Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-07-26

Charles virgins, of Irvington,
caught fifteen weakfsh at Giffords,
Staten Island, last Sunday.
The members of the Mike Bach
Fishing Club, of Harrison, we're at
the Fishing Banks Monday.
Joseph Oswald and his two boys
and John Meyers had a good time at
Princes Bay last Sunday. They fish
ed the flood tide and caught eighty
nine weakfish.
The route from Newark to the
Highlands, via Kill Won Kull, the
Narrows and New York bay, is about
nine miles shorter than that through
the Arthur Kill River, Staten Island
Sound and Raritan Bay. There is
no choice. Both bays get very rough
at times.
Has anybody seen the Monmouth
county game warden? Last year only
one arrest was made for fish VIOLA
ton in that county. Every day the
meters are catching and sending
small striped bass to the markets.
With sixteen deputy game wardens
in that county surely somebody could
be caught.
Shrewsbury river iuke fishing is at
it's height. Any part of the river is
good for a mess If they are trolled
for and killies used for bait. The
channel from the bridge to the end
of Water Witch is really the best, as
the bottom is free of sea grass. A
rowboat can be used along there,
while those with motor boats can
find plenty of them at Sandy Hook
Point.
Robert Wagner, of Newark, caught
some five-pound fuke in the Shrews-
bury river Sunday. He tried Allan
tic Highlands for weakfish, but none
could get past the pound nets, so he
turned to the fuke, as they swim
under the nets.
BY the time September gets here
crabs will be fit to catch, and there
will be quite a few of them around.
All the way from Newark Bay to Sea-
bright fishermen that fish the bottom
find that the crabs are nibbling the
bait. 1t would be best If none was
caught until September, as that
Would give them time to spawn and
assure a good crop for next year.
While only a few ~hump-back sea
bass are being caught at the Fishing
Banks, anglers are getting their
share of them.
The Joint committee of the League
of American Sportsmen and the Es-
sex Fish and Game Protective Asso-
citation held a meeting Monday night
and decided to have George r. Maus-
ley become an independent candidate
for member of the assembly for Essex
county. Mr.. Mausley's platform will
have as it's supporting plank the
honest protection of fish and game
''The members of both these organ
izations are tired said DR.. A. b..
! Robinson, ''of trying to have a few
! bills passed at Trenton that will pro-
tect the salt water fish, which is be-
coming the food of the poor more
and more every day. If a few sports
want a law passed protecting a pri-
vate stream they get it, but If any
protection is asked for the salt water
fish we are informed by the members
of the legislature that they have plat
forms containing certain planks that
they were elected on n must get
them through first. We will work
! hard for Mr.. Mausley and expect to
win, as we will appeal to all the vot-
ers."
The boy, says the Providence Jour
nal, wanted some worms for bait.
He had selected a promising spot, a
shady and lowlying knoll, but though
he had been digging o for fifteen
minutes not a single worm had his
spade turned up.
Here, sonny" spoke an old ang-
Ter, take this chunk of soap and
make me a quart or two OF soap
suds."
The boy brought the suds, the old
man sprinkled them over the ground,
and then he, in his turn, began to
dig. 1t was amazing. Here, where
the boy before had not found a single
worm. the old man now discovered
them in dozens.
"You can find worms almost any
where, sonny" said the angler, IF
you wet the ground with soapsuds
first. The suds draw them, the same
as molasses draws flies. A weak mix
ture of blue vitrol and water will do
the same thing, too"