The sun., 1902-07-06
>pORT ~ ANGLING IOR STRIPfD
AND tHtNNFI BtS>.
Keats THrpon Itshinx, 80, It's ue,o'r~>
-Iixht Tackle lsed Fair itEh'fns
Between tish aud Man F>ci,ins surf
ptshing Iug Fellows Caught.

Urt zen ttsh snd wan NcVhs SUN
btshinG IuS Fellows Caught
Now d. gins the season for catching hig
fish along the Atlantic cnast from Nova
Scotia 20 the Chesapeake Capes IN"
spnrtrmcn who wade out into the surf ="
catch the Zig fsh that swim just In ~"
hraak II ia, waters are inclined 'o suif ~
the mention II tarl,on or tuna. for the outtt
used by the non who e. after tho-" great
fish is clumsy and murd"rou~ when COM
pared with the light. graceful. 'aI"rins
rods. thin line, and tackl" ~ the Northern
fishermen.
The fish mus, lie fought usuallv without
the aid ~ a toa, thcv must - killed 10y ~"
rod t..cau-e the tackle IL too light 10 hsndl"
them hy main strength, and they must b"
landel in Tad water and generally hy N"
angler himself. for most of the surf fisher
men disdain the Use ~ a gan
In additi ION, the fisherman must wade
often ch.S, deep into surf in order 20 cast
his line 20 the proper spot.
Mighty fish are landed everv season Ia
this way. The striped has- leads the list
There are several scorr- Of rich sports
men In New York. Boston, Philadelphia,
Baltimore and Washington VII" fish Tor
this beautiful fellow and none other through
slmo-, all the year, refraining only for
few months in winter Every on" "i the~.
men dreams ~ monster weighing NOR"
than iD pounds.
Many of them have caught fish weighing
more than half a hundred weight Tim
Flvnn nf Nassau street. New York, los' on"
that, h.'ing caught subsequently, In n -eine
With Flynn's hook still in hi Jaw, was found
! to weigh 6S pounds.
Channel has-. or rrd drum al~p ar. hunted
| hy the srortsmen who look for big gam"
| They range larger In ~. than III" striped
bas-. bu' ar" not quiz" ~ game
Stnl they are strong and determined
| fgN'rr- and ~ they nu' uucomm"nlv weigh
more than ico pounds 'h"lr cnr'uro tests
! the me,,lr - man and rod Last year
! g. y Morosiri, Jr.. ~nu of ~" New York
/ banker. caught one N Edg"mrre that
weighed ~ T-unt-
/ And 'he-a grea, hsh are taken with rods
| that, save for ~" heavy r'"l S"at and fer
rrll.- would weigh not more than ten ounces
| Except for quality. th" lin"s. smells and
/ hook, employed ar" such a. arr used gen
era!ly for "a" ordinary angling for salt
water fi-h weighing from thr'a To four
pounds
surf fishing j. ~" method followed most
The angler wade, ont into ~" r"a and
| casts his halt To the spot where be- thinks
tina, the zig h-h ar feeding
Trolling with worm or crab halt from
| boat that l. -Culled slowly over Ihry
| places l. another almost equally popular
| incthud Still fishing from an anchored
! boat l. "A third form - striped has fishing
| h'It IL l. more popuiar with IN" ahg"t-
| who ar" after IN" ordinary run 81 small
has. than II L. with th"~" who l""N for 'h"
| big friluW-
Surf fishing T. the most exciting II them
/ all The angler ha- NOT only the hsh, bu'
/ the "a 20 fight And ~ 'h" surg" that
| over ruli- and fumhi"- toward hun 'i'n''
| swim huge hiugs THAT D." = not h-hing Tor,
! hut mu-t hai'" Win "h"h 'i"N 'h''-''
, tu 'ak" Ms hook
sharks and -katcs and -'ingar""~ hunt
along no surf iu-' A. m" monster >iril"i
has and channel haze and hlu"ish ana
vrakf-h de- Thus N"ru-tuI and john
In III pf New York, standing waist deep
ir a lcaUIrg tumhl" pf ~si one morning on
Iuug R.ach. hooked eight great sharks
IT," biggest of them was NOR" 'hhn hN'
i'-'f long
TNrv w.rr f-lfug without gaf hooks
and nad ru ,hu,c" bu' 'u V"rk ~" savage
,rliurr. ur'l 'h'V w"rr played uui Then
they p-.i fN, ''-h lu 'IIl 'h'N '".ld r'a' u
ih,m and suddenly -nt5Iug them hN ih"
tai ran them NJ 'h' i+'a"h
Ihr biggest Du". tong 'lil~ -ny'n Nv
Nuru-lri turned hk" lightning n'i hi' ~
hin u" JUm-'d away and VA haHD
gut.k enough =" ~aN" M beg mo -'"'H
tor, away a gra, pl'r" e hi wn'"rii""'
Vad"f- and ~" fragment i~ pr'-'fI'1 A.
