The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-05
FISHING NOTES.

Judge Roll and ohm c. Bewley, of South
Orange, were seen trying to coax the hsh
to take their bait at Morgan's yesterday.
At a late hour they were stu at IL, SO
they must have caught something.
William Brooks went cunning on the
Hackensack meadows yesterday. He killed
three yellow-leg and four wilson snlpe.
He saw some small butter-ball ducks feed
ing, but could not get near nough 10
them for a safe shot.
That black bass can still be caught at
Swinefield bridge Is shown by a cntcn OF
eight by Joseph Jarvis and George Dennis;
small spoons and trolled by walking along
the shore. The fish were not much over
the legal limit.
John Lloyd and Harry Mills made a
Creek yesterday. They landed seven. the
smallest of which weighed three pounds.
When the fish are biting in that creek II
is a good place to fish. as it is protected
from storms and there is just enough tide
to carry the bait away from the boat.
George Cox has returned from Great
| South Bay and says that bluefish are bit
ing well over there. He caught twenty
one Monday and all of them were over five
pounds. Freeport is aAgood station to get
boats at. but very little bait can be
bought there.
William Watson. of Paterson. and James
Mahon, Of Passaic, put out drop lines at
Sewaren yesterday and caught fifteen
pounds of eels. In the meantime they
they caught twelve weakhsh, two black
fish and a turtle at Boynton Beach.
The rain brought in a few snipe yester-
day, and no doubt they will be found feed
ing along the Newark meadows todAy.
Frank Carless shot four near the Peddie
ditch. and John Hasbrook, of Jersey City.
killed seven and two mud hens near Bound
Creek.
The weakhshing has fallen off consider
ably. but the bluefish are coming back.
The seines and pound nets are gathering
in hundreds of bushels of bluefish and a
few might get away for the rod and reel
Bay trapped 100 bushels Tuesday night.
and another sixty.
Ling is about the only fish biting at the
fishing banks. John Miller caught ten yes
terday; John Fitzsimmons eight; Henry
Gold six: Charles Heublein nine, and Ar
thur GUIDE sever and two seabass. The
regulars are hoping for a cold snap, as
there are plenty OF Goldfish further north
that would come this way with a few days
of cold weather.
Edward Smith. Of Buttzvllle. n. j.. came
In to join the Tuesday Club on its weekly
fishing trip. He hshed with Edward +.
Trave Bloodgood off Morgan's. and caught
a few weakfsh. bluefish and iuke. He
says that there will be good rabbit shoot
ing out his way this fall, and that part
ridges are in the Jimmy Jump Mountain.
George Marsh tried trolling in Weequahic
Park Lake yesterday, but did not catch
anything, He then fsbed for catfish and
caught six In an hour Joseph Mills was
with him, but changed to another boat and
caught all the rules of the park commits
sion allow, If two men FISH there In a
boat they can only bring in six fish, but
by separating they can each bring In six.
Win Fearey left yesterday for his trip
by motorboat TO Barnegat Bay, where he
intends to do some weakfshing. He will
stop at Fair Haven and then go to Sea-
bright, where he win have his boat taken
from the Shrewsbury River to the ocean
on a truck. From there he will make the
run OF thirty-two miles to Barnegat Inlet
and will put up at Forked River.
The members OF the Newark Fishing
Club will have a meeting at their head
quarters tomorrow night. when final ar
engagements will he made for their trip
Sunday. All Members have been requested
to secure tickets for the said trip, TO be
had from the members or ar the headnuar-
tiers, Dubois & Kurtz, 100 Springfield ave
nue..