Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-07-21

L iSll4l6 ICSoAGo "SNO g.
yesterday, quite q number OF boats
going out from Van Pelt's in the al
ternoon. Dick Peltier and a party
of friends from this city went ou'
and brought in fifteen weaks ant
blues. John Butler and Will Brain
got twelve %ees ana brus.=A..ai.
| getting ltiegif Two BIG bfne5a.o not J6oihHhf hb ffsHeHhf - came en1s
4 back with five blues and seven
weaks. VIII Patterson, of Plain1eld
. managed to get a mess of thirteen
blues and weaks, and two fuke, stay
ing out on the water all day.
/. The cruise of the Morgan feet to
Sandy Hook Wednesday proved very
valuable, both from a fishing stand
point and as an object-lesson to the
Newark fishermen thai participated
in 1t. There were just two boats that
left C~heesequake Creek and there
| might have been several others If it
hadn't been hat several of the own
ers thought the mimic war was to
take place at the Hook and they were
afraid that their boats would be
punctured. Peter Bey finally con-
vinced Billy Hartman and Captain
Wood Apologize that he understood
the wig-wag signals and If he saw
them set on the thirteen inch guns
he would give due notice TO all hands.
Fred Stengle tried to queer Peters
self-proclaimed knowledge by stat
ing that he never saw him signal
anything larger than a schooner, but
George Oil wouldn't stand for 1t, as
he had often seen Pete signal for
a heart or a spade in a pinch. Any
way, this crowd went to the Hook
and caught 207 fuke and eighteen
bluefsh, and Billy Hartmtn said 1t
was the best catch hat was ever
landed at his dock. Stengle said that
he caught over half of the fish. Oil
claims the same, so there wasn't
much left for Hartman and Bey to do
but to watch the ocean.
There are some fine sailboats own
ed by the members of the yacht clubs
in this vicinity, and nobody knows
this better than the men who fish
near the black buoy or close to the
boundary beacon. Ii you are not
aware of this fact. just anchor a boat
down there and try to fish. In a few
minutes every sailboat will be on the
bay and those in charge will try and
see how close they can come to vol
without striking and also to see how
ofttn they can run over your fishing
lines. This is especially true if there
happens to be a lady IN the sailboat
and the skipper wants to show her
a few fancy tricks.
There seems to be less fishing at
the Highlands this a than there
has been in former years. This is
probably due to the scarcity of row
boats, many fishermen complaining
that they cannot get out to the fish
ing grounds unless they hire a
launch.
DR.. Henry Nolte and Frank Koe-
mig, of Newark, ished the north
channel off Perth Amboy Wednesday
and caught eleven bluefish and two
weakfsh. They were out in Franks
launch and enjoyed the day. even
though the fishing was rather poor
Charles Boutwell,, OF Newark, likes
to fish off South Beach, and ey-
cry time he gets a chance he goes
down there. Yesterday he hshed
Just three hours and caught seven
teen weakfsh, but, try as he would,
he could not land a bluelsh, although
they were among the menhden on all
sides.
William Cannon and John Foster
of Jersey City, were down to Great
Kills Wednesday and fshed about
100 yards OF shore from a rowboat.
They caught thirty-seven weakfsh,
eighteen bluefsh, and five iuke and
then Foster landed a sea turtle that
weighed sixty-three pounds.
Here is another tip about the big
bluefsh. Word was received yester-
day thai a large school Of bluefsh
was coming up the coast and that
fishermen from Atlantic City and An