- souvenir tr M" Muru~lul '"iu" Al RIVER
dal" nov
N" -'irgar"- L. = customer olr "-' ~
~avag" ra and ov"u nHrr 'ruu'ls-''tu''
and dangerous han 49," ~h'I" h' -
extremely Ike 80" -kpt" m appearance
br' ~ $50 end - hI- luuP -U'Uv 'lN N" car
r,"- l"''r 'h'ru Ink" W." -pur - a gam"
cock
Tp" ~ .f,ir.~- WITH which D." can thrash
,hpi af'r.f 'pil s-,Iud j. -urprs'ug T.
motion i- 49, htrd 49, follow a. ''" -natirnc
- ne I,-h - = 'raru~t"r'- wllp ard 'h'
/ All. r. ~ As,uIrg'"
-,u'h.-, r.hc,m"n dr"lar" 'Not N"
thorn .- ~ v"uuu''u- n n" i''F- "
] ~nak, 1hr- 3. rot -Y. i''N ''r sumo
with which 'hr ray - cnRt"d mav rrHdn"'
blood lo.~.riug
n,.. swrr ou the tai nf fIll grown -is~'l-
Irrr ~. ASSURES 'hr-. or 'ntIr irch"- ~ l"'E'h
aud - fur - 'Iuv wicked hlrh- ihr'~'
I 'hr spur through a ui'S.' - 'i-~'l" i"l"'
Z and ~" Lari. Vill hold we'll 'i'i " -
imi-r.-ihl" 'n withdraw y without ripping
I 'ha pa'-'' an 90 pI'C.'-
A. ~" ten - whipped around Nit' We.
/ I.ur-. -,,iu. l.v"lN -'"rpltr around IN ~
/ pgrr - the .rplar l. u,s-s-arv When ~
. hu.k. A -tiuyprrc \ i-h 'ha' c'" dr'''
li- weapon deep INTO NJ" plank ~ - '"I'
with ru" .Voup - not lk"ly 'o waF" n,u"'
account e Var'ur h-i- or human SHIN
| lsin"-
Therefor 'r. angler uip~ h1"k"arI
! A. fast r.. ~" -ur' Nfl - lin uli d"'-
not .,-snv tr hand 'h. ug'V l"1si an ~
h,u.'lf i pn M" sand nis'v" IA" surf Ih"'
a club doe. N. r"~t
surf fishing d"n,Rnd- 'h" ~" ~ in-
running p-,l. fpr cast. = frum 10 2" -
crct ara ,..say-d hy 'hr "'n"r's v ''
,uk,r rir'lv weigh rur' than ~" ~ln,.
and often BE- ~ hght ~ thr-'. Gusts - nl''
| d,-rancr demand not only "ru~'d"Ta"'
strength hul great skill
The, hir rprl- are fr'~' r'IrninG WA
n tl. thumb dr.'- not ch.Ck 'i"W ~ lh-'
NJ prnIrr moment and with M" pnp''
dcsr," - dclicscv the ln" ~ H. ,N"rr'
AMI a ~uarl 'p'loW.; or th" hn" "h'rN"'
To-, suddenly. viii Iait hk" -nIuA"
IA" ,xpgft. When or ~ ~" ~ui "I'
ready tu ,r,~t. grp-I~ o." l'ng NlI' ~ lr
rnd Nith - i.'ft hand firmly ll" "H'.
hand rra-ir- the rud iu-t l-'l"N IL" I'"'l
I'M such t.,s''inn that the hand i cl"n
= the r,s,l-haudl" whil" the thumb r',i'
lightly on the iiu"-~ound sisn' in Ur'
pr,psr H., - the thumb h"~ "a" who'
-..rrri of clean cast
The nd h. ncld out in frurt ~ the angie
to make -up tha' tie ln" and h""k ar