass fishing
Is clean-cut fighting between man and fish,
with no outside interference. The boatmen
can do little to help the angler except to
keep the boat in the proper position. The