Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1910-09-13
HUNTING AND FISHING.

Eels are commencing to get busy, and 1t
Is not their fault If the anglers don't get
their fill of them before they, the eels,
go into the mud. All along the Staten ISL
and shore, from Tottenville to South
Beach, and from Sewaren to Sandy Hook,
big cells, and plenty of them, are being
caught Smoked cells should be cheap for
the next few weeks.
This has Deen a very good season, for
the Perth Amboy fishermen and those that
frequent Van Pelt's boathouse claim that
they have caught more than their share OF
fish. Charlie Hauck is regular down
there and Is catching great quantities or
eels, as well as some weakfish. Matt Ham
by, Of Market street, also fishes there, and
on his last visit he caught eight weak
fish NJ Stewart 1f Plainfield ana n0M W.
aged to catch at least mess OF Weaknsn
within stones throw of Van Pelt's boat
house. Eels, and some pretty big ones,
can be caught there now.
Chess Robotham is still roaming around
the country trying TO locate the best nsh-
ing. Last reports from him was that the
Maine salmon were giving him lot OF
fun and that he was going to try fishing
in the Niagara River clio q to the falls,
where the big trout were known to con-
gregate and test their strength against
the strong flow of the river. Chess says
that he hasn't as yet dis covered anything
with fins that can equal seyen-pound
bluefish when 1t has closed Its jaws on
chunk Of mossbunker
Captain Walter Ryerson, of Morgan's g.,
has beeh voted a good fellow and better
Pa, and George s. Welsh, of Wilkesbarre,
Pa, who, having read in The Morning
Star about the fishing at Morgan's, came
on purposely for a days fishing. Captain
Ryerson took them out Saturday with l..
G. Slingerland. of Irvington,- and they
caught thirty weakfish, four fluke and a q q
out Charles ]. lie CLERGY, of New York,
and three of his friends, and they caught
twenty-five weakfish. six fiuke and a
klngfish.
of sports. The temper has been taken
out OF the sun and the fish are full OF
fight as they are the first to feel the
slight hange IN n tse Waeg tier me to h9f
fall fishing and that is taking in consid-
erable territory. the writer reeommends
Corson,,s Inlet, on our coast Several
times this summer articles have appeared
in this column setting forth the advantages
OF Corsons Inlet as a fishing resort, anu
many anglers who Lave taken the trip
for the Information aiven. Channel bass
are running there and It is great fun fish
ing for them Gus Wittkamp is the pro.
Corson's Inlet, and by addressing letter
to him at the Sea Isle postoffice some
valuable information can be secured re-
or gSaeaon tsf snss as there / s f penas Of
inlet. ~
Catfish took any old bait at Weequahic
avenue Elizabeth, caught three and three
cells j, O'Connell and ]. Donohue, OF
Montclair. caught four catfish and two
black bass. James Jacobus, of Elizabeth
same place, six. Among the catches made
by Newark anglers were; A. L. Saltzman
five catfish, Frank Wright. four catfish
McGrath and T. Dahlgren, six catfish; +.
Smith and r. Gallery. three bass and
three catfish. Bass could be seen leapinA
the slightly chilled flies so there should
be some good fishing this week.
Master Mechanic Bill Day, Of the New
caught the fishing fever, and every nighi
he can be found fishing In the Raritaf
River. at the railroad bridge Bill Is alst
Middlesex County freehoider, and som' %
of the tales he tells the other freeholderi
at their meetings about his catches hal
them all anxious for try at the bii
weakfish. Bill doesn't talk much, but h'
fish he catches by that old so long
chestnut. We never saw him measure on'
that was less than three feet six. pu
then, his friends say he is a poor judg.
nights and caught thirty-one weaknsh an'
as many cells
SO much of home" said resident o
Harrison at Bellnar last week. Whei
asked to what he referred, he said, Th'
big whale that is on the beach," TIL.
| odor. he claimed reminded him so mucl
OF the Passaic River it made him home
sick. BY the way, about dozen of thos
aeroplane engineers who exhibited at In
| terlaken recently are claiming that durin
| q flight they dropped a bomb on tina
| whale and killed il. Tom Gibson, tn
guide, told the writer that Matt Strattoi
| killed that whale while making cas-
| bevond the surf one night last week.
! Four teams are busily engaged in hauling
sand at Shark River so as to help the SCI
open the inlet. Backfish can now b.
caught In the river, but should the inle
open and remain SO for the winter tn
inlet will be one great fishing spot mex
year. A few you can never do it, chap
can always be found watching the work
and should they turn their knocks t
punches of encouragement their presenc
would be of value instead of hindrance I
| the workers.
William G. Fuerth of Nelson place, say
that he will be the man to catch the las
weakfish Of the season at Morgan's sta
| ton. He caught the first and has engage
Captain Jack Willett and his launch Molli
| W. for three days week until the seaso
closes. Fuerth had a party of friends on
Saturday and fished the Monumen
grounds. where twenty weakfish ver
landed.