Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1910-09-07
FISHING NOTES.
High water Today.

Captain Wilson, of the motorboat Rosa
bell, of Wreck Lead, is carrying many
Newark anglers these days Sunday C.
Jonrdan, F. Barg and P. @. Wesley went
out with him and caught twenty-six sea
bass, eight pOrgies and six fuke Some of
the bass weighed as high as six and
half pounds Captain Wilson will make
trips 10 the banks after Goldfish as soon
as the cod commen,e ,e TO run.
There VIII be a big run of schoolfish in
Raritan Bay within the next few days or
else the writer will be greatly mistaken.
This statement is based on the fact that
at Atlantic Highlands small weakfiah were
piers. by the dozens. Men that never
caught a FISH before are catching them.
and u will take but two days for the FISH
70 reach the upper part Of the bay. Watch
this. and II i fails put the writer down as
poor aquatic prognosticator.
Monday Was accepted By the baymen as
the opening Of the 1910 bay bird season and
theg took advantage Of the fine weather
to nnnt over the meadows. Thomas Law
son, Of Perth AmbOy. came up to the New
ark meadows and shot two yellow legs
MOntclair, shot four English snlpe and
FIVE mudhens. and John Buehler shot over
his setter Bess and landed five English
snipe.
itan River in another week. That is. II
VIII be time for them. but when person
sees the acid running into this river BY the
thousands Of gallons N commences To look
dubious for q good seasorl. Nanufacturine
plants must exist. but the owners should
be compelled To run the rulnous polluted
water into altering plants go as 70 Keep the
water Of the river clear. The Passaic
River ought 10 be a horrible example to
these people. but then they have autnnno-
biles for their sport and don't care TO fish
Weakfishing Is falling of at the Raritan
Bay resorts. but II may only be for a
day or two.
A few Of the catches at Morgan's Labor
Day; Charles Lining. Jr.. Charles Evans
II IA.
Or. Holt, Of Broad street, and w. T..
johnson. fifteen weaknsh Charles Lining
and Mr.. and Mrs. Cliff Lining, eight weak
FISH,. Of which Mrs. Lining caught two;
Fred u. Smith. Lester Pollock and Arthur
Smith, sixty crabs. About sixty launches
were anchored at the Monument of Nor
gan's Station. Monday.
Sunday night there was a crowd Of about
20 at the Morgan's Station waiting for a
Newark train. among which were about
twenty fishermen. the others being camp
era and summer visitors. The two latter
were expressing their regrets because OF
tneir having TO leave and go back to the
city. The fishermen were delighted be-
/ cause they would now have the fishing
grounds to themselves for the rest of the
season. A dozen boys from a camp will
90 more TO XII the fishing in one day than
a fieet OF mOtorboats will In a week They
are never contented TO stay in one POSI-
tion, but must constantly change the
position OF the boat and when they throw
| the anchor overheard oars and everytbIng
movable in the boat go with IT,
| The old saying that good fisherman can
catch fish any time Is true. Frank Dana
ana Assemblyman Tom Brooks proved that
Monday IN Cheesequake Creek 6y catching
a weakfish and twenty-nine large eeis'
They were bothered with crabs stealing
the bait away from the eels.
The crew of the fishing banks steamer
Taurus enjoyed their vacation while the
boat was undergoing repairs and IL did
them world Of good, as was shown by
their cordial mnnner Monday, when they
| tried TO get everybody a mess OF seu bass
James Morgan caught twelve. John Horst
| ter, ten; Edward Jones. thirteen; Joseph
Carroll. nine; Oscar Brunieg, eleven. Ifar-
| ry Foster eleven. james Byrnea fen
Charlie Smith. OF Elizabeth, ten: John
Peterson, eleven. and Fred Masters,
